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Your Investment Expectations Could Be a Trap
September 28, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investing, Trading Strategies
If you extend the stock market’s average return back 20 years, for example, it falls to 9.8%. That’s consistent with the long-term average over the last 200 years. To anyone whose stock trading experience spans the 12 years since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), that may seem disappointingly low. But those 12 years are exceptional. Only one of them produced a negative return — 2018. Even then, the Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell-induced crash in the fourth quarter of that year immediately reversed in 2019, when the market rocketed 31.5%.Over the last two centuries, on the other hand, one out of every four years produces a negative return. That raises an important question for all investors. On what are your expectations for the next decade based? Could they be leading you into a trap? China’s Crypto Crusade, Tesla Tut-Tuts NHTSA & Instagram Thinks Of The Children?
September 27, 2021 Great Stuff
We’re Serious This Time! China, do you think they’ll drop Bitcoin (BTC)? China, do you think they’ll like this song? China, will you try to break my crypto? Oooh, ah. China, should you build the wall? So, China banned cryptocurrencies … again. But, this time, it’s cereal. Totally cereal. Chinese President Xi Jinping started his […] DIS This! Or, FedExcommunicated From Disney
September 23, 2021 Great Stuff
My Wallet’s Gone! My Wallet’s Gone! Nobody carries wallets anymore. I mean, they went out with powdered wigs. See, here’s what you need: A couple of cryptos and your bankroll, right? Just don’t get locked out of your Robinhood account now… Robinhood (Nasdaq: ) just announced that it’ll start testing crypto wallets with select customers […] Big Tech’s Breakup, China’s Latest Gamble & Oh, How The Meatless Have Fallen
September 16, 2021 Great Stuff
Too Big To Break Up? September has been the month of soap opera theatrics. Last Wednesday, we were regaled by the pilot episode of Keeping SECrets … you know, when the SEC and Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: ) got into a tizzy? The SEC ghosted Coinbase’s requests to try and comply with crypto regulations … then […] A Lightbulb Moment for the IoT Industry
September 14, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing
As any economics textbook will tell you, capitalism is all about competition. Every company wants to make a better product at a lower price compared to its rivals. They compete for the best talent. When inputs are scarce, they bid furiously against each other for them. But one of the most remarkable facts about capitalism is that some of the biggest and most profitable breakthroughs came from cooperation...