They say “defense wins championships” when it comes to which side of the football is responsible for securing the win in the Superbowl. It’s impossible to lose if the other team can’t score. The same concept can be applied to investing. A defensive stance in investing- one which attempts to limit losses as opposed to always …
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There is an old Wall Street proverb stating “Nobody rings a bell at the top or the bottom of a market.” That’s true. But sometimes you can see and hear a crowd gathering in anticipation, and there is a growing crowd of central banks and investors preparing for the eventual burst of the bond bubble. …
As the ugly battle for the White House rages on, another war is taking place in the $2.4 trillion ETF market. Top ETF providers are in a fee-lowering race to win the title of the firm with the lowest cost core products. But one firm, Blackrock, has an edge. Read the entire article that appeared …
Cheap bonds are hard to find in a world dominated by negative short-term interest rates. Record-low yields on long-dated government bonds, corporate bonds priced to perfection and high volatility emerging market debt do not provide much potential return relative to risk. Municipal floating rate bonds are the proverbial diamond in the rough. The cheapening of the …
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I recently was invited into a hockey locker room where an NHL sports psychologist was hired to address a team of 16-20-year-old up-and-coming players. It was the start of the season, and the coach was determined to give his team every advantage possible. Read the entire article on Forbes.
Sometimes children can really put things in perspective. They have the luxury of naivete which can often cut right to the heart of issues that cause so much concern for the rest of us. Today’s Fed meeting is one of those issues, and the conversation I had with my 12-year-old son this morning as I …
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Isn’t it strange two people can look at the exact same image and see completely different things? It is also strange two investors can analyze the same market data and come to completely different conclusions with respect to value. Click here to read the entire article that appeared in Yahoo Finance.
Divorce ain’t easy. I haven’t had one, but I have witnessed my fair share of friends go through the experience. Now I get to see my country go through a figurative divorce as the UK prepares to file its papers and end its 43-year marriage with European integration. Read the entire article on Forbes.
It’s only a matter of days before August month-end brokerage statements will arrive in the mailboxes of millions of investors across the country. It’s fair to assume that most people are not looking forward that moment, assuming they have picked up a newspaper at all in the last month. The question many people will be …
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The recent explosion in equity market volatility has left investors and traders stunned by the magnitude of the gyrations in virtually all segments of the market. One of the most violent movers has been the VIX Index and the corresponding ETFs that attempt to track its direction. Click to read the entire article that appeared …
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