Economic uncertainty is certain. Fortunately, a strategy of diversification combined with a long-term perspective has a history of getting investors through tough times.
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An interesting thing happens every time power shifts between the political parties in Washington — half the country immediately gets significantly more optimistic about the economy's prospects, while the other half
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Yesterday, we finally got the news everyone has been waiting for since February: a COVID vaccine is apparently on the way.
Pfizer announced positive phase 3 trial data that suggests its vaccine is roughly as effective as
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What will the market do once this election is over? I can tell you — with 100% accuracy: The market will... go up and down, or maybe down and up. And after that, there'll be up days and down days — probably through the end
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Okay, maybe not everything. But I always enjoy when an author I like takes a "Lightning Round" type of approach — giving their short take on a number of different topics. Sometimes it'll be a mailbag of reader questions,
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Over the last three trading days (Thursday, Friday, Tuesday), the tech-driven Nasdaq stock index had its most dramatic selloff since March. I believe I saw somewhere that it was the fastest plunge from an all-time high to
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Want to be invested in the market’s top-performing segment at all times, without taking on too much risk? Here’s how.
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The S&P 500 index joined the Nasdaq in setting a new all-time high earlier this week. Completing this stunning -35% round trip from February highs to March lows and back to new highs, all in approximately six months, is
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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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SMI members took some distinctively more bullish steps at the end of July, moving into both new and more aggressive funds within Upgrading and moving way up the risk ladder within Sector Rotation. With stocks already up so
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