Category Investing

Investing, Silver

Silver Stocks Vs Silver Bullion: What Should You Invest In?

Akin to gold, silver has been used as a fiat currency for millennia. It is a key investment commodity that can be traded on coins, bars, futures contracts, exchange-traded products (ETP), amongst others. That said, silver investors often debate over…

Sarah Bauder
August 13, 2019
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Investing

The Best Cannabis Stocks For Your IRA

It is still early days apropos of legalization, but cannabis is a multi-billion dollar industry. Within the US, 10 states and Washington DC have now legalized cannabis for adults over the age of 21 for recreational use. Moreover, an additional…

Sarah Bauder
May 21, 2019

Gold, Investing

The Key Differences Between Investment, Speculation and Wealth Protection/Preservation

There are three terms that are unfortunately often used interchangeably in the investing world. These are investment, speculation, and wealth preservation. While they have some basic elements in common, they are vastly different concepts in general and should not be…

David Crowder
April 19, 2019
1 Comment

Investing, IRA

401k Secrets: 12 Industry Insiders Share Things You Didn’t Know About Your 401k

It is that season again when IRA contributions are on many a mind. With the deadline looming on April 15, 2019, to make IRA contributions for 2018, time is of the essence. That said, there are probably some things you…

Sarah Bauder
April 12, 2019
1 Comment

alternative investments, Bitcoin, Investing, IRA, reviews

Considering Bitcoin for your IRA or 401k? Read this first.

What Exactly is Bitcoin? Bitcoin (or BTC) refers to the now world-famous digital currency which was created in 2009. Digital currencies are commonly referred to as “cryptocurrencies.” Bitcoin was the first-ever cryptocurrency. It was developed by Satoshi Nakamoto, an anonymous…

David Crowder
March 23, 2017

Gold, In the news, Investing

Banks Rigged Silver Markets and Monte Paschi Bank Woes Worsen with Italian Political Chaos

In a year of countless bank scandals that include LIBOR- and currency-rigging charges, the hits to the international banks’ sullied reputations just kept on coming this past week. Now Deutsche Bank records divulged to prosecutors have revealed that the troubled…

David Crowder
December 13, 2016

alternative investments, general, Investing

Great Opportunity To Invest In UK Shares At Bargain Prices Compared To US Dollar Peers

32 Year low In Sterling US dollar exchange rate Improving Economic Data Post Brexit Vote Bank of England Willingness To Take Action With US stock prices at record highs and little room for further price growth in…

Gino D'Alessio
October 22, 2016

Federal Reserve, general, Investing, self directed ira

Fed Makes Hawkish Statements Again: How to Take Advantage of Higher Interest Rates

The latest comments by Federal Reserve Chair Ms. Yellen have given the US dollar a boost and spooked the Bond market. Yellen made a speech at Harvard on Friday morning, and the market read her statements as being conclusive to…

Gino D'Alessio
May 30, 2016

In the news, Investing

Is the Consumer Sector Destined to Underperform; Buffett Sells 4 stocks in Q1 2016

13F filings show that Warren Buffett has been selling some holdings from his equity portfolio during the first quarter of 2016. That might not seem anything particular, but when you consider this investor’s motto is “Our holding period is forever”…

Gino D'Alessio
May 23, 2016

general, In the news, Investing, IRA

Puerto Rico Facing Growing Pressure to Default

Puerto Rico has been in a period of economic stagnation that goes back decades. Along with the decline in GDP, it has also been losing citizens to the mainland, a trend that is causing a decreasing population. High government spending…

Gino D'Alessio
April 17, 2016

Federal Reserve, general, In the news, Investing

S&P 500 still looking weaker despite strong jobs data

Strength of most recent rally subdued Not all stock market rallies are made the same. Some have incredible momentum, with average daily gains well above 1% and many single day gains above 3%. A strong upward move in a broad…

Gino D'Alessio
April 2, 2016

general, Gold, Investing

Stock Market Expected Returns Reduced: Gold Looking More Attractive

Stocks have had an amazing rally since they bottomed out in March 2009 at 735. Over the next 6 years, the S&P 500 reached a new high in May 2015 at 2107, which represented an 186% increase from trough to…

Gino D'Alessio
March 25, 2016

Federal Reserve, general, In the news, Investing

Time’s Up for the Equity Market?

Dow and Earnings

Back on December 14, I argued that various fundamental, technical and macro developments indicated that the stock market was set for a fall. Call it luck rather than skill, but the S&P 500 index slid roughly 200 points over the following two months, hitting a…

Michael Panzner
March 21, 2016

banks, general, In the news, Investing

China May Be About to Learn the Consequences of Excessive Debt Loads

There was a time when you might well have asked who cares if China’s debt load is excessive? But things have changed so much; China is now the second largest single economy in the world. As we saw last summer…

Gino D'Alessio
March 14, 2016

Commodities, Investing

Time to Bet the Farm

JJG Grains

Since hitting a low on January 20, the iPath Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return ETN (DJP), a proxy for commodity markets as a whole, has risen by 10.6%. The rally has largely been powered by rising prices for oil and…

Michael Panzner
March 14, 2016

general, Investing

The Song Remains the Same–For Now

JPM net shorts_0

Based on recent reports, many investors believe the turbulence that impacted various markets earlier this year has come and gone. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that sentiment is ripe–sufficiently complacent–for a broad range of negative fundamental and macroeconomic forces–discussed here,…

Michael Panzner
March 7, 2016

Federal Reserve, general, Investing

Are Stocks Returning to A Bull Market?

The Stock market got off to a bumpy start to the beginning of the year amid concerns about global recession and fears of a hard landing for the Chinese economy. However, the past three weeks has seen the stock market…

Gino D'Alessio
March 6, 2016

general, Gold, Investing

Not Yet Time to Pull the Trigger

Vix Index

Last week’s column, “Is the ‘Crowd’ too Bearish?” discussed whether excessive pessimism on Wall Street had set the stage for corrective countertrend moves in various markets. As of now, the question remains open. After a choppy week, equities and Treasury…

Michael Panzner
February 29, 2016

Federal Reserve, In the news, Investing

Negative Interest Rates Could Be Necessary if There is a Market Fueled Recession.

The economic recovery and mild expansion has been possible mostly thanks to the enormous amounts of money printed by the FED. The so called Quantitative Easing, which simply consists of printing new money and increasing government debt. Is QE a…

Gino D'Alessio
February 26, 2016

general, Gold, Investing

Is the “Crowd” too Bearish?

Death of Equities

In light of recent market turbulence, one question investors might naturally be thinking about is how concerned should they be? Before answering, it is worth considering two things that old Wall Street hands try to keep in mind. The first is the fact that…

Michael Panzner
February 22, 2016

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