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How Will the COVID-19 Crisis Affect the Gold Prices?

Tactical Strategies and the Anatomy of a Bear Market

Are Stocks Hanging on By the Fingernails?

4 Ways to Simplify Retirement in a Bear Market

Apr 06, 2020 by Rob Isbitts

Be optimistic about our collective future as humans. Do not make the mistake of thinking that the financial markets will magically get better right away.

Sidewalk Etiquette in a Social-Distancing World

Apr 04, 2020 by Barbara Pachter

To ensure adequate space between people outdoors, who moves out of the way when two or more people are sharing a walkway?

Why Hasn’t Bitcoin Spiked in the Financial Crisis?

Apr 03, 2020 by Finscreener

These points may explain why the arguments for bitcoin as a hedge or haven haven’t panned out. #bitcoin #currency #money #wealth

Stocks Are Rolling Over to the Downside

Apr 03, 2020 by Sunshine Profits

Despite the weekly chart’s price action, the bears still have the upper hand, which will show up more prominently once today’s session is over.

Market Triage Will Determine Which Companies Can Be Saved

Apr 03, 2020 by Equities.com

While many stocks may have already bottomed, not every company is going to make it to the promised land. #stockmarket #investing

Will Gold Prices Rise With News of Huge Unemployment?

Apr 02, 2020 by Sunshine Profits

Given the scale of the current crisis and the monetary and fiscal stimulus to cushion the US economy, gold prices should go up. #gold

Congress and the Fed Opened the Stimulus Floodgates, Now What?

Apr 02, 2020 by Frank Holmes

This policy will once again be constructive for gold, and so it may be prudent to consider buying not just physical gold, but also the gold miners.

The Stock Upswing Is Living On Borrowed Time – Part II

Apr 02, 2020 by Sunshine Profits

Again, the volume was lower yesterday, and the daily indicators are increasingly and tellingly curling lower. #stockmarket

The Rebound Is Happening in China's Economy

Apr 02, 2020 by VanEck

Purchasing managers’ indices are a better indicator of the health of the Chinese economy than the gross domestic product (GDP) number,

How Investors Can Diversify Their Portfolio During These Volatile Times

Apr 01, 2020 by Guest Contributor

CTA’s Positively Skewed Performance Helps Reduce Tail Risk in a Diversified Hedge Fund Portfolio. #hedgefunds #diversify

Here’s Why Your Brokerage Statement Is About To Surprise You

Apr 01, 2020 by Rob Isbitts

You might be surprised to find that losing a lot less during market routs like the recent one just might be a better path to successful long-term outcomes.

The Best Advice for Investors

Apr 01, 2020 by Eric Kuby

My short-term outlook for the stock market is for volatility to persist, with rapidly changing price direction. #stockmarket #investing

The Powerful 2008 Lessons That Apply to Gold Today

Apr 01, 2020 by Sunshine Profits

All this tells us that the precious metals market is likely going to slide very profoundly, and very quickly. #investing #gold #metals

The Stock Upswing Is Living On Borrowed Time

Apr 01, 2020 by Sunshine Profits

The time for the rally is running out, as both the daily indicators and high-yield corporate debt charts show. #stockmarket #investing

Investors Shouldn't Approach the Financial Markets With Too Much Confidence

Mar 31, 2020 by Joseph Hosler

The market’s rise this past week has many hoping it’s a sign that recovery is imminent, and we’ll be getting back to normal soon. #stocks

Which Companies Will Win As Pay TV Evolves?

Mar 31, 2020 by Equities.com

Expect plenty of new ideas in streaming TV to keep popping up for the next few years until the industry settles in on the way it will do business.

The Positives We Can Find in This Virus Wracked World

Mar 30, 2020 by John Mauldin

All the opportunities that I’ve been talking and writing about over the years are not going away. Just postponed for a few months.

The 11 Most Important Objectives the First Year as a Financial Advisor

Mar 30, 2020 by Don Connelly

Your first-year financial advisor goals should be as specific as possible so you know when you’ve achieved them. #financialadvisor

So Much for the Miners’ Rally

Mar 30, 2020 by Sunshine Profits

Silver and mining stocks are likely to decline much more than gold, and in their case, the profit-take targets are much easier to estimate.

Why The Market Tanked, Where It’s Going And How You Can Thrive

Mar 30, 2020 by Rob Isbitts

The reason the market fell so far, and could well fall much further, is because it was on thin ice to begin with. #investing #market #wealth

The Key Part of the US Fiscal Relief Package

Mar 30, 2020 by Alliance Bernstein

Because the crisis is so unpredictable, demonstrating the will to act is much more important than the details of those actions. #economy

The COVID-19 Relief Bill: Holding the Economy in Suspended Animation

Mar 30, 2020 by J.P. Morgan Asset Management

For investors, this package should be good for U.S. equities and other risk assets as it should leave U.S. corporations in a better position.

Will America Will Come Out of This Stronger Than Ever?

Mar 28, 2020 by Frank Holmes

As challenging as the past couple of months have been, I have no doubt that the U.S. will weather this storm and emerge stronger than ever.

