Asset Allocation

While investing in gold mining companies is not quite as simple as novices to this sector might at first conclude, neither is it so overwhelmingly complicated as to make these companies inaccessible to individual, retail investors. Below are a number of things to look for when considering an investment in such companies. Words: 2745

The amount of evidence stacking up that mutual funds do not provide value for their investors is just staggering so what is an investor to do?

Here are four steps we believe you should consider to potentially increase your income in today's low yield environment ... while still helping to protect yourself against higher interest rates down the road.

Dividends aren't just for Warren Buffett and retirees. Dividends have the power to support your goals of becoming independently wealthy. Here are 3 reasons why.

Even if size doesn't matter to you, it's important to know how a small company versus a big one will affect your portfolio. Here's a market cap primer.

The traditional view of portfolio management is that three asset classes, stocks, bonds and cash, are sufficient to achieve diversification. This view is, quite simply, wrong because over the past 10 years gold, silver and platinum have singularly outperformed virtually all major widely accepted investment indexes. Precious metals should be considered an independent asset class and an allocation to precious metals, as the most uncorrelated asset group, is essential for proper portfolio diversification.

The market crash of 2008 did not just hurt the S&P, it hurt real estate and gold equities. The sell off was brutal. Was 2008 an isolated incident or does a crash in general equities always spell doom for gold and gold stocks? This article examines 5 previous bear markets starting in 1973 in the S&P and looks at the performance of gold and gold stocks.

Today we have identified 5 IoT stocks that are in the business of selling and/or manufacturing the hardware, software, and comprehensive solutions. The stocks on our list have surged as high as 94% year to date and show no signs of slowing down.

9 years ago, Warren Buffett made a $500,000 bet that a simple index fund would outperform an actively managed hedge fund run by expert investors and it did for one or more of the 3 reasons outlined in this insightful article.

While we can’t possibly predict the performance of either stocks or bonds, what we can fairly confidently deduce is that further stock strength relative to bonds is unlikely over the coming months.