3 Strategies for Managing Higher Volatility
“Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach,” once observed legendary fund manager Peter Lynch. His point was…
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Don’t Let Home-Bias Investing Trip You Up
The total U.S. stock market has gained over 20% during the past year and is doing great. But for U.S. investors that are under-weighted to…
Euro Bears Get Whipsawed
Selling pressure in the euro has been relentless over the past year and the currency has fallen just over 19% in value. Without surprise, pessimism toward…
How Probable Are the Chances for a Euro and Greece Divorce?
Have market participants underestimated the possibility of a divorce between Greece and the euro? The chart below illustrates the market implied probabilities of a Greek…
Assets Flood to Europe
How did market participants react to the ECB’s 1.1 trillion euro QE-styled asset purchase plan? By pouring money into European stocks. Europe focused stock ETFs…
2 Times When Diversification Becomes Di-Worsification
Diversifying your investment portfolio: It’s a dull exercise that people repeatedly hear, yet a chore they execute with consistent imprecision. Are there times when diversification…
What Would Baron Rothschild Say about Russian Stocks?
Russia is in deep trouble. Never mind that it’s on the brink of full-blown war with Ukraine. International sanctions were just imposed against 17 companies…
Don’t Get Hit By a Falling BRIC
A credit bubble (China), inflation (Brazil), and the threat of war (Russia) have made BRICs a dangerous place to invest. Is the worst over? “BRIC”…
Frontier Markets: Investors Double Up on Risk
Money is flowing out of risky emerging market stocks (NYSEARCA:VWO), and guess where it’s going? Into even riskier frontier market debt and stocks (NasdaqGIDS:PMNA). The…
Chinese Stocks are a Wonderful Value Trap
When it comes to properly assessing China’s stock market, are financial experts bad or just blind? Here’s what they’ve been saying: Buck the Trend, Buy…
Does the Sleeping Giant (VIX) Have More Upside?
Like a sleeping giant, stock market volatility can hibernate, but it never goes away. Right now, the giant is showing signs of awakening and whether…
Emerging Markets and Parallels to the pre-2008 Crash
Are there parallels between the pre-2008 U.S. stock market crash and emerging markets today? Emerging market bulls (NYSEARCA:EDC) say that cheap market valuations are a…
Emerging Market Stocks: Bargain or Value Trap?
I was recently lectured on Twitter by a Wall Street strategist about why emerging market stocks (NYSEARCA:EEM) are a raging buy. Among his top arguments…