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Prepare for the Reversal of the Perpetual Motion Machine January 3, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing “Active managers” are hedge and mutual funds that constantly trade in and out of stocks to outperform the market. The opposite of active management is (you guessed it!) passive management, also known as indexing. An index fund holds stocks from a specific segment of the market, or index. Each stock is held in exact proportion to its weight in that index. The most common form of indexing is exchange-traded funds (ETFs). If you want to invest in the S&P 500, for example, you buy the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY). As the index performs, so the fund performs. If active managers are supposed to be so good, why do they keep underperforming the market and passive index funds? And what could change that? The answer will surprise you…
2021: What Went Wrong? December 31, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing 6 out of 10 fund managers failed to beat the market benchmarks in 2021. After 2020 saw record-breaking stock gains, why was this year so difficult? In his last YouTube video for 2021, Ted Bauman explores what happened to the investment game this year. Then he explains how to improve your odds of finding investment winners in 2022.
Cash in on the Cannabis Stock Rally December 27, 2021 Cannabis, Winning Investor Daily I expect the smart money to be buying cannabis stocks in 2022 as they search for growth stocks at cheap prices. 
The Simplest Way to Trade the Santa Claus Rally December 23, 2021 Investing, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters After two years without one, Chad Shoop is confident we're due for a Santa Claus Rally! And he has just the trade to play it...
The No. 1 Lesson From 2021 December 22, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investing, Trading Strategies No, I’m not talking about Christmas … which is only three days away, according to my youngest son’s daily update. It’s the arrival of investment outlook guides. Whether it’s email or snail mail, I’m receiving several every day this week, each divining what 2022 has in store. I thoroughly enjoy these pieces, especially hearing how other predictions may conflict with my own forecasts for the year ahead. But something is missing. Before jumping into predictions, I wish there was more reflection on the year we’re about to complete. After all, you can learn a great deal reflecting on these experiences … whether it’s about yourself or your investment process .And as I look back on 2021, I keep arriving at one simple theme.MEET OUR EXPERTS
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