Investing

What Market Sentiment Tells You about Today’s Market

In a world awash and bedazzled by complex financial models, gauging market sentiment doesn't seem as legitimate, as,...

Why You Should Trust in the Investment Process

If you’ve been a longtime investor or even if you’re just a novice, you and I have many...

How the Latest Data Shows Value of Using Gross Output

As a champion of the federal government’s decision to begin reporting the Gross Output (GO) statistic on a...

Why You Should be Eyeing Brazilian Small Caps

I thought it would be fruitful to once again focus on Brazil. But this time, we will feature...

Federal Reserve Building

How the Fed Affects GDP

I think what today’s GDP print tells us is that the Federal Reserve will almost certainly continue the...

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Why You Should Pay Attention to Global Currencies

The relevance of global currency movements is tough for most American investors to get their heads around.

Why You Should Follow the Money — to Options

As you sit back and sift through the data, you’ll also notice that even though the stock market...

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How Components of China’s Economy Compare to the Whole

We featured FXI, a general Chinese exchange-traded fund (ETF), a little more than a month ago, and that...

ETFs Offer More Innovation than Other Options

These days, there’s an ETF for just about every flavor of investor, not just the ones who like...

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Why Investing in Russia May Not be a Crazy Idea

“Are you crazy…?” That was the reaction I got from a London investor I spoke with at a...