Yesterday's market action was something else!
SMI investors who have enjoyed the steady gains in gold and long-term bonds through most of 2020 got hit with both barrels, as gold had its worst absolute daily drop in seven
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While many investors tend to focus primarily (or exclusively) on the stock market, there are important signals that can be gleaned from other markets as well. Here’s what a few of the key markets seem to be
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Given recent turbulence in the bond market, does it still make sense to hold bonds in your portfolio?
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Many investors were surprised to see long-term bonds fall alongside stocks on the most volatile days in March. Here is why that happened, and why a bond rebound seems likely.
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President Trump got the financial world (OK, the non-financial world too!) fired up with the following early-morning tweets today:
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When the Fed starts cutting interest rates to forestall a future recession, that's usually good news for investors in the short term. In the longer term, not so much.
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For many years, SMI used to run a "Q&A" column in the newsletter every month where we would answer reader questions. We haven't done that in recent years, as the ability to interact in the comments on every article online
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How you divide your money among types of investments is your most important investing decision. We explain how SMI's strategies handle this key step in the investing process.
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Savers and investors have long had two options for the bond portion of their portfolio: individual bonds or bond mutual funds. Now a third option is available that blends the best aspects of
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The new SMI Bond Upgrading strategy debuted at the beginning of 2015. This approach involves investing half of the bond portfolio in two “core” funds which do not change. These two funds provide stability to the portfolio.
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