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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 […]

Unlike the stock market, the currency trading market does not require a trader to pay a commission to place a trade. This will come as a welcome sign of relief to those who have grown accustomed to the vast amount of money they must fork over to their brokers which go towards clearing, exchange and government fees. In the 4x market you also do not have to worry about having a large sum of money in your account to sell your currency pairs. This concept of selling as you may already know is commonly called shorting in the equities world. You can buy or sell at will in the currency trading arena.

"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."

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