If a Stock Market Crash Is Coming, I'm Loading Up On This 1 Brilliant ETF
When markets correct or crash, one of the first thing investors should do is start to look for good stocks to pick up at discounts.
In the current market, large-cap valuations are extremely high: The Shiller CAPE (cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings) ratio sits at 42.15, the highest that market valuation metric has been since the peak of the dot-com bubble in 1999.
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Read MoreIf a Bear Market Is Coming, History Says Investors Who Do This 1 Thing Always Win Out
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The market is on track to post its fourth consecutive year of double-digit gains.
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Valuations are high, and that’s not sustainable in the long term.
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Bear markets give investors the opportunity to grab great bargains.
As the market gets closer to ending its fourth year of double-digit gains,
Read More'They asked too much': Canadian dollar slides as Ottawa and Washington head for all-out trade war
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The Canadian dollar fell on Monday morning after trade talks between Ottawa and Washington fell apart, leaving both sides facing higher prices on a wide array of imported goods.
The U.S. on Saturday slapped 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of imports from Canada,
Some Retirees Pay State Income Tax on Social Security in These 8 States
Just about all of us have Social Security benefits to look forward to each month — or we may already be receiving them. Indeed, as of 2024, nearly 73 million people were collecting Social Security benefits. The checks may not be as big as we’d prefer, but they’re still likely to make up a significant chunk of our retirement income.
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Read MoreCharlie Munger, Warren Buffett's Right-Hand Man, Gave Six Rules for a Happy Life: Only One Relates to Money
Charlie Munger gave six rules for a happy life in a CNBC interview in February 2019, and only the last one was about money. He was 95 and had been Warren Buffett’s vice chairman at Berkshire Hathaway for 45 years.
Munger died in November 2023, aged 99, five weeks short of his 100th birthday.
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Will Datadog Make You Millions?
Cloud observability platform Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) has turned in a remarkably strong performance over the past year. Thanks in large part to improving fundamentals, the stock has shot up by almost 50% in the last 12 months.
Does this former Stan Druckenmiller favorite have the potential to continue delivering strong returns and potentially make millionaires of its shareholders?
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Tesla Just Flipped the Switch, Is a Massive Reversal Starting?
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has been battered for weeks but the tide may be turning.
According to one former US Champion trader who’s known for his ability to catch turning points with surgical precision, Tesla just flashed one of the strongest technical setups in the market.
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Tesla has emerged as the strongest name on the screen with a powerful bounce off the lows and short-term moving averages aligning for a potential upside surge.
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Market Commentary: Buffett Loaded Up On 1 Stock Every Quarter For 5 Years
Warren Buffett may be old but he’s fearless when it comes to making massive bets. One such outsized investment is Apple, which now represents close to 50% of his equity portfolio (see below).
Imagine having so much conviction in a single company that you allocate half your money to it. Now further consider having a portfolio the size of Buffett’s and making that same bet.
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