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.
Read More »True Portfolio Diversification Includes Owning Some Alternative Investments
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.
Read More »6 Ways To Choose the Right Financial Advisor For YOU
A financial advisor can realize enhanced returns for you over the years and make you feel more at ease about their finances, but only 29% of Americans work with a financial advisor. Research shows that an advisor-managed portfolio [outperforms a self-managed portfolio realizing an 8% annualized growth over a 25-year period, on average, compared to 5% from a self-managed portfolio. bBelow are 6 ways to go about choosing the right one for YOU!
Read More »A Comparison of the Social & Economic Well-Being of White, Black, Hispanic & Asian Americans (+3K Views)
In many ways, America remains two societies – one black and one white – as measured by key demographic indicators of social and economic well-being...
Read More »The BEST and WORST Countries To Invest In Over the Next 10 Years (+2K Views)
Which countries will be the best and worst to invest in over the next 10 years in terms of relative strength of asset prices in real terms?
Read More »Make the Most Of Your Life While Still In Your 30’s (Or Even Older) – Here’s How
I’m turning 40 this month, which got me thinking: why not share how to make the most of your 30s so below are 30 hard-learned money and life lessons for you to review and hopefully implement.
Read More »New ETF Will Make It Easier, Safer & More Convenient To Invest In Bitcoin
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:
Read More »14 Behavioral Changes That Will Drastically Improve Your Life Situation (+4K Views)
Simply continuing along the status quo is a vote for digging ourselves deeper as the constraints of the future arrive. Behavior change is necessary in order to improve our chances. This article presents 14 prudent behaviors to adopt...as we start trending back towards more historic baselines.
Read More »Women’s Economic Rights By Country: Canada Is Tied For 1st; U.S. Is 38th Out Of 190 Countries
Many laws continue to inhibit women’s ability to enter the workforce or start a business. In fact, on average globally, women have just three-quarters of the economic rights of men as this infographic of data from the Women, Business and Law 2021 report by the World Bank, visualizes women’s economic rights around the world.
Read More »These Countries Have the Largest Sovereign (National) Wealth Funds
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.
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