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December 31, 2019 Mutual Funds No Comments

A Retirement Portfolio With U.S. And Emerging Markets Mutual Funds

A Retirement Portfolio With U.S. And Emerging Markets Mutual Funds and Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund (VUSTX). Here, we add a third mutual fund, Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund (FEMKX). FEMKX was started in 1990 and holds net assets of over 4 billion US dollars. Continue reading at seekingalpha.com Vanguard cut the price of dozens of mutual […]

July 10, 2019 ETF 2 Comments

The New Cannabis ETF Is the Market’s Cheapest Marijuana Fund

The New Cannabis ETF Is the Market’s Cheapest Marijuana Fund Investors that enjoy cannabis investing via the ETF wrapper rejoice: you’ve got another marijuana ETF to consider. On Tuesday, the aptly named Cannabis ETF (NYSEARCA:THCX) came to market. … Continue reading at investorplace.com London Beats New York in Drawing Saudi ETF Investor Billions Still, that’s […]

May 30, 2019 Earnings No Comments

Costco reports earnings — What to know in markets Thursday

Costco reports earnings — What to know in markets Thursday Big box retailer Costco (COST) is scheduled to release quarterly results after the market close Thursday. Retail has been struggling this earnings season, but it’s been a better picture for the … Continue reading at finance.yahoo.com Uber Reports Its First Earnings as a Public Company […]

April 11, 2016 Canadian One Comment

Canadian dollar jumps, stock markets surge

Canadian dollar jumps, stock markets surge TORONTO – The Canadian dollar was flirting with 77 cents US this morning after getting a big bump from a strong employment report. The loonie had been below 76.50 cents US just before the March jobs figures were released at 8:30 a.m. and soared just … Continue reading at […]

April 9, 2016 Canadian No Comments

Job gains and higher oil prices boost Canadian dollar, stock markets

Job gains and higher oil prices boost Canadian dollar, stock markets The dollar rose above 77 cents U.S., up more than 1 cent on Friday, as Statistics Canada reported 40,600 jobs were created last month. The job numbers showed the largest one-month increase in employment in six months. As the price of crude oil strengthened […]

March 30, 2016 ETF No Comments

Three Tips for Investing in Emerging Markets

Three Tips for Investing in Emerging Markets Based on my decades of experience as both an advisor and an investor, I’ve compiled three quick tips to help you make sense of this … Alternatively, you can diversify through an exchange-traded fund (ETF) and leave the work to proven, active fund … Continue reading at wallstreetdaily.com […]

March 8, 2016 Headlines No Comments

Markets eye $50 a barrel oil but rebalancing may not be over, IHS says

Markets eye a barrel oil but rebalancing may not be over, IHS says Predictions of an oil rally to $ 50 a barrel has markets excited, but IHS’s top oil analyst cautions that the commodity hasn’t done rebalancing yet. Oil prices jumped on Monday, with global benchmark Brent crude breaking above the vital $ 40-a-barrel […]

February 29, 2016 Dividends No Comments

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company: Solid Dividend, Strong Emerging Markets Exposure Make This One A Buy

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company: Solid Dividend, Strong Emerging Markets Exposure Make This One A Buy Recently announced confirmation of dividend payout. A play on the strong economy of the Philippines and on emerging markets. A sound way to invest in a blue chip representative of the Philippines economy as a whole. PLDT is set […]

Another advantage that 4x has over stocks is the advantage of trading focus. Instead of having to choose between over 4,000 stocks you can deal with 4 main currency pairs. Any good business person knows that focusing on too many things is a recipe for financial disaster and this can hold equally true in the stock market. A stock trader also must grapple with the time issue doing research on all those potential stocks presents. It is also much easier to become familiar with 4 things as opposed to 4,000 things. Focus is the name of the game and 4x trading makes it much easier to do so.

Investments once considered as stable as granite are rapidly losing ground, Lubaszka explains. Real estate is but one example. Long praised as a slam-dunk by money gurus, home-buying is no longer viewed as a hurdle-free path to profit. Stratospheric pricing and higher interest rates are putting intolerable pressure on the current housing bubble, factors bound to bust the suds sooner or later and drive the overheated real estate market into deepfreeze.

"The housing bubble will burst rather than gradually deflate, following the rapid and violent pattern of decline of nearly every financial bubble throughout history," Lubaszka says. "Higher interest rates negatively impact not only the health of the housing market but other economic segments as well. The stock market takes a hit because higher rates make it more costly for companies to pay for debt. Higher rates hurt corporate profit margins and reduce stock value, bad news given the deep debt situation so many companies are in today."