What Investors Tell Me in 17 Seconds Without Saying a Word
You may be surprised by this, but one of the most common things I hear from prospective clients of Richard C. Young’s investment firm...
Tech Stocks Top DotCom Highs, Finally
After nine straight days of gains, the S&P 500's info-tech sector index has reached a new record, beating its previous peak set in 2000...
Portfolio Strategy: Looking Past the End of the Bull
The current bull market which started in March of 2009 is now the third longest bull market on record. I’m using the Dow as...
One More Reason You Should Avoid Index-based Bond ETFs
The index-based ETF investment craze continues to lead to distortion in financial markets. Many investors are buying funds without fully understanding the risks.
The risk...
Net Worth to Income Exceeds Prior Bubble Highs
Here is a chart that should make the Fed uncomfortable. You are looking at the net worth of American households as a percentage of...
Why is Gold Going Up?
Typically when stock market prices are rising, the price of gold is falling. But that's not the case today.
Gold prices have been trending upward...
Are These Popular Funds in a Mini-Mania?
For 11 weeks straight tech focused mutual and exchange traded funds have been pulling in investor money. Since the start of 2017 the funds...
Can Summer Save the Automakers from a Slump?
Adrienne Roberts and Mike Colias write in the Wall Street Journal that automakers are hoping a surge of summer buying will save their bottom...
Sell in May and Go Away? Not Vanguard GNMA
Work hard and play hard. My dad used to tell me that a lot. He still does.
One year he and I drove down south...
These Are the Weak Spots in the Economy
Despite strong sentiment in surveys, a stock market that won't seem to quit, and overall decent data, there are some weak parts of the...