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Current Market Conditions and Coronavirus

March 12, 2020 | As you’re looking at your portfolio and your watchlist, consider if the coronavirus impacts the intrinsic value of the stock in question. In the short term, the answer is most likely “yes.” But let’s consider the long-term impact of the coronavirus.

Current Market Conditions and Is Cash Trash?

February 1, 2020 | This might surprise you. Why shouldn’t we have plenty of cash in our portfolio? Everywhere I go, I hear people talking about preparing for the stock market to crash.

Current Market Conditions and Asset Allocation

November 19, 2019 | With the stock market at an all-time high and returning 24.5% so far this year, I wanted to bring up a question that I’ve been asked multiple times over the years: Should my portfolio ever be 100% allocated in the stock market?

Current Market Conditions and Value Investing

October 7, 2019 | I can’t say I’m surprised to read the skeptic view on value investing given it just had its 6th worst drawdown ever. However, something odd happened 4 weeks ago.

Current Market Conditions and Gold

August 14, 2019 | What a market it has been the last few weeks! With the trade war raging on, the mixed signals from the FED, and the price of gold soaring, watching the financial markets almost felt like watching a sports event.

Current Market Conditions and Valuing Big Tech

July 17, 2019 | Back then, I pitched Micron Technologies and Alibaba which are two companies I’m currently invested in. I’ve also talked about them on the show. Since then, I’ve received a lot of feedback on both picks...

Current Market Conditions and The Trade War with China

June 10, 2019 | With the trade war escalating, the stock market has taken a severe hit. One way to handle this is to question if it’s a good time to invest now that stocks are cheaper, or if it’s a bad time as the outlook for stocks has worsened.

Current Market Conditions and Cloning The Best Investors

May 17, 2019 | Mohnish Pabrai is not shy to call himself a “cloner.” Every quarter, he’s the happiest when the stocks the greatest investors bought are revealed. The last quarterly update was this May 15, and you can check it out here.

Force Multiplier

January 18, 2024 | A program meant to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels is helping put cash in renewable energy companies’ pockets by selling tax breaks to corporate giants like JPMorgan.

Crowded Trade

January 17, 2024 | In Bank of America’s surveys of investment fund managers since 2017, U.S. tech stocks (aka “Magnificent Seven”, big tech, Nasdaq, FAANG, etc.) have frequently been reported as the “most crowded trade” in markets.

Space Farming

January 16, 2024 | Our Chart of the Day (in the section above) shows that Chinese growth remains a top concern for the global economy.

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