Key Takeaways: Investing in gold is pure speculation as there are no cash flows backing it nor does it earn a yield. Although it may be tempting, it is usually never a good idea to sell more than 10% of your portfolio to invest in gold. In small percentages, investing...
Key Takeaways: Market opportunities rarely present themselves in obvious ways but can typically be found when nobody else is looking for them. Historically, when investors pile cash into extreme rates, markets tend to do well one year later, as well as two years...
Key Takeaways: Although we may not be in a recession quite yet, the risk of one is high. Stock markets tend to bottom out and rebound during recessions. We are staying up in credit quality to avoid bond defaults and extending duration to position for when rates fall;...
Read through our market commentary here, or skip to Jason’s January 2023 Market Update video below. Nearly every broad market category began 2022 at or near all-time highs. Following COVID-19 shutdowns back in 2020, markets saw record stimulus with uncomfortable...
Read through this post on stocks or skip to the AllGen Academy stocks video below. When people think of investing, most of them think about the stock market. But what is a stock? A share of stock represents a fractional ownership of a company. For example, if a...