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Finding A Balance In Your Income Basket
Once again, yields are low… really low. This creates an obvious challenge for investors that still need their portfolios to generate income. While junk bonds offer high levels of income, you probably shouldn’t have risky junk bonds as your only income generator. But how can we build a portfolio with the primary goal of income […]
Why You Should Start Investing In The E-Commerce Industry
Although most tech-savvy investors are putting their capital into markets such as cloud computing and virtual reality, e-commerce offers an impressive amount of investment opportunities. As an investor yourself, you may consider this industry to be “old news”. After all, it has been around for a couple of decades. However, it is predicted to continue […]
4 Industries To Invest In In 2019
The first four months of 2019 have already been exciting, and we’ve seen a lot of improvements in industries across the globe. If you’re currently considering investing in an existing business, considering starting your own company, or purely just interested in investing in the stock markets, it can be wise to stay ahead of the trends. To […]
The Fed Changed Strategy On Interest Rates – Here’s What It Means
The Federal Reserve just took the monetary policy equivalent of a sharp 90-degree turn. On Jan. 30, the U.S. central bank signaled that it was done raising benchmark interest rates after two years of aggressive rate hikes. As such, the Fed held its target rate steady at a range of 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent. […]
Bond Market Is Flashing Recession Warning
Recession risk remains low for US, based on the latest economic data overall, but the Treasury market is pricing in a higher probability that growth will slow and perhaps lead to a downturn at some point in 2019. It’s still unlikely that output will contract in the near term, although a combination of political and […]
The Gradual And Then Sudden Collapse Of The Housing Market
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” – “A Farewell To Arms” – Hemingway Zillow Group stock plunged 24% this morning after reporting Q3 numbers that missed revenue and net income estimates. In addition, the Company revised Q4 lower. ZG is down 52% after hitting an all-time […]
America’s Fake Economy And Shale Oil Boom
PARIS – We promised to end the week with a bang! You’ll recall that Fed policy always consists of the same three mistakes… 1) Keeping interest rates too low for too long, resulting in too much debt; 2) Raising interest rates to try to gently deflate the debt bubble; and 3) Cutting rates in a […]
Projecting Finances For The Aging
In assisting my mother-in-law with her finances, one of the things I’ve done is to project how long her savings will last. I’m monitoring her income, spending and savings to ensure she is able to live comfortably now and still has enough to cover future potential living and care expenses. Since it may be of […]
Investors Facing Crude Facts
Shell-shocked investors are shifting their attention away from tariffs to the world’s most important commodity — crude oil. The U.S. and China are locked in a brutal struggle on trade policy, but they agree on at least one thing: they’d like to see lower oil prices. President Trump recently declared as much, complaining in a tweet […]
Cadillac Desert: America’s Fresh Water Crisis
Thirty years after Marc Reisner penned Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, his prophesy is being fulfilled. As the chalky rings which mark previous higher water levels around Colorado River reservoirs grow ever wider, Grist reports that major disputes are now afoot over the remaining water supply. Modern economists have long told us not […]
