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5th Round Of NAFTA Talks Collapse: Who’s To Blame? What’s At Stake?

5th Round Of NAFTA Talks Collapse: Who’s To Blame? What’s At Stake?

The 5th round of NAFTA talks between the US, Canada, and Mexico was a complete disaster. It’s a lose, lose, lose setup. A major warning sign of an impending NAFTA talk failure came when the Trump administration updated its NAFTA demands despite the fact that negotiations had already bogged down. U.S. officials explicitly stated, for example, that […]
Should Your Holdings Reflect Your Values?

Should Your Holdings Reflect Your Values?

Source: author’s picture I’m going tell you up front: I’m divided about this topic. As an investor, I sometimes forget the overall impact of my actions. After all, the very first thing I’m interested in is making money. The reason why I invest money is obviously to use this vehicle to get richer, to reach my […]
BOA: Private Investors Are Buying Stocks For First Time Since 2008

BOA: Private Investors Are Buying Stocks For First Time Since 2008

For the past nine years, private investors have avoided stocks. According to Bank of America’s weekly client asset flow trends report, in every year since 2008, private clients have sold equities on a net basis. The only year to buck this trend was in 2015 when clients acquired a net $1.8 billion in stocks including ETF […]
Focus On JPMorgan Large Cap Growth C Fund (OLGCX)

Focus On JPMorgan Large Cap Growth C Fund (OLGCX)

JPMorgan Large Cap Growth C Fund (OLGCX – Free Report) seeks long term appreciation of capital. OLGCX invests the lion’s share of its assets in the equity securities of large and established companies. Such companies normally have market capitalizations similar to those included in the Russell 1000 Growth Index. This Large Growth product has a history of positive […]
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                        Extremely Rare Stock Vs. Bond Set-Up

FV Extremely Rare Stock Vs. Bond Set-Up

Gold’s Most Controlled Range In A Decade Faces Dollar, Risk And Bitcoin

Gold’s Most Controlled Range In A Decade Faces Dollar, Risk And Bitcoin

Chart created in TradingView Talking Points: Over the past 25 trading days, spot gold has held a $33 range – the smallest in that time since 2007 The correlation between Gold and the Dollar has notably diverged over the past week A slide in monetary policy expectations has yet to inspire the precious metal Fundamental Forecast for […]
GBP/USD – Headed To 1.35?

GBP/USD – Headed To 1.35?

Sterling was supposed to hit a one-month high on the back of Brexit news (Prime Minister May was suppose to increase her Brexit bill offer) but absolutely nothing was announced this past week. Instead, Ireland’s border became an unexpectedly significant hurdle to advancing Brexit talks. Although the border problems are serious ones, at the end […]
Jeff Bezos Becomes 2nd Man In History To Amass 12-Figure Fortune

Jeff Bezos Becomes 2nd Man In History To Amass 12-Figure Fortune

$100,000,000,000…. That is the net worth of Amazon founder (and Washington Post owner) Jeff Bezos after Amazon’s shares surged today on optimism over Black Friday. As Bloomberg reports, the $100 billion milestone makes Bezos, 53, the first billionaire to build a 12-figure net worth since 1999, when Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates hit the mark. Bezos’s fortune rose […]
These Three Stocks Are Where Marijuana And Dividends Intersect

These Three Stocks Are Where Marijuana And Dividends Intersect

I love when you folks send me questions. I love it even more when your questions lead me to an investing idea I can then share with you. A lot of you ask me about tech dividend stocks. You’re looking for the growth of tech stocks – along with the income dividend payers provide. That makes […]