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Gold: Underperformer or Prime-Time Performer?

March 18, 2020 admin Comments Off on Gold: Underperformer or Prime-Time Performer?

The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing market sell-off have shown that gold is still viable after 5,000 years.
Today, our friends Michael Checkan and Van Simmons explain why gold is an important asset for wealth builders and how you can add it to your portfolio if you haven’t already.

Editor’s Note: Today’s article comes from our friends Michael Checkan, the chairman and CEO of Asset Strategies International, and Van Simmons, president and partner of David Hall Rare Coins. As we continue to see the effects of COVID-19 on the markets, their thoughts on the importance and viability of gold couldn’t come at a …read more […]

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Bill Ackman Sees Boeing’s Survival Hinging on U.S. Government Bailout

March 18, 2020 admin Comments Off on Bill Ackman Sees Boeing’s Survival Hinging on U.S. Government Bailout

(Bloomberg) — Boeing Co.’s staggering decline is spurring doubts about how the planemaker — symbol of U.S. industrial might — will survive the coronavirus pandemic.Wall Street is already bracing for a dividend cut as Boeing seeks to preserve cash. And the company isn’t likely to make it at all without federal aid, activist investor Bill Ackman said Wednesday.“Boeing will not survive without a government bailout,” Ackman, head of Pershing Square Capital Management, said in an interview on CNBC. The hedge fund wasn’t a Boeing investor as of the latest public filings.Ackman’s warning underscores the intensifying pain for Boeing, which was …read more […]

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How Does the Stock Market Work? A Beginner’s Guide

March 18, 2020 admin Comments Off on How Does the Stock Market Work? A Beginner’s Guide

For non-investors or those just getting started, the stock market can seem complex—and it is, the more you become involved with it. But the concept of the stock market itself is relatively easy to understand. How does the stock market work? Well, to explain it, we can turn to some very simple examples.
Here’s a look at how the stock market works in simple terms. Keep in mind, these are just the basics! The market is a complex mechanism of the economy, and there are incalculable factors that affect it. We’re going to look at it in a vacuum.
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Oil industry may fill global storage in months as record glut builds

March 18, 2020 admin Comments Off on Oil industry may fill global storage in months as record glut builds

The oil market could see a record supply surplus in April as coronavirus wipes out demand and big producers pump more, creating a global glut that threatens to overwhelm storage capacity within months and force widespread industry shutdowns, analysts said on Wednesday.Crude is already gushing into storage at land and sea worldwide as countries curb travel and economic activity falls due to coronavirus. Storage levels are rising even before a wave of supply hits the market from Saudi Arabia, Russia and other producers who are gearing up to fight a price war for market share. Brent crude prices …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Were Flocking Into Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (BIP) Before The Coronavirus

March 18, 2020 admin Comments Off on Hedge Funds Were Flocking Into Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (BIP) Before The Coronavirus

Coronavirus is probably the 1 concern in investors’ minds right now. It should be. On February 27th we published an article with the title Recession is Imminent: We Need A Travel Ban NOW. We predicted that a US recession is imminent and US stocks will go down by at least 20% in the next 3-6 […] …read more […]