The nature of stocks, also known as equities, is that they often suffer declines and these market downdrafts - market pullbacks, corrections and crashes - have different characteristics. Here is the difference between a stock market pullback, correction and crash.
Read More »How Will Sanctions Against Russia Impact Your Portfolio?
These are turbulent times for investors as the situation is changing every day and markets are subsequently trying to digest the new information into stock, commodity and asset prices. As such, it is imperative that you understand how the situation may affect companies in your portfolio and on your watchlist and to keep an eye on any press releases directly from your companies of interest.
Read More »Russia-Ukraine War Has Brought About A Commodity Black Swan
When sh-t happens at the end of an excessive bubble era, it will always be the worst kind, and what can be worse than a major war that could develop into a nuclear and world war.
Read More »Where Are Key “Green Revolution” Metals Extracted & Processed
Despite being the world’s biggest carbon polluter, China is also the largest producer of most of the world’s critical minerals for the green revolution. Today's infographic illustrates where the extraction and processing of key metals for the green revolution take place.
Read More »2022 Will Likely Experience the Biggest Stock Market Crash In History!
The central bank policies and current actions are leading to a market crash that will be remembered for generations according to Michael Pento, a well known money manager, in this video from Wall Street Silver.
Read More »Use Stop-Loss Orders To Protect Your Profits – Here’s Why – and How
The stock market can be very volatile so it is important to use stop-loss orders to protect your profits. Here's why and how best to do so.
Read More »Stock Splits: Why Do Companies Do That? Here’s Why
Stocks can sometimes see price appreciation to the point where they are no longer accessible to a wide range of investors. Splitting the stock (i.e. making an individual share cheaper) is an effective way of increasing the total number of investors who can purchase shares.
Read More »Defense Stocks Set To Surge In 2022 – Here’s Why
Investors in defense stocks have continued to see their portfolio grow but compared to those investing in the broader market, they have underperformed. That being said, Goldman Sachs agrees has just called it one of their top sector plays for 2022. [Here's why.]
Read More »The Super Bowl Indicator: A L.A. Rams Victory Would Be Great For the Stock Market
The Super Bowl Indicator goes like this: If an original National Football League (now the National Football Conference or NFC) team wins the Super Bowl, stocks should rise for the rest of the year. But if the Super Bowl winner is an original American Football League (now the American Football Conference or AFC) team, stocks should fall. Briefly put, that …
Read More »Jeremy Grantham: “A 40-50% Contraction Is Highly Probable”
According to Jeremy Grantham the U.S. is in the fourth super-bubble of the last hundred years with the possibility of a 40-50% contraction being highly probable.
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