Stanley Druckenmiller has scored some big wins in his career, including teaming up with George Soros to “break” the Bank of England. He is owning up to the big mistake he just made. Investor Stanley Druckenmiller hasn’t always been right about the markets, although he has been right enough often enough to have put together […]
Chipotle Mexican Grill was one of our top 5 stocks for 2020. Then the lockdown happened and it really got creamed. The cream does rise to the top though. People tend to be afraid of stocks that are performing very well, and especially with those performing extremely well like Chipotle. This stock grew by 289% […]
Social media company Twitter continues to grow its user base considerably. They are a huge household name. The most important ingredient is left out though, the good profit part. Twitter will be soon marking its seventh anniversary of their stock being traded publicly, and while the number seven is thought by many to be a […]
Hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has shown he’s pretty good at saving money with the $14 billion that he’s saved up so far. He has some tips for those who want to do better at this. Ray Dalio stands as one of the most successful savers of all time. While there are people who have […]
The pandemic has hit retailers particularly hard, and this is a sector that was already in considerable distress. Macy’s seems to be doing their best to survive, but don’t get too excited. Before we decided not to allow retail stores to remain open due to fears of the COVID-19 pandemic, the retail sector was already […]
Eight times a year, the U.S. Federal Reserve provides a summary of the economy around the country, called the Beige Book. Their latest observations are now in. The Fed is best known for its open market committee meetings throughout the year, and they also make the news from time to time when they make significant […]
Liquid-alt funds are designed to be more market neutral than normal funds, promising more protection against bear markets. How well have they done during this last one? While many people think of the difference between mutual funds and exchange traded funds, or ETFs, is that you can buy and sell shares of ETFs yourself on […]
Just like losing teams tell us they will get them next year, losing investment strategies always say that their advantage will come next year. Wishing this so is never enough. You really have to wonder what has continued to inspire people to keep investing in all those actively managed investment funds year after year in […]
The price of oil simply wilted under the heat of the coronavirus lockdown. As things inch more and more towards normal, oil is rising as fast as it fell, and there’s lots more room to grow. It was only a month ago that the price of oil touched minus $40 a barrel, during a mad […]
Even though the stock market gets a lot more attention, the bond market is roughly twice as big. We look at the three main types of bonds and how they have fared this year. It is standard practice for investors to hold a certain percentage of their portfolios in bonds, seeking to offset the risk […]