Work-from-home is no longer just a trend. It’s become a reality for many workers — and many will continue to work-from-home for the foreseeable future. A number of companies have announced plans to convert employees into work-from-home employees permanently. Twitter (TWTR) has said that employees that want to remain working from home forever can choose […]
eBay (EBAY) has been around since 1995 and most everyone is familiar with the name. However, what some people may not know is just how undervalued this stock is right now. Currently, eBay is sitting around the mid 50s in terms of price, but its numbers and future outlook is promising. According to Yahoo! Finance, […]
Gold does not pay a dividend. It costs money to ship and store. It has neither earnings nor growth. What’s to like? The 29% year-to-date price increase through the end of July, for one. Treasurys, cash and gold. These are the assets investors seek when fear takes over from greed. There was plenty of fear […]
Tesla (TSLA), Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon (AMZN) — wow! With over 100% gains since their lows in March for the last two and a whopping over 400% gain in the first one, these stocks have certainly been the stars of the recent rally. But you know, or should know, the old Wall Street saying, “Bulls […]
If you have ever eaten at a Chipotle (CMG), then you probably noticed how fresh their ingredients were and how delicious their food is. It was founded in 1993 and they have built their business around providing nothing but the freshest local produce. This makes them unique, as other restaurants bring in all of their […]
I am constantly evaluating companies and adding to my watch list, however, a few stand out as stocks I wish I had in my portfolio. For me, these would be Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), and Ulta Beauty Inc. (ULTA). All three of these companies are giants in their respective markets and are wonderfully run. They […]
It has been a very good year to be a gold investor. The value of one ounce of gold passed the $2,000 mark on August 5th, a 32% increase from the previous year. As of this writing, an ounce of gold is hovering just under the $2,000 mark. Some experts believe that gold prices could […]
As did most risk asset classes, emerging markets equity, fixed income and currency markets sold off earlier this year. The first to be affected was China, which saw price declines since January. By the middle of March all markets had experienced steep selloffs after the health crisis worsened and oil markets collapsed. The chart shows […]
The U.S. dollar appears to be in trouble. The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) has fallen from a high of nearly 103 in January to just under 93. The last time the DXY was this low was January 2018. The dollar had a strong run for over two years now. Now, there’s a lot working against […]
The list below includes ETFs providing equity and debt exposure to global emerging markets and country specific exposure to equity markets. We have selected in each case ETFs with active option markets. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) The EEM ETF tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, composed of a non-static pool of large- and […]
