Investing

The World Gold Council data shows that...26% of 2018 gold demand was for investment purposes while another 15% was demanded by central banks. Against that backdrop, there are three arguments for holding gold in a portfolio:

Buying silver now is like buying silver back in 2003 when it was under $5 per troy ounce. It's the bargain of the century!

The gold-platinum ratio (GPR) has had a significantly better track record than most other indicators in forecasting the stock market’s 12-month direction so what does that say about the future of the stock market?

Beating the S&P 500 is so difficult that the index outperforms most active money managers but Warren Buffett has consistently done so. Over the last 30 years BRK.A has had an average annualized total return of 14.9%, while the S&P 500 has returned 9.4%.

The Q Ratio, the total price of the market divided by the replacement cost of all its companies, is a popular method of estimating the fair value of the stock market and it illustrates the secular trend toward higher valuations.

Despite continued market worries about a global economic slowdown and potential recession, investor sentiment appears exceptionally healthy at the moment.

The stock market can be a tough place to make money. With millions of investors trying their luck, it is critical that the informed investor is putting in the time to study, evaluate and assess the fundamental factors affecting stock prices. The valuation model is one of the most critical frameworks for determining the price of a stock. However, there are multiple yardsticks to consider for valuing a stock. Here’s a list of 7 of the most popular.

If you want any chance of success, you need to know what to do and you also MUST know what to steer clear of. This article shares 13 mistakes traders need to avoid like the plague. Learn them and stay away from them!

...Today’s infographic comes to us from Fisher Investments, and it describes the anatomy of market corrections, while also visualizing much of the data around these common events....

This article offers 8 suggestions on how to make investing a little easier. Most of the concepts are hardly new but bear repeating because they have proven to be VERY important in my experience.