Bitcoin and S&P 500 Chart The Untouchables Strategy 2000–2020 Strategy Comparison Don’t Let Volatility Scare You Out of the Market Fear is running rampant in the markets… The S&P 500 is firmly in correction territory. As I write this, it’s down nearly 10% since the start of the year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq isn’t fairing much … Read More
Key Points: The Incredible Shrinking Stock Market Companies IPO at much higher valuations Your Blueprint for a Strong Financial Future You wouldn’t know it from watching the news… but despite the IPO hype we’ve experienced the last few years, nearly half of the publicly traded companies in the U.S. have vanished since 1996. Take a … Read More
Lately, the headlines have been full of negative news about inflation, the global chip shortage and supply chain issues that have adversely affected consumers and businesses all over the world. However, there is one development that is getting too little attention, perhaps because it undermines the mainstream media’s unremittingly negative narrative. The U.S. is on … Read More
My career has been what you might call “nontraditional.” Very few Wall Street analysts spent their early 20s doing theater in Greenwich Village. When I started teaching myself about investing – just because I was a struggling actor didn’t mean I had to be a starving actor – I learned how to read financial statements … Read More
With the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill underway, infrastructure stocks have been taking off. This ambitious plan making its way through congress eventually landing on President Joe Biden’s desk will have serious effects on the economy. It could potentially strengthen infrastructure stocks. Biden recently made a statement about his “Build Back Better” agenda. He stated … Read More
We’ve seen this happen five other times since 2009. It’s an exodus of sorts. And if you were paying attention when it happened, you could have made double-digit gains over the next year. I’m talking about investors giving up on a certain stock market. They have been fleeing this market for most of the year. … Read More
The stock market in the United States has outperformed other markets for a long time now – 10 years, to be exact. The chart below compares the performance of the S&P 500 over the past decade with the performance of an index of international stocks. The comparison isn’t even close… It has been American domination. … Read More
The S&P 500 Index is about to enter one of its best-performing stretches in any calendar year… You may find this hard to believe – but it’s true. The problem is, too many investors get caught up in the “sell in May, come back in September” mindset. After all, they hear it time and again … Read More
The S&P 500 slipped slightly on Friday, May 21 to end another up and down week that saw earnings reports from Target (TGT), Walmart (WMT), and other retailers. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq dipped 0.50%, after it jumped 1.8% Thursday as the bulls pushed it right to its 50-day moving average. And the Dow popped about 0.40%. … Read More
There has been a lot of talk about our country’s economic recovery heading into the second half of the year… And that’s because we’ve seen impressive progress with the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly one-third of the U.S.’s population has been fully vaccinated. So it … Read More