The past several days have been more good news for equities, and on Wednesday both the Dow and the S&P 500 closed at record highs, while the NASDAQ Composite finished at a fresh new 13-year high. Week to date, the Dow is up 0.20% while the S&P 500 is higher by 0.14%. The tech-heavy NASDAQ […]

Since we’re on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, I thought it would be appropriate for me to let you in on a few things that make me feel thankful. First off, I am thankful that I live in a country where, despite its flaws, success and the achievement of one’s goals are still possible.

“Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it is important when you need it.” –Franz Grillparzer The Austrian poet reminds us that it’s always important to give thanks, even for the smallest things; because when you really need them and don’t have them, that’s when you’ll appreciate them the

While Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for what we have, it’s also a time to remember that if you earned your money through hard work and determined effort, you should feel proud of your achievement. Unfortunately, today many want you to feel a sense of guilt over what you’ve achieved. This week we

China’s population is not just expanding but is getting wealthier and more urban than at any time in its long history. Further, the Chinese government has an explicit policy to refocus its economy towards domestic consumption, rather than infrastructure investment. This expanding middle class is explicitly targeted by Global X China Consumer ETF (CHIQ). CHIQ

Since we’re on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, I thought it would be appropriate for me to let you in on a few things that make me feel thankful. First off, I am thankful that I live in a country where, despite its flaws, success and the achievement of one’s goals are still possible.

Stocks logged yet another impressive week, with the Dow and the S&P 500 breaking into hitherto unknown territory. The Dow closed above the 16,000 mark for the first time, while the S&P 500 finished above 1,800 for the first time in its storied history. On the week, the Dow climbed 0.65% while the S&P 500 […]

Last week, the smart money was focused mostly on the testimony of Federal Reserve Chair nominee Janet Yellen, as she faced questions from the Senate Banking Committee during her confirmation hearing. Now, to say that Yellen was extremely “dovish” is an understatement. In fact, Yellen seemed to discount any notion that the Fed’s massive quantitative

“Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.” –Milton Friedman The brilliant Nobel Prize-winning economist had a knack for putting things into entertaining perspective, and he does so here with his thoughts on quantitative easing before that technical term even existed. If more economists could

There’s a theory that small-cap funds outperform large-cap ones. One of the appeals for following this strategy in the U.S. market is an opportunity to beat institutional investors, such as mutual funds, which cannot invest in a small-capitalization company without making a public filing and disclosing the move to the rest of the investing world.