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Archives for November 2019

Charging Stations in Public Places Could Be Loaded with Malware

November 19, 2019 By E.J. Smith

Have you heard of Juice Jacking? The term is the name of a strategy used by hackers to load public USB charging stations with malware that can attack the devices of users trying to charge them. Allowing your electronic devices to be compromised by malware can be one of the most stressful and violating modern experiences. With more of your life than ever before attached to your phone, tablet or laptop, giving a criminal the ability to sift through your data and learn your most intimate details can be a nightmare. So how do you protect yourself? First, as Doreen Christensen reports in the … [Read more...]

Fed’s Rosengren Warns About Financial Stability

November 19, 2019 By Jeremy Jones, CFA

The loose monetary policy being pursued by the Federal Reserve has generated at least one internal critic, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren. The Boston Fed chief is worried that measures taken to push the American economy toward 2% could risk distorting financial markets. Christopher Condon reports for Bloomberg: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren warned his fellow monetary policy makers against putting financial stability at risk in pursuit of higher inflation. “I don’t think there’s a big cost to being a little below 2%,” Rosengren told … [Read more...]

Market Keeps Ripping Higher

November 18, 2019 By E.J. Smith

You may have noticed it’s been a pretty good year for stocks. Good news, right? Well, it’s all good news until it’s not. With valuations this high, it’s important to gauge your future expectations. Case in point: “When valuations were this high in 2004 and 1997, the next decade delivered after-inflation gains of 4.5% both times, despite enormous market crashes along the way," writes James Mackintosh in the WSJ. The question is, to me at least, how many stock investors were able to stick around and patiently stay invested when things got nasty? What I want you to consider in the … [Read more...]

U.S. Consumer Shrugs Off Tariffs to Power Walmart to Five Year Growth Streak

November 18, 2019 By Young Research

Sarah Nassauer reports in The Wall Street Journal that American consumers are showing no signs of being held by tariffs, as they push Walmart sales to a five-year growth streak. She writes: American consumers showed no signs of belt-tightening in sales results from Walmart Inc., offering comfort to retailers worried about fallout from the trade war and the health of the global economy as the holiday shopping season nears. Walmart said its U.S. comparable sales, those from stores and websites operating for at least 12 months, rose 3.2% in the period ended Oct. 25, marking a five-year streak … [Read more...]

The Final Nail in the Coffin for Mutual Funds

November 15, 2019 By Dick Young

The mutual fund industry has been facing headwinds for years. First, the industry became too big. So dominant were the biggest funds, they couldn’t invest without moving the market themselves. The next problem for mutual funds was the advent of the ETF. ETFs hollowed out the high-fee actively managed equity fund industry. I wrote about these problems here in November of 2006: I write often that the majority of mutual funds offer no compelling reason for investment. Here’s a double shocker for you. Of the top-ten largest equity mutual funds, seven come from one family. How could one … [Read more...]

The Truth Behind The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

November 15, 2019 By E.J. Smith

You know the name Eric Carle if you have kids or grandkids. His books were a big part of our book collection when my kids were little. That’s why this article caught my eye. And how moving I found this quote from the article about a book I read out loud a thousand times: The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Jeffrey Trachtenberg reports on Carle's view of why The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been such a hit with kids for so many years. He writes: In a YouTube video released in January, Mr. Carle said it took him a long time to understand why the title has sold so well before he concluded that “children … [Read more...]

Why Bonds Always Matter to You

November 15, 2019 By E.J. Smith

I want you to look at my chart above, Bonds vs. Stocks. What I’ve done for you is offer a look at the Fourth Quarter of last year. Of note, the Fed was coming off a series of rate increases and had begun lowering rates in August. Additionally, the Republicans lost the House to Democrats in November. Talk about uncertainty in the markets. The black bars show how bonds rallied. The blue bars show how stocks cratered. This micro example shows you the power of counterbalancing. You have seen time after time at this website how I want you to focus on your risk first and foremost. And this is … [Read more...]

Liz Warren’s 158% Tax Rate

November 15, 2019 By E.J. Smith

Remember, your key takeaway here is that millionaires will become the new billionaires if Warren has her way. Here’s how her tax rates reach 158%. Richard Rubin reports in the WSJ: Potential tax rates over 100% could result from the combination of tax increases the Massachusetts senator proposes for the very top tier of investors. She wants to return the top income-tax rate to 39.6% from 37%, impose a new 14.8% tax for Social Security, add an annual tax of up to 6% on accumulated wealth and require rich investors to pay capital-gains taxes at the same rates as other income even if they don’t … [Read more...]

Apple Market Cap Eclipses Entire S&P 500 Energy Sector

November 15, 2019 By Jeremy Jones, CFA

Analysts at Bank of America were the first to point out today that the market capitalization of Apple Inc. has eclipsed that of the entire S&P 500 energy sector. … [Read more...]

What is the Best Gold ETF for Investing and Trading?

November 14, 2019 By Jeremy Jones, CFA

One of the easiest and lowest-cost ways to buy gold is through a gold exchange traded fund (ETF). But which Gold ETF should you buy? When the first physical gold-backed ETF debuted in 2004, the best Gold ETF for trading and investing was the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) because it was the only game in town. Today, U.S. investors have seven physical gold ETFs to choose from. The SPDR Gold Shares ETF was the first, and it is still the biggest, but it's no longer the best for every scenario. We'll breakdown the U.S. Gold ETF and help you choose the best ETF for long-term investment and the best … [Read more...]

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