Strategies

The gold-platinum ratio (GPR) has had a significantly better track record than most other indicators in forecasting the stock market’s 12-month direction so what does that say about the future of the stock market?

Beating the S&P 500 is so difficult that the index outperforms most active money managers but Warren Buffett has consistently done so. Over the last 30 years BRK.A has had an average annualized total return of 14.9%, while the S&P 500 has returned 9.4%.

Despite continued market worries about a global economic slowdown and potential recession, investor sentiment appears exceptionally healthy at the moment.

The stock market can be a tough place to make money. With millions of investors trying their luck, it is critical that the informed investor is putting in the time to study, evaluate and assess the fundamental factors affecting stock prices. The valuation model is one of the most critical frameworks for determining the price of a stock. However, there are multiple yardsticks to consider for valuing a stock. Here’s a list of 7 of the most popular.

If you want any chance of success, you need to know what to do and you also MUST know what to steer clear of. This article shares 13 mistakes traders need to avoid like the plague. Learn them and stay away from them!

This article offers 8 suggestions on how to make investing a little easier. Most of the concepts are hardly new but bear repeating because they have proven to be VERY important in my experience.

Some market participants may be looking to heed the advice of the old market proverb "Sell in May and Go Away". The question this article seeks to answer is whether this calendar effect is spurious, or whether this is something readers should heed.

There has been very little interest in investing in foreign stocks over the past decade but that was a mistake. Had you invested in the cheapest 25% of countries based on the CAPE ratio from 1993 to 2018 you would have tripled your money compared to investing in the S&P 500.

This is a critical point for investors and, while it's difficult to know what's in store for any coming decade, it's not impossible to know. This article explores the accuracy and reliability of 10-year forecasts and offers one of its own.

Would gold really rocket or are there other solutions available should we encounter such a disaster, negating the need for gold?