This is no longer our grandparents’ or even parents’ stock market. High valuations have become the norm in an investing world dominated by retail traders. But when market volatility is high and economic uncertainty is on the rise, your best bet is to invest in mega-cap stocks. Why? Well, although there are no guarantees in […]
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The Best Way to Protect Your Wealth from the Rise of Inflation
It’s been a long time since anyone has had to worry about keeping up with inflation. As you can see from the chart below, the recent 5.4% reading of the consumer price index is the highest inflation reading since 2008. And other than a short blip in 2011, inflation has been mostly nonexistent for more […]
These 3 Stocks Combine Growth with Dividends for Market Beating Gains
Investors at every stage of life should have at least some dividend payers among their portfolio of stocks. Younger investors can use them to reinvest and dollar-cost average to compound returns over time. Retirees may want them to support living expenses or choose to invest them back for added growth. These three companies offer investors […]
One Company is Leading the Charge into the 5G Revolution
I love tech stocks. It’s kind of my thing. But I don’t like to buy just any tech stocks. I look for what I call “smart tech.” These companies develop new technologies, not existing ones. I’m talking about revolutionary technology like: Artificial intelligence. 5G. Automation. Robotics. This is the future of tech. And these investments […]
How to Safeguard your Retirement from Rising Interest Rates
One by one, the dominoes keep falling. Practically daily, investors witness the impact of interest rates on one asset class after another: Gold prices have fallen over 16% since last summer, giving back over 60% of 2020’s rally in prices. Expensive tech and growth stocks corrected in February. Mortgage rates have risen the most in […]
3 Easy Ways to Build an Immediate Dividend Portfolio
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. Søren Kierkegaard I’ve come to the point in my life where I am really starting to question my own existence… What am I doing here? Why do I do the things I do? What is the meaning of this absurd journey we call life? Maybe it’s because I am […]
Insiders are Buying Up these High Yield Stocks
There are lots of reasons company insiders sell their own companies’ stock. They may need to diversify or pay for a new mansion in the Hamptons, or they may know that earnings are going to be lousy in a few months. But there is only one reason they buy: to make money. And that is […]