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Top 20 Marijuana Penny Stocks List 2020

Marijuana is a growing industry and penny stocks have a low barrier to entry. For a few dollars, you can own a piece of multiple marijuana companies. Although, tracking them down can be challenging. That’s why we’ve put together a list of the top marijuana penny stocks.
The list below offers both direct and indirect exposure to the marijuana industry. As the industry continues to grow, some of these stocks might double your money. Or a small investment could even triple in little time. Below, you’ll find the marijuana penny stocks list. Then below that, you’ll find an important strategy to …read more […]

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Is It Time to Bet Big on Warren Buffett?

Warren Buffett had a rough year, but is Berkshire Hathaway about to turn things around?
Nicholas Vardy discusses Buffett’s investment strategies and what could be in store for 2020.

Warren Buffett had a rough 2019.
Yes, the greatest investor in history closed the year up by 11%. But that performance trailed the S&P 500’s 30% rise in 2019 by 19%.
And that marked Buffett’s worst performance relative to the S&P 500 in a decade.
I’ve written before that Buffett has underperformed the S&P 500 for 15 years straight.
It seems that the combination of Berkshire’s size and Buffett’s infamous aversion to technology stocks – except for …read more […]

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CIBC Boosts Mobile Sales Force After Mortgages Shrunk Last Year

(Bloomberg) — Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce expects its growth in domestic mortgages to be more “market-like” in 2020, after last year’s contraction in home-loan balances, Chief Executive Officer Victor Dodig said.CIBC is taking a more “diversified” approach to originating mortgages rather than focusing on the greater Toronto and Vancouver areas, once the source of CIBC’s outsized growth, Dodig said at a conference Tuesday. CIBC also increased its sales force of mobile mortgage advisers to 920 from 840 — still down from a height of 1,200 — and made efforts to “ignite” staff in branches who weren’t meeting expectations on …read more […]

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10 Stock Alternatives to Help Protect Your Portfolio in 2020

Most novice investors focus only on stocks, stocks and more stocks.
But there are actually five principal types of long-term investments: stocks, bonds, real estate, precious metals and the catchall, cash.
Every investor’s needs are different. So there’s no perfect mix everyone should subscribe to. But we do have standards to help us get started.
For example, investors looking forward five to 10 years or more should consider something along the lines of…

60% stocks
20% bonds
10% cash/Treasurys
5% precious metals
5% real estate.

Each investor will have their personal tweaks and touches, accounting for their risk tolerance and needs.
But the most important takeaway here is that diversification …read more […]

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10 of the Best Cheap Stocks to Buy Under $10

Roughly 11 years into the longest bull market in U.S. history, investors may need to hunt a little harder than usual to find cheap stocks. Whether you don’t have much to invest or you just enjoy the psychological allure of a low-priced stock, here are 10 of the best cheap stocks to buy under $10. Since Sirius and XM Radio merged in 2008, the combined Sirius XM Holdings has enjoyed a near-monopoly on satellite radio. …read more […]