Category: Stocks and Bonds

  • Investor Sentiment Survey Report

    Investor Sentiment Jumps Six Points in 2016’s Second Quarter, Following Three Quarterly Declines BOSTON, July 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Investor sentiment increased in the second quarter of 2016 as measured by the John Hancock Investor Sentiment Index, rising to +25 from +19 in the first quarter of this year. Sentiment had reached an all-time high of…

  • The Greatest Misallocation of Capital (BUBBLE) in Financial History

    Sometimes it’s critical to look clearly at the big picture. The big picture is that the financial world has allocated capital… trillions of dollars of capital, based on Central Banks trying to corner the bond market. [box size=”large” style=”rounded”]In the current debt-based monetary system, sovereign bonds are the bedrock of finance.[/box] Every other asset under…

  • Stock markets are headed for a “Black Hole”

    Recognized stock market investing analyst and market timing guru Woody Dorsey, whose research is provided to some of the world’s leading investors, says the stock markets are headed for a “Black Hole”. In the past, Dorsey’s investment forecasts have been extremely accurate and help to explain why his research has been featured in Time, BusinessWeek,…

  • So, You Want To Invest In Unicorns?

    As an investor in private companies, one of the biggest issues you’re potentially facing is a lack of liquidity. When buying shares of a listed company, most of the time you have a luxury of being able to sell your shares literally in seconds. It’s not quite that easy when investing in private businesses, though.…

  • Deutsche Bank Depositary Receipts Virtual Investor Conference

    dbVIC: Deutsche Bank Depositary Receipts Virtual Investor Conference dbVIC offers individual and institutional investors unique access to international companies: Investor Relations Professionals from international companies present their equity story live in an online environment and are available for questions afterwards. dbVIC is a unique opportunity for investors – whether large or small – to: Listen…

  • SelectUSA Investment Summit

    Cabinet Secretaries and Governors to Join President Obama and Secretary of Commerce at SelectUSA Investment Summit WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that four Cabinet secretaries will participate in the 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit, June 20-21, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. In addition to Secretary Pritzker, Secretary of the…

  • America’s Retirement Crisis

    America’s Retirement Crisis Highlights The Need For Better Financial Advice Ideally, people investing for retirement always should have been able to feel confident that their financial advisors were giving them unbiased advice and recommending what was best for them. That wasn’t necessarily the case, though, which prompted the Department of Labor to issue new fiduciary rules…

  • Offshore Investors Bullish on Canada

    Foreign investment in Canadian securities strengthened for a third straight month in March, according to figures released Wednesday morning by Statistics Canada. The agency put the figure at $17.2 billion, and added that foreign acquisitions were mainly composed of securities issued by Canadian private corporations. Meanwhile, StatsCan says, Canadian investment in foreign securities amounted to…

  • Odds On: The Making of an Evidence-Based Investor

    New Book Reveals Academic Evidence Impacting Investment Revolution and How It Will Better Serve an Investor If you’re free from the fear and complexity of investing, what could you do with all of the time you used to spend checking on and worrying about your investments? Can you move beyond decisions based on anxiety and…