Investing

A lot is happening in the cryptocurrency market these days and what follows is a recap of some of the major developments last week and so far this week and a summary of all the cryptocurrency ETFs currently trading on Canadian and American exchanges with links to their charts and daily pricing.

The passage of the $1.2T infrastructure bill should be a major boon to the following 13  stocks over the next 8 years.

Inflation expectations for the U.S. are at their highest in a decade...Here is how to position your portfolio for inflation.

Gold’s value is not determined by world events, political turmoil, or industrial demand. The only thing that you need to know in order to understand and appreciate gold for what it is, is to know and understand what is happening to the U.S. dollar. Gold is priced in U.S. dollars and since the U.S. dollar is in a state of perpetual decline, the U.S. dollar price of gold will continue to rise over time.

It is easy for Canadian investors to execute orders for cannabis stocks using their Canadian symbol but it is not as straight forward for those individuals (i.e. Americans) using non-Canadian brokerage houses because many brokerage houses and online brokers don't know the symbols for the cannabis penny stocks you might wish to buy. That's where the use of CUSIP numbers can be very helpful.

From my perspective, true diversification is more than just a balance of conventional investments spanning cash, equities and fixed income. There’s a vast universe of alternative investments out there that may suit your risk profile and are worthy of a closer look. Let’s discuss.

The Australian Financial Review reports that Munger said Friday that he believes the markets are wildly overvalued in places and that the current environment is “even crazier” than the dotcom boom of the late 1990s that subsequently led to a bust. He is not wrong.

Previously, all the dips — even micro-dips — were almost instantaneously bought by the herd of traders and home-gamers driven by Pavlovian reflexes, thereby reinforcing the power of positive feedback loops but, as Zero Hedge observed, this loop may finally be reaching its sell-by date. Something’s different this time.

A futures-based exchange-traded funds based on Bitcoin called the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) started yesterday and I believe it will be a major factor in making the process to invest in Bitcoins considerably easier, safer, and more convenient. Here are 5 reasons why:

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are investments owned by national governments which, if managed responsibly and given a long enough timeframe, can accumulate an enormous amount of assets, and this infographic details the world’s 10 largest SWFs, along with the largest mutual fund and ETF for context.