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Invest in Contrarian Themes with This Small-Cap Fund
Out-of-favor stock-picking themes can return to favor at any time. Some might argue that there are greater potential profits to be had in choosing the right moment, when stocks fitting certain themes might have been beaten down for a long time, to jump into a turnaround play. One exchange-traded fund (ETF) that mixes several out-of-favor […]
Revisiting Modern Monetary Theory
This week, I present to you a guest editorial by my friend and macro-analyst extraordinaire, Tom Essaye of Sevens Report Research. I highly recommend Tom’s work, as he is the best that I’ve found at identifying key trends that move markets, and at explaining those trends so we can understand them. Here, Tom explains “Modern Monetary […]
Play at Your Epistemological Peril
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Utilizing Utilities With the First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU)
For investors who are seeking some stability in an ever-changing stock market environment, the utility sector may be a smart place to look. One exchange-traded fund (ETF) that may be of interest is First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), which tracks a layered, equal-weighted index of U.S. utilities firms picked from the Russell 100. The […]
Tapping into This GRID
Over the past few decades, we have seen a remarkable shift in the materials that the world uses to power its machines and generate the energy that is needed to run all the devices that make living life as comfortable as possible. While carbon-based fuel sources, such as oil and coal, have been used since […]
Do You Own Your Own Life?
There is one key question you need to answer for yourself, because, based on your answer, you should be in agreement with me about my conclusion. So, here’s the question: Do you own your own life? If the answer is “no,” and you think that another individual or collective of individuals (i.e. a government, a […]