• Would the Last Market Bull With the Last Dollar Please Turn Off the Music?
  
  Reality always wins in the end.It doesn't matter if you're excited about the economy or its outlook. Unless some economic scam is being perpetuated (unlikely), fundamentals always play a factor, and guide the U.S. economy through peaks and valleys.Fundamentals like supply,...
• Are NFTs the Next Big Investment Trend or a Flash in the Pan?
  
  Traditionalist investors who dismiss NFTs - the new digital asset class taking the art, fashion, music, and sports world by storm - are fooling themselves if they believe they are a passing fad.NFTs are one-off digital assets that are verified through blockchain technology,...
• Realty Income: Our Top Ranked REIT for 2021
  
  Real estate investment trusts, also known as REITs, are coming off a very difficult year. The real estate industry was hit hard last year by the coronavirus pandemic, which caused widespread closures of retail stores, restaurants, fitness centers, and more. If that weren't...
• You Need to Be Elon Cool and Buffett Savvy to Grow Your Wealth
  
  Elon Musk has democratized the stock market, but to seriously grow your wealth you need both Elon's cool and Warren Buffett's old-school savvy.My warning comes as the surge in day-trading frenzies, triggered by so-called "activist investors" on social media platforms and...
• Build Your Portfolio, but Avoid the Rotation Trap
  
  The Federal Reserve concluded its two-day meeting on March 17 announcing that it will maintain interest rates and bond purchases while upgrading its economic forecast.Seven officials - up from five previously - see a rate rise in 2023 and economic growth is put at 6.5% - up...
• 10 High-Yield Emerging Market ETFs With Big Dividends and Potential Growth
  
  With the technology sector growing so fast last year, many advisers have urged their clients to engage in an asset-allocation process to lower their risk exposure to the technology sector, particularly if they are getting closer to retirement. Over the past few months, many...
• The Three Pillars of Investing
  
  The investment world may seem overwhelming at times, understandably so. There are enough fancy new terms added each year by experts and gurus holding new acronyms and titles to baffle the general public into submission. Allow me to add two comforting assertions to the...
• Who Is Smarter Than the Market?
  
  The past few weeks have made me reflect on conditions that felt somewhat similar to 1998. We have all watched in amazement at how a large group of young investors threw a massive curveball at the hedge fund community by squeezing the shorts on names like GameStop and Nokia....
• SEC Moves Will Make ESG the 'Ultimate Investment Megatrend'
  
  President Joe Biden's expected changes at the SEC will push environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing to become the ultimate megatrend over the next few years, I believe.This is not just because of the likely tougher approach to the use of fossil fuels and his...
• How Reddit Users Took on Wall Street Over GameStop stocks
  
  A group of users of Reddit, the social media platform, turned the tables on Wall Street on Wednesday, pushing up the prices of previously unloved stocks in firms such as aging video games high street chain GameStop.The Reddit community r/wallstreetbets, which has 2.8...
• McKesson: Attractively Valued Dividend Challenger
  
  In spite of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on corporate earnings, the S&P 500 has rallied 17% in the last 12 months. Due to this rally, the benchmark index is currently trading at an all-time high and at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 38.9. Consequently, it...
• Stock Market Bubble Fears Overblown, Micro-Bubbles Are the Issue
  
  As global shares reached almost record highs Monday, concerns over a large stock market bubble are, I believe, currently overblown - it's the micro-bubbles that could pose more imminent risks to investors.With MSCI's All Country World index, which tracks stocks across 49...
• Millionaires Are Investing Like a Market Bubble Is Here
  
  Wealthy investors like Warren Buffett have issued disclosures in the past that ended up signaling major market shifts ahead of time.Other wealthy investors have warned about macro-trends in the U.S. economy, and still others have warned about specific trends that could have...
• Aircraft Bonds Draw Demand as Investors Seek Yield
  
  Investors clamored for bonds backed by U.S. commercial aircraft leases this week in the first such offering in almost a year.Castlelake LP, an investment firm whose businesses include buying and leasing out commercial planes, sold $595 million of bonds backed by aircraft on...
• Bitcoin Is No Market Hedge, JPMorgan Strategists Say
  
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. cross-asset strategists have bad news for anyone on Wall Street betting that Bitcoin is the hottest way to diversify portfolios in a world short on hedges but big on valuation risk.Not only has Bitcoin proved lousy at offsetting...
• Is Active Investing the Way of the Future?
  
  While not everyone is cut out to emotionally manage the highs and lows of the stock market, the number of people who like to take an active role in managing their money is significant. Whether it's by using a money manager or taking a do-it-yourself approach, active...
• Oil Falls on Renewed Lockdowns, Stronger Dollar
  
• Gilead Raises 2020 Profit Forecast on Remdesivir Strength
  
  Gilead Sciences Inc raised its full-year profit forecast on Monday, as a recent resurgence in COVID-19 cases boosted demand for its COVID-19 treatment, remdesivir. The level of new COVID-19 cases in the United States is starting to rise again, amidst the slow rollout of...
• 10 Reasons Why the Dow Will Go to 40,000 in the Next 18 Months
  
  The Dow is composed of more value stocks than growth. Value stocks are positioned for continued growth. Also, 40% of the S&P Company income comes from offshore business activity.There are 7 billion people on earth and 3.5 billion are under 30 and who must buy the products...
• Major Investment Risks Ahead - But Still a Year of Opportunity
  
  Investment headwinds will still exceed the tailwinds in 2021 - but there could be more major opportunities now than in perhaps the last 10 years if you know where to look.This is my bold and, given 2020, perhaps surprisingly optimistic forecast as investors around the...
• Does Interactive Brokers Know Something That We Don't?
  
  A couple of days ago as I got in my car and turned on Bloomberg Radio, the head of Interactive Brokers (IBKR) Thomas Peterffy stated that across all their accounts at the firm the average client is net short. This is important for several reasons. First, Interactive is like...
• Tesla Short Sellers Lost $38 Billion in 2020 as Stock Surged
  
  Tesla Inc. short sellers lost billions more on the electric-vehicle maker than any other company in 2020, as bears got severely burned by the stock's surge to new highs.With shares up 730%, Tesla bears have seen more than $38 billion in mark-to-market losses this year,...
• Oil Drilling in U.S. Ends Fraught 2020 at Pre-Shale Levels
  
  The crisis that enveloped the oil industry in 2020 can be measured in various ways, but in the U.S. there may be no better single gauge than the tally of drilling rigs operating across the world's largest producer.The weekly data shows at a glance the level of confidence...
• Hedge Fund Alden Global Offers to Buy Tribune Publishing
  
  Tribune Publishing Co's largest shareholder, Alden Global Capital, said on Thursday it had offered to take full control of the owner of the Chicago Tribune in a deal that values the company at $520.6 million. Alden, known for its hostile takeover bids of publishing...
• Supply Squeeze Won't Ease on Global Stocks, Bonds
  
  An unrelenting squeeze on the supply of global shares and sovereign bonds shows little sign of easing next year, with companies and central banks predicted to be big buyers of these securities in direct competition with investors.

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