Investment Watch Blog

by sir_richard_head   Step 1: You need to start a proper budget. What you have above is a decent “back of the napkin” math, but you really need to keep a ledger or use an app to help know exactly where your money is going. If you don’t have a budget, then don’t waste anyone’s time talking about your … Read more

by feistypenguin   There are many benefits to homeownership, but home maintenance can send you into a debt spiral if you don’t have a pile of cash on-hand for emergencies (i.e. $5-10k at least). Otherwise you may need to borrow against the house, to afford a sudden repair bill. If touring a house, look at the … Read more

by aceman97   I would do the following: 1) if you are working and your employer offers a 401k plan. Participate. 2) choose funds that have low fees. Normally the funds with lowest fees are your index funds. 3) if your employer doesn’t have a 401k, open a Roth IRA at Vanguard, Fidelity, or Schwab. 4) … Read more

by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Global stocks are advancing again today with US-China trade talks ending on what is reported to be a positive note, after the talks were extended an extra day Press reports are that the US and China are coordinating a final message, and will try to highlight where progress has been made; no … Read more

by oldreddit   Below is a list of books I curated from around a dozen “best of” reading lists to become a better investor. Personally, I am interested in a career as a portfolio manager and would like to devour any books that may help in that regard. How would you rank, rate, and/or review … Read more

by badpauly   This is a list of the top 20 companies that experienced the largest change in insider shares in the last seven (7) days. The SEC defines an insider as any officer, director or 10% shareholder. It is not illegal for these people to buy or sell their own shares. In fact, since … Read more

via vanguard: Beginning January 22, 2019, Vanguard will no longer accept purchases in leveraged or inverse mutual funds, ETFs (exchange-traded funds), or ETNs (exchange-traded notes). If you already own these investments, you can continue to hold them or choose to sell them. You’ll simply pay the same commission you would to trade individual stocks. You can … Read more

Monster rally in U.S. junk-bonds currently underway. pic.twitter.com/W11bqrupdm — Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) January 8, 2019 Gundlach: "By historic standards 62% of Triple B rated bonds should be considered junk status right now BUT are not" — John Caruso 🌐 (@JCarusoRJO) January 8, 2019 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1082772415921438721 The market has decided that a #Fedpause may not be enough; … Read more

via businessinsider:   As concerns of a slowdown in global growth swirl, some experts on Wall Street are suggesting investors bulk up on defensive holdings. Goldman Sachs just told clients to “increase portfolio defensiveness,” and Bank of America said investors’ exposure to “low quality” stocks was a key risk this year. The calls come amid continued US-China … Read more

Sears is giving Chairman Eddie Lampert another chance to buy the company out of bankruptcy and save roughly 55,000 jobs. Sears on Tuesday had planned to tell the bankruptcy court it had rejected Lampert’s offer to buy the retailer, after it fell short of covering its bankruptcy expenses. Lampert, though, protested the decision, highlighting the … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith The Gulag Archipelago is not a distant memory; it lives on in every modern state, cloaked with modern-day technologies and the well-worn tools of suppression. The last thing addicts want to hear is the truth: the only thing more terrifying than the truth is the possibility that they will lose access to whatever … Read more

The stakes are enormous. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. With just 80 days remaining until Brexit Day, March 29, nerves are fraying on both sides of the English Channel. Nowhere is this more true than in the City of London where the Square Mile’s dominance of the global financial industry faces … Read more

My most requested table is finally here. Here is every prior Bear Market in $SPX history (-20% drop from a unique All Time High) with dates/notes on the initial bounce after first entering Bear territory and then what it did next. The NOTES column is the most important. pic.twitter.com/W3Y1hom8tH — OddStats (@OddStats) January 8, 2019 … Read more

George W. Bush declared 13 emergencies and Barack Obama declared 12 — nearly all of which are still active today. Bill Clinton declared 17 national emergencies, six of which are still active. Ronald Reagan declared six and George H.W. Bush declared four — but all of those have been revoked by now. The first declaration … Read more

by John Rubino Money manager Michael Pento has been bearish on both stocks and bonds for some time. 2019 is the year, he says, when the big crash finally arrives. Some Predictions for 2019 Bond Yields Continue to Fall in First Half of Year The bond bubble continues to build and become a dagger over the worldwide … Read more