Asset Allocation

80% of my investable income is in cash, precious metals and a small number of stocks. That might seem crazy, but the Pareto Principle, Zipf's Law and the bell curve have convinced me that it's a waste of time and money to get any more diversified. [Let me explain why that is the case.] Words: 396

Wall Street is in the throes of a gold rush, as investors drive the price of the precious metal to new heights. Here's why.

Historically, the Autumn months have been especially dangerous for the stock market (think October 1929 & 1987) so, this fall, investors need to be prepared in the advent that...

When analyzing the cannabis stock sector it is important to know which companies are doing business within each of the industry's 11 categories so one can make a meaningful comparison of percentage changes in price performances with their peers. This article demystifies the makeup of the fledgling pot stock market.

The cannabis sector did extremely well in April advancing by 10.8% with the Non-Penny Pot Stock Index (NPSI) slightly outperforming the overall sector with a 11.3% return.

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.

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.

Should you buy & hold your gold or silver or switch back and forth depending on the gold/silver ratio? This article examines 3 scenarios and identifies certain rules that should be followed to make the most of the ups and downs of the gold/silver ratio to substantially increase your holdings over time.

This is a real crisis – it's not going to be a short-term problem. The coming 12-18 months are going to be very long and difficult times.

Most people still think that you need exposure all over the board to get good diversification but that assumption is a fallacy. If you don't choose to believe us, that is your loss - literally!