In the early part of the 1980s, there were many seminal gold price studies that showed 5% to 10% of an investment portfolio could have been optimally allocated to gold from 1968 to 1980 to maximize a risk return allocation based on performance. Even today many high profile and alternative financial experts...say a 10% gold allocation makes sense but a closer look at the facts show that they may be a little understated in percentage terms. Let’s take a closer look as to why this may be the case.
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This post explains what structured notes are, outlines the two main types, and demonstrates how to implement them in a portfolio.
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...In the following article, we present a decade-by-decade review of U.S. stock and bond returns over the past 9 decades...
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Read More »3 Arguments For Owning Gold
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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%.
Read More »Here’s How 14 Asset Classes Performed During Past Financial Crises (+2K Views)
It would seem we could be entering a rocky market stretch given China's collapsing stock market, the Greek and Puerto Rican debt crises, etc. Today's infographic compares how 14 different asset classes have performed during the last five crises.
Read More »Be Smart: Reduce Your Exposure To the Stock Market – Here’s Why
The markets have recovered since the stock market correction in December 2018, and it seems nobody is worried anymore, but the numbers are not looking good, so caution is advised if you decide to jump into the stock market.
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