Strategies

Market-related predictions have become a quadrennial tradition, but that doesn't mean that they're worth the ink that's spilled on them. In terms of broader trends, politics in general - and elections in particular - have minimal predictive value with respect to subsequent market (and economic) activity. Nonetheless, we'll take some time to consider what both the historical - and the more recent data might be telling us about this year's election. Word count: 787

Value investing sounds easy enough until you try it in practice and realize that cheap securities can always get cheaper and the market is not always accommodating in how and when it recognizes value over time. It’s the old line that value investing is simple, but never easy.

The greatest risk in the market cannot even be found "in the market." Instead, our greatest risk is an internal one that resides in our hearts and minds, knowing when to buy and sell, when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em. Today, we'll look at those internal risks and how they affect your investing.

I’m actually short gold as a short-term tactical trade given that the Federal Reserve itching to raise rates and inflation is still very muted but, if you insist on owning gold, here's a look at 5 ways to own gold and why you might choose one way over another.

This article offers a tutorial on warrants as an underused investment vehicle, disabuses myths about warrants, shares the names of some warrants that warrant attention and makes the case for adding warrants to one's portfolio.

"The artist Christopher Wool has a word painting: ‘Sell the house, sell the car, sell the kids.’ That’s exactly how I feel — sell everything. Nothing here looks good" … "The stock markets should be down massively but investors seem to have been hypnotized that nothing can go wrong." - Jeffrey Gundlach

Many investors live by the saying – “Cash is King.” The gold sector should be no exception as those gold miners that are able to bring in positive cash flow from their operations, while at the same time using some of it towards capital expansion, are the ones that are likely to appreciate most in value and price. This could apply to the five gold stocks on our list today.

The gold miners-to-gold ratios are indicators that show how many gold ounces are required to purchase one share of an index. Technically, the numbers are the value of the index divided by the price of gold. They show a relative value of miners to the price of bullion, thus indicating whether gold stocks or gold are overvalued or undervalued relative to each other. When the ratios are low, miners are cheap compared to gold, and when the numbers are high, gold stocks look expensive relative to bullion. Let’s examine a chart to see what it says is the situation these days.

Finding your bearings in the various cycles for stocks, real estate, commodities, and macroeconomics is critical to investing. This article describes the 3 cycles that influence the precious metal markets...and a gold trader who doesn’t follow the gold cycles is akin to a carpenter that doesn’t use a level.

If you don’t understand stock warrants, you are not alone. Very few of the professional newsletter writers and analysts understand them so why should you? Allow me to give you a brief education on stock warrants in the following paragraphs and tell you exactly why you need this information.