The bull market lasted so long that a lot of folks forgot about this classic strategy… After all, stocks have trudged higher since the housing bust in 2009. And they’ve done so with incredible consistency. The S&P 500 Index has only seen a small number of corrections since 2010. Still, if you’ve been an investor …
It seems like almost everything is connected to Russia’s war in Ukraine these days… Even somewhere as far away as Brazil. In this case, the connection is iron ore… You see, the top six countries in terms of iron ore production are Australia, Brazil, China, India, Russia, and Ukraine. That means iron ore is at …
Folks, institutional analysts have terrible timing… I’ve spent my entire 25-year career reading reports from major investment banks. And the story is typically the same… XYZ Company just soared 25%. And then, a week or two later, the big banks raise their price targets by 5%. Oftentimes, the banks will still undersell the potential opportunity. …
The world’s most important investment committee made an odd choice last March… In short, it added an online gambling stock to the powerful index that it oversees. The gambling company was one of the COVID-19 pandemic’s so-called “meme stocks.” Outspoken Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy might’ve had some influence, too… Portnoy put the company on …
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Teladoc Health (TDOC) was the perfect COVID-19 trade… until it wasn’t. Think about it… The lockdowns meant you couldn’t leave your house to go to the doctor in the pandemic’s early days. Instead, the doctor saw you over the computer. We’d finally stepped into the future… You would set up a brief video chat with …
I hope you didn’t listen to Cathie Wood 11 months ago… The Ark Investment Management founder was a guest on CNBC’s Closing Bell on March 8, 2021. During the interview, she declared that “the bull market is strengthening, and that will play to our benefit over the longer term.” Now, Wood was partly correct. The …
Retirees need more than Uncle Sam’s help in order to survive… In 2021, the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) paid out over $1 trillion to recipients. And that number is about to grow even bigger… You see, SSA issues a cost-of-living adjustment (“COLA”) each year. It’s 5.9% in 2022 – the biggest annual increase in about …
A flurry of new exchange traded funds (ETFs) is hitting the market… In fact, several of these ETFs came out over the past month alone. Wall Street is pitching them as investors’ shields against our biggest threat right now – inflation. And naturally, in return for that alleged protection, it’s asking for a hefty fee. …
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You’ve probably never heard of liability-driven investing – or the “bucket strategy”… But importantly, it was the strategy I used over my 25 years working for some of Wall Street’s biggest names. And it’s not only for the big money… You can do it, too! In fact, I believe the bucket strategy is the best …
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Editor’s note: The markets and our Chaikin Analytics offices will be closed tomorrow in observance of Christmas. Because of that, we won’t publish the Chaikin PowerFeed e-letter. Look for your next issue on Monday, December 27. And enjoy the holidays! Folks, inflation is eating away at our spending power right now… And there are few …
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