By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Bitcoin has gone from JV to Varsity, and now has a valuation as high as some of the world’s top companies. Turning 12 years…
Buffett’s Letter Doesn’t Take Reddit Bait
With his quintessential charm and wisdom, the 90-year-old Warren Buffett offered perspective and level-headedness in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, according to a recent article in Bloomberg. “All…
What Experts are Saying About 2021 Stock Market Correction
A recent article in MarketWatch discusses whether a major stock market correction is on the horizon, noting that “cautious investors and those worried that the good times can’t last forever…
Mark Mobius: Emerging Markets Will Outperform
The founder of Mobius Capital Partners, once described as the “Indiana Jones of emerging markets,” recently told Barron’s that he sees a “strong global economic recovery that should finally help…
SPAC Attack is Invading Wall Street
Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are quickly becoming a “favorite source of financing for private companies looking to go public,” according to a recent article in The Wall Street…
Long-Term Wins Possible in Large-Cap Value Stocks
While so far this year we’ve seen the market dominated by “the spectacular rise and fall of speculative stocks and a continuation of the small cap rally,” a recent article…
Academic Research Spotlight: Replicating Anomalies by Lu Zhang, Chen Xue and Kewei Hou (Ep. 73)
In this episode, we are trying something new. There is so much academic research out there about markets, and what drives their returns over time, that it can be very…
Zweig: Every Investor Needs a Charlie Munger
Investing in the stock market, an activity that people have typically pursued alone, has become “the hottest way to socialize,” according to a recent Wall Street Journalarticle by columnist Jason…
Bitcoin ETF Could Be Real in 2021
While exchange-traded cryptocurrency ETFs have yet to be allowed in the U.S. due to concerns about “potential manipulation and thin liquidity,” a recent Bloomberg article reports that, “with the world’s…
GameStop Mania Leads to Scrutiny on Online Broker Payments
The recent GameStop saga is “prompting calls for regulators to reconsider a decades-old practice in the U.S. stock market” in which trading firms pay brokerages for the right to execute…