As the consumer price index continues to rise on everything from used cars to groceries, inflation has become almost impossible to avoid. But Warren Buffett has some advice, according to…
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The 30% Stock Market Boom that May Be Coming
You can’t talk about the stock market without talking about vaccines and the virus. This according to a recent article in Financial Advisor Magazine. “People are a little nuts about…
This Top-Performing Fund Manager Says Look At Intrinsic Value
Investors often conflate the terms “value” and “valuation,” but the distinction between the two makes all the difference. This according to a recent article in Barron’s. The article cites comments…
Palantir is Stockpiling Gold to Hedge Against ‘Black Swan Event’
Palantir Technologies is stockpiling gold bars in anticipation of another “black swan event” according to a recent Bloomberg article. Co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, Palantir—which makes software used by…
What Vanguard Found as Potent Inflation-Fighting Asset
Research by Vanguard shows that not all inflation hedges are created equally. This according to a recent MarketWatch article. TIPS: The article reports that although investors have been drawn to…
“Drawdown” Defined
In simple terms, “drawdown” is Wall Street-speak for “you lost money,” so knowing the drawdown history of an asset is important for investors as they build portfolios. This according to…
Reddit Mania Leads Quants to Rethink Stock Trades
As amateur investors have grown to roughly one-fifth of U.S. equity trading volume, there’s a “palpable fear that the Reddit generation is getting strong enough to disrupt the market patterns…
A Look at the Valuation of the Major Investing Factors
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — In my last article, I took a look at the overall market valuation and the relative and absolute valuation of value stocks using our market valuation…
A Shift Away from U.S. Stocks is Coming
A recent article in Barron’s offers excerpts from an interview with Whitney Baker, founder of research and consulting agency Totem Macro, in which she addresses topics including China, emerging markets…
To Beat the Best Investors, Know When to Sell
A new study has found that investors “spend much more brain energy on buying stocks than selling them.” This according to a recent article in NPR. The study, titled “Selling…