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Shell Sells Sea Shale, Amazon Up In Smoke & iFeel Depressed
September 21, 2021 Great Stuff
A Tale Of 2 Energy Companies It was the best of energies, it was the worst of energies. It was the age of electricity, it was the age of oil. It was the epoch of battery storage, it was the epoch of fracking. It was the season of solar, it was the season of natural […] Implementing Risk Parity in Your Portfolio
September 21, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Trading Strategies
Ray Dalio, billionaire hedge fund manager, uses risk parity at his quant-based hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. That’s because it makes all the difference in the world to your investing success. It’s the concept of investing based on allocation of risk using volatility instead of other commonly known techniques (such as market cap). You buy the same stocks, but you put LESS money into higher volatility (riskier) plays and MORE money into lower volatility (less risky) ones. Then you sleep much better at night! Your goal is to have your portfolio as a whole rise over time, with the least amount of fluctuation along the way. But to make this easy, you need… Debunking 5 “Reasons” Stocks Sold off on Monday
September 21, 2021 News, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters
Mike Carr challenges five "reasons" the market sold off, from Covid cases to Fed tapering .... and makes a case for staying bullish. Who Is Master of YOUR Fate?
September 20, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., U.S. Economy
I’ve emphasized the centrality of U.S. government policy to your investments for 18 months.
Whether it’s the Federal Reserve, stimulus payments, infrastructure bills or the fight against COVID, what the public sector does has had an outsized influence on stock prices.
In theory anyway, the people making those decisions are accountable to us as citizens, taxpayers and voters.
But the last few weeks show that decision-makers who aren’t accountable to anyone can have a far greater impact. Evergrande’s Debt Debacle; DoorDash On Tap; The Mattress Firm Manifesto
September 20, 2021 Great Stuff
China’s Monkey Wrench Hello, bankruptcy’s waited here for you … Evergrande. Today, the market’s torn itself in two. Deep in the red. Deep in the red, we trade. And Wall Street wonders if everything will ever be this real forever. If anything could ever be as good as the past 10 years again… The only […]