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Is a 29% Plunge Coming?
Stocks are in a bullish mood. In fact, the markets are up about 6.6% over the past month, and year to date, the broad-based measure of the domestic equity market, the S&P 500 index, is up some 24.6%. Yes, it’s another bull march for stocks, and that’s made intrepid investors a lot of money along […]
Invest in Small-Cap U.S. Energy with This Fund
The Invesco S&P SmallCap Energy ETF (NASDAQ:PSCE) is a $106 million fund that seeks to track the investment results (before fees and expenses) of the S&P SmallCap 600 Capped Energy Index. The fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the securities of small-capitalization U.S. energy companies that comprise the underlying […]
Profit from Natural Gas with This Fund
The energy sector is one that has been in and out of favor in recent years. That means that investors who successfully time a return to the sector could be in for serious potential profits. The sector can be volatile at times, which can be a blessing, or a curse, and may reward disciplined investors. […]
Dumping The Ideological ‘Package Deal’
In September 2020, I presented you with a guest editorial by my very good friend, writer, filmmaker and intellectual activist Stewart Wade Margolis. Stewart has been my friend and fellow advocate for a reason since our days together at UCLA. He’s also been a guest on my podcast, Way of the Renaissance Man. In this short […]
Under A Benevolent Mushroom Cloud
Growing up as a child during the Cold War, I had a persistent, if not immediate, sense of fear omnipresent in my mind. That interred fear was caused by what was then a very real possibility of a global thermonuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Indeed, the horrifying idea of a […]
The Sky’s the Limit with This Aerospace and Defense ETF
This article is the sixth in a series exploring equal-weight ETFs. For investors looking to diversify their portfolio, the sky is the limit with the SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (NYSE:XAR). This exchange-traded fund (ETF) has a unique composition compared to similar funds. The fund is primarily comprised of aerospace and defense stocks, as […]