Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
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
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)
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 […]
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?
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
$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
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 […]
The Juicy Little Secret “Sin Taxes” Tell You
As I’ve told you many times, the news is either misleading, or just irrelevant. What’s relevant is Rule Number One, “Don’t fight the Fed, and Rule Number 2, “The trend is your friend” aka “Don’t fight the tape.” So I concentrate my work in attempting to get a handle on the market strictly on liquidity […]
