Investing

This post explains what structured notes are, outlines the two main types, and demonstrates how to implement them in a portfolio.

...In the following article, we present a decade-by-decade review of U.S. stock and bond returns over the past 9 decades...

While conventional advice is to always stay invested, this is not the best strategy when we are at the end of the current paradigm. As we enter 2020, the question we have to ask is: How close to the edge of the cliff do we dare to go?...

If you are near retirement or already in retirement, there are many much better investment options than gold or even recession resilient high-dividend stocks that generate consistent income in both good and bad times. This article examines REITs and explains why they hold the best bet against inflation.

This article shows you the typical patterns of the U.S. stock market in a presidential election year.

Stocks typically rise going forward from this time of year and it is typically referred to as the year-end rally. in this time period. This article presents, and answers, a number of questions related to that effect, namely: a) How often does such a rally take place? b) How strong is such a rally? and, c) when is the best time for investors to enter the market?

Since the DJIA only lists 30 companies, many critics argue that is not an accurate representation of the overall market compared with other more inclusive indexes.

The NASDAQ-100 is a selection of the top valued companies within the NASDAQ, ranked by market capitalization...and is heavily weighted towards the tech sector

The DAX is a German blue-chip stock index made up of the 30 largest German companies making it, essentially, the German equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Do we know whether REITs will be higher six months from now? No. Do we believe that a portfolio of undervalued REITs is very attractive in a late cycle economy? Yes! Here's why.