Bravado can be an asset in certain domains.
For example, President Trump is known for being bold. That probably aided his ascent as a real estate developer. And as President, Mr. Trump is all about projecting confidence, as the following video montage demonstrates.
The active versus passive investing debate is relentless. If you do a simple cost/benefit analysis, advocates of passive investing have compelling facts on their side.
In a headline driven, volatile market like we’ve been traversing, it’s easy for investors to try to overcorrect their positioning. I’m referring to the whole “risk on, risk off” mentality.
A casual market observer probably sees a binary narrative. It seems like everything rides on a U.S./China trade deal.
After Howard Schultz resigned as Starbucks' CEO last June, I profiled the company's investment merits in a post. "It's coffee almost never goes on sale, but the stock is now," I wrote.
If you want to know if we're still in a bull market, don't ask Alexa. Just watch Amazon's stock price.
Amazon shares closed on September 4, 2018 at 2,039. Almost a year later, that remains the all-time high.
Markets cheered when the Trump Administration announced on Tuesday it would delay new tariffs on certain consumer products. Optimism quickly evaporated on Wednesday, though, after a spate of weak economic data stoked fears of a global economic slowdown.
The trade war between the U.S. and China escalated yesterday. This led to the steepest single-day decline for U.S. stocks so far in 2019.
In the following video, I discuss political and economic risks to the stock market, and our strategy for hedging those risks.
Procter & Gamble (P&G) just reported its best organic sales result in over a decade. The Cincinnati-based maker of everyday consumer goods saw revenue rise 7%, bolstered by pricing and market share gains in the company's health care segment.
I recently interviewed Wall Street Journal columnist Joseph Sternberg about his provocative new book, The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future.
As the first-half of 2019 draws to a close, investors have much to cheer about. A lot of money has been made across many asset classes.
If you're considering tweaking your strategy for the second-half of the year, I have four words for you: Buy gold, sell bonds.
Why Gold Is Attractive Again
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