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Learning from the Ups and Downs of the Stock Market
Despite much uncertainty in the minds of many investors with respect to the path of interest rate hikes in the U.S., the ultimate impact of Brexit on England, Europe and the rest of the global economy and the outcome of the upcoming presidential election in the U.S., one thing remains certain thus far in 2016 – market leadership continues to change and evolve. ...
05-27-2020 | READ POSTKeeping Perspective
Despite much uncertainty in the minds of many investors with respect to the path of interest rate hikes in the U.S., the ultimate impact of Brexit on England, Europe and the rest of the global economy and the outcome of the upcoming presidential election in the U.S., one thing remains certain thus far in 2016 – market leadership continues to change and evolve. ...
03-03-2020 | READ POST2020 will be a “Year of the Three Big E’s”
Despite much uncertainty in the minds of many investors with respect to the path of interest rate hikes in the U.S., the ultimate impact of Brexit on England, Europe and the rest of the global economy and the outcome of the upcoming presidential election in the U.S., one thing remains certain thus far in 2016 – market leadership continues to change and evolve. ...
01-27-2020 | READ POSTAre Student Loans the Next Big Bubble to Burst?
Despite much uncertainty in the minds of many investors with respect to the path of interest rate hikes in the U.S., the ultimate impact of Brexit on England, Europe and the rest of the global economy and the outcome of the upcoming presidential election in the U.S., one thing remains certain thus far in 2016 – market leadership continues to change and evolve. ...
09-30-2019 | READ POST
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Last Week’s Markets in Review: Are You Looking for Yield in all the Wrong Places?
As it relates to low-interest rates, with the U.S. 10 year treasury yield hovering around 0.70%, and traditional savings and money market accounts potentially yielding even less, investors are feverishly searching for alternative ways to generate income. Our objective in this week's market update is to outline the historical risk, return, and yield of various options currently available to those investors with income-production objectives....
09-21-2020 | READ POSTLast Week’s Markets in Review: What the Tech?
What we have observed is that a large number of retail investors, and some large institutions, were active in call option purchases related to the high-flying technology stocks. Buying a call option gives an investor the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the underlying security at a set price. ...
09-14-2020 | READ POSTLast Week’s Markets in Review: Will the Leaders Continue to Lead the Markets Forward?
At this time some of the areas we favor are innovative and quality U.S. companies, which can be sector agnostic. Examples include companies developing or utilizing revolutionary technologies like cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, along with biotech companies within the Healthcare sector developing innovative technologies to treat and cure chronic diseases. These will undoubtedly involve some small-cap companies. ...
09-08-2020 | READ POSTLast Week’s Markets in Review: Should Investors Worry about Higher Interest Rate Sensitivity?
Prior to the spread of COVID-19, many may have understandably been unaware of, or unfamiliar with, the iShares iBoxx U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (Ticker: LQD), but that unfamiliarity may have dissipated following the Federal Reserve's decision to provide liquidity to the U.S. corporate bond market by making secondary market purchases of U.S. corporate bond ETFs through a newly established entity called the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF). ...
08-31-2020 | READ POST
