Yesterday, President Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports to the U.S. The announcement boosted oil prices, now up a full 70% per barrel since the start of the year. But what if that’s only the beginning?
Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine is official. With tanks in the street, sanctions set to fly and Russia’s stock market in free fall, Ted Bauman takes a moment to zoom out and look at the bigger picture for your portfolio. Today’s video covers Russia’s motivations for going to war, the likely outcome for global commodities prices, and how you can safely grow and protect your wealth as history unfolds in Eastern Europe.
Inflation is well and truly here, as January’s 7.5% year-on-year print shows. Ted Bauman and Clint Lee have explained how rising interest rates to combat that inflation will affect long duration stocks (recap: it isn’t pretty).In today’s Your Money Matters, the dynamic duo identifies two groups of companies you’ll want to target to preserve and extend gains while inflation remains high. And remember: Some companies actually do better in inflationary environments … because, after all, the prices of their products go up!
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In June 2020, Barstool Sports founder and wannabe investor Dave Portnoy infamously said that “stocks only go up.” In 2022? Sorry Dave. In today’s video, Ted Bauman walks us through the consequences of the Fed’s recent hawkish turn. Even after big declines since the beginning of the year, there’s plenty of overvaluation in the market still. Ted reviews the history of stock performance in Fed tightening cycles, which is better than you might imagine. But there’s one big fear hovering over the market … what if the Fed is tightening into a downturn? That would be bad and not just for momentum stocks.
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