Roger Scot
04/30/2020
As Warren Buffett once said, “Gold is a way of going long on fear.” During times of uncertainty, it’s gold that offers a “safe haven” to those looking for shelter from more traditional and volatile investments (like stocks). And compared to investments in stocks, where even the largest blue-chip companies […]
04/30/2020
After another ugly round of newly released and worse-than-expected data, global shares and U.S. futures fell today. Investors don’t like the joblessness happening in America — another 3.8 million people filed for unemployment last week — and they especially don’t like that Europe’s regional economy shrunk by 3.8%. The size […]
04/29/2020
Risk is a double-edged sword… The bigger the profit potential, the larger the risk. Volatility cuts both ways, and it doesn’t care if you’re long in the market or short. Most people prefer waiting on the sideline until the pandemic passes. But there are still some aggressive investors that have […]
04/29/2020
And just like that, the longest economic expansion the U.S. has ever seen is over. GDP data for the country’s first quarter came out 4.8% lower today, and while investors were preparing for an annualized drop of 5%, the report is still incredibly alarming. Six years of growth are gone […]
04/29/2020
Small cap investments aren’t for everybody. They can be risky, if you don’t know what you’re doing. They haven’t performed great lately either — lagging large-cap stocks since late 2018. Today, I’m discussing two specific small cap investments that are ready to explode that, while risky, could lead to major […]
04/28/2020
The pandemic has caused major companies to go under… But industries that rely on home-based customers are growing.
04/27/2020
Most people don’t realize this: About 70% of U.S. GDP comes from consumer spending… But unfortunately, the health crisis has crippled global consumer spending — putting most economies on ice. While we don’t know how long it’ll take to recover (or create a viable vaccine), we do know that it’s […]
04/27/2020
U.S. and global stocks rose today as more and more governments prepare to restart their economies. With that, investors are setting their sights to the future in preparation for the world’s central banks to start pulling the economy out of the worst global slump since the 1930s. President Trump is […]
04/24/2020
It’s a fast world. People rush from A to B as quickly as they can. Often our biggest investments are our personal homes, and it seems we spend as little time in them as possible.