over time, I have borrowed more and more, and I think it is because I have become comfortable with debt. I used a CommSec margin loan to borrow to buy equities, which I now do not recommend to readers because interest rates on a margin...
Now, the Real Economy Has Entered a Period of Contraction Thanks to the Lack of Liquidity of t... The article focuses on the significance of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as tools for equity investors who try to counter the economic recession. It notes that credit expansion in the last ...
Investing in REITs, or real estate investment trusts, remains one of the best inflation protection tactics in 2022. However, choosingwhich individual REITs to buycan still be a daunting task susceptible to asset selection risk. So investors may choose to buy exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused ...
You can buy an ETF during the day and know what price you’ll pay for it before you buy it– unlike a mutual fund or index fund. You can sell it short and you can use limit orders to protect your investments. Oh…and one more thing…ETFs are typically even less expensive than index...
The next guide will tell you how to select the best investment strategy and consequently pick the best funds within your universe of great funds, when to buy them and when to sell. This is exciting stuff if I do say so myself. What is a mutual fund? What is a mutual fund? You...
And these same advantages could help propel active funds in the event of a 'rolling recession. Active ETFs: The New Garden of Investment Opportunities Aaron Levitt | Mar 06, 2024 Active ETFs continue to gather assets at a fevered pace. It’s easy to see why. Lower costs, tax ...
Gold: The precious metal is a commodity and a store of value with a restricted supply. That means it typically performs during economic shocks when people fear currency debasement. Those unusual characteristics meant gold did extraordinarily well during the stagflationary 1970s, the Great Recession,...
This has translated to relatively attractive yields for fully covered, buywrite strategies compared to different segments of both equities and fixed income. Covered call strategies typically generate a large portion of their income from sources that are not associated with traditional i...
Asset classes lag each other, however, and the model thus tends to lean toward one phase or the other. Currently, we find equities, Treasury bonds, real estate and commodities in the recession phase--not the case for the dollar (see "Charting the economy," right). BEHIND THE SCENES ...
Many investors may consider buying into the consumer discretionary sector, or its individual stocks, right after a recession ends. This can be an inflection point when consumers begin to have the confidence to spend more freely again. Of course, it’s impossible to time the market. How...