Saturday, May 4, 2024
Markets are clearly overvalued at current levels. We are trading at multiples of earnings that have not been seen in over a decade. It did not end well on previous occasions, and it won’t end well this time. Corporate insiders are clearly not impressed by current market conditions either. We are seeing very little insider […]
Last week, I told you I would soon have a couple of real estate-related bonds for you to consider. I realize that recommending real estate-related securities right now is considered the most horrific suggestion in the history of horrific investment suggestions—after all, everyone “knows” that commercial real estate will collapse soon. The very best people […]
Today I am talking with Laura Hamilton | OTC Markets Group. Laura is a Vice President at OTC Markets Group, where she focuses on new business development for community banks across the US. In this role, Laura manages the OTCQX Banks market, where she advises both private and public community banks on trading and liquidity […]
“Don’t fight the Fed.” Famed fund manager Marty Zweig came up with that one in 1970 and repeated it religiously until he passed away in 2013. The Federal Reserve has been raising rates since March of 2022, and Fed funds rates have gone from 0.25% to more than 5%. Three-month Treasury yields have risen from […]
Several years ago, I tested a system of betting college football games against the spread. Turns out that using small amounts of money betting on underdogs to beat the spread is a winning strategy. The winning edge is small, and you must bet on every underdog, so you are making a lot of bets every […]
As you know, real estate is one of my favorite investment vehicles. So this Independence Day, while you enjoy your beer, food, company, and fireworks, I want to show you what’s next in the real estate market… And where the profits are. That’s exactly what you’ll see in today’s in-depth discussion with Sandy Schmid, Director […]
Today we’re going to talk about “shareholder yield” and other things that will help you be a better investor (read: make more money)… We’ll cover value investing, diversification, foreign stocks, and more. And I’m doing it all with fellow value-oriented quant, Meb Faber of Cambria Investments. I’ve known Meb for years, and believe me when […]
Fortunes are going to be made in the oil and gas business over the next decade. The uncomfortable truth that we cannot convert to 100% renewable energy on the timetable currently being touted is beginning to sink in for those who are blessed with a modicum of common sense. Politicians and activists will take longer. […]
Last week, the Federal Reserve decided to pause its rate hiking efforts to slow down inflation.Fed Chair Jerome Powell made it clear that the central bank is not done fighting inflation yet, and that this is just a brief pause to allow the committee to observe how the rate hikes impact the economy.From where I […]
In my decades of investing and researching the markets, I’ve never lost money in one of the most interesting dividend-paying sectors… As long as I used a simple trick. It’s an investing strategy that’s easy to learn, easy to stick with, and it beats the market over the years, too. The trick is getting in […]
