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By Jared Dillian Portfolio strategies like Modern Portfolio Theory and others tend to assume that market returns follow a normal distribution. Not really. Certain securities have high kurtosis. That is where out-of-the ordinary … Read more
By Jared Dillian Lot of strong feelings on gold. Some people think it has no utility. Other people have pretty reasoned arguments about how gold maintains purchasing power across the centuries. … Read more
By Robert Ross In its last meeting, the Fed made it clear it would keep interests rates low for a while. That’s good news for dividend investors. You see, when interest … Read more
by Welen More than 40% of Warren Buffett’s portfolio consists of bank/lending stocks like WFC, BAC, etc. The exact breakdown is here.
From Birch Gold Group With Social Security potentially in jeopardy and pension plans on their last leg, saving for retirement has increasingly become important. But even if you are saving properly, and retire with … Read more
BY JARED DILLIAN There is no shortage of stupid things in the financial market. But probably the worst thing people can do is to have unrealistic return assumptions. Question to you: On … Read more
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving the gold market and the overall economy. Stories include: What portfolio theory says about gold, central banks … Read more
by BrokenFireEscape November 1, 2018 – Series I Bonds purchased in the next six months have a fixed rate of 0.50% and a composite rate of 2.83% As the Federal Reserve … Read more
Image: Pixabay.com There are legitimate concerns that another recession, coupled with a bearish market for stocks, is on the horizon. Recessions are part and parcel of the global economic cycle. … Read more
From Frank Holmes at Frank Talk: The annual “In Gold We Trust” report by Liechtenstein-based investment firm Incrementum is a must-read account of the gold market, and its just-released chartbook for … Read more
MATH LESSON #investing Be early and miss 30% gain? Or Be late and lose 50-70% of entire portfolio. Missing out on 40% and locking in gains? Or Lose 50-70% and … Read more
BY JARED DILLIAN I’ve said this many times. When rates go up sharply, stuff blows up because lots of people are negatively exposed to higher rates. Households, corporations, and governments are all … Read more
via Intelligent Investing Mirror, mirror, on the wall: The markets look so beautiful, is there anything to worry about at all? Everything is great! Just look at how none of your … Read more
Authored by Olivier Garret via MauldinEconomics.com, We’ve recently witnessed what I consider to be a turning point for the stock market. Just when many predicted another growth year for the … Read more
I personally do not believe that while Deutsche Bank should collapse, it will not be allowed to. It may need to be nationalized or its debt “restructured” and bailed-in. Who … Read more
Source: Pixabay With the late 2017 buzz around the Bitcoin bubble, more and more people are turning their mind to investing in new technologies. Traditional sectors of investment won’t suffer, … Read more