10 Trends To Watch After the Pandemic

Mar 27, 2020 by Equities.com

Our society will attempt normality, but many things will be forever affected that we used to take for granted. 10 Trends to Watch.

The Stock Upswing Meets Employment Data

Mar 27, 2020 by Sunshine Profits

While the bears have the upper hand, the potential for a temporary upswing to resume, is still there. #stockmarket #investing

Finding Yield When Fed Rates Are Near Zero

Mar 26, 2020 by Guest Contributor

We believe there is a place in an income-oriented portfolio for both risk-free assets such as U.S. Treasuries. #investing

Dollar Hitting All-Time High; Gold Recovering From Recent Tumble

Mar 26, 2020 by Equities.com

There are not very many all-time highs in today’s market, other than the trade-weighted exchange rate of the U.S. dollar. #dollar

Unlocking the Power of Long-Term Put Options

Mar 26, 2020 by Guest Contributor

Unpredictable markets can make growing wealth and avoiding losses difficult. Put options are an effective way to manage this unpredictability.

How To Prepare Your Investment Portfolio For The Next Bull Market

Mar 26, 2020 by Rob Isbitts

These 3 ideas may be used separately or together to get your portfolio back in shape, if you have taken a hit recently. #investing #planning

How to View and Handle Stocks at a Time Like This

Mar 26, 2020 by Andrew Rosen

Here are a few things worth thinking about during times like these when you are thinking about stock prices. #stocks #stockmarket

Biotech Firm Moderna Takes the Stock Market by Storm

Mar 26, 2020 by Finscreener

Massachusetts-based Moderna is one of the only stocks soaring, while most everything else is trawling the bottom of the sea. #stocks

Can We Finally Turn a Financial Crisis Into an Opportunity?

Mar 25, 2020 by Guest Contributor

Given this moment of clarity, we should recognize that governments around the world face a crisis that they can turn into an opportunity.

Distressed Debt Buyer Says Market Dive Is a Buying Opportunity

Mar 25, 2020 by Finscreener

If investors can afford to buy and hold, then putting money into stocks while the market thrashes around amidst coronavirus fears. #stockmarket

The Most Passive Way to Invest Outside of the US

Mar 25, 2020 by IndexIQ

A 50% currency exposure provides a way to step back from asset contribution, distribution, and rebalancing timing.

A $10 Trillion Response to the Global Pandemic

Mar 25, 2020 by Frank Holmes

Goldman Sachs estimates that the U.S. economy could contract as much as 24 percent—roughly one-fourth—in the second quarter alone.

US Municipals Could Suffer as Coronavirus Spreads

Mar 24, 2020 by Alliance Bernstein

Investors are now asking: aren’t many municipal bond issuers vulnerable in this crisis? #municipalbonds #bonds #investing #coronavirus

What Will an Earnings Recession Look Like?

Mar 24, 2020 by J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Markets are forward looking. As the clouds begin to break, the market will start to price in a “virus-free” run-rate for earnings. #investing

2008 Vs. 2020: A Warning To The Greedy

Mar 24, 2020 by Rob Isbitts

Prioritize your true long-term objectives for your accumulated wealth, and let that be your North Star amid the current chaos. #wealth

Is President Trump’s $2 Trillion Bazooka Enough?

Mar 24, 2020 by Finscreener

Analysts expect extremely stressed financial markets to rebound sharply when the crisis is over. #investing #future

What Every Prospect Needs to Know About You

Mar 24, 2020 by Bryce Sanders

Everyone you know needs to know three simple things about you. Who you are, What you do and Why you are good. #sales #success

Global Financial Markets to Use China’s Recovery as a Critical Gauge

Mar 24, 2020 by Guest Contributor

Two ways China is contributing to global financial recovery is by maintaining domestic financial markets’ stability and by being involved.

Robust Midstream Insider Buying Amid Market Volatility

Mar 23, 2020 by Guest Contributor

With MLP index yields at all-time highs, several management teams are utilizing this downturn as a buying opportunity. #MLPs

How to Implement Structured Notes During Volatility

Mar 23, 2020 by Guest Contributor

Advisors need to be thinking about how best to take advantage of the quick and significant decline in the equity markets. #structurednotes

Think Differently: How to Confront New Investor Challenges

Mar 23, 2020 by Rob Isbitts

Flexible, adaptive investing that incorporates hedging and tactical management is a higher percentage shot to confront these new investor challenges.

It’s Not If, But When Markets Recover

Mar 23, 2020 by Guest Contributor

This is the shortest, swiftest, deepest correction we've ever experienced from a market high to where we are today. #markets #correction #future

Is This Bear Market Really Different?

Mar 23, 2020 by Guest Contributor

Use historical facts and context to guide your decision making, and remember, this time is never different. #investing #markets

COVID-19 Containment in Asia May Show the Path to U.S. Market Recovery

Mar 23, 2020 by Guest Contributor

The U.S. stock market’s near-30% decline means that equities are moving closer to a bottom and are now more reasonably priced.

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