How Unemployment and the Stock Market Have Been Linked Through History
Updated – 11/17/23 You might want to know how unemployment affects the stock market. It would seem that logically, high unemployment should lead to a lower stock market. But, looking throughout history, we’ve actually seen that the relationship between unemployment and the stock market isn’t black-and-white, which may surprise you. Remember, history often rhymes. Today’s […]
Common Sizing, Time Series and Cross-Sectional Analysis – CFA Level 1
Common sizing, time series, and cross-sectional analysis are fundamental tools for every investor’s toolbox. Both common sizing and time series analysis will help investors understand a business better in terms of profitability, asset and capital needs, as well as spot business trends. Such data can then be used to compare a company to industry competitors […]
The Roles, Levels, and Salaries of C Level Management Explained
C level management, or the C-suite, includes all the top managers of any company such as Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, and Tesla. The C level management is responsible for the business’s direction and the decisions that affect the company in its entirety. There are many different roles within the C level, with each role playing its […]
The Market Is Crashing! Am I In Danger of a Margin Call Watch?
Recently I wrote an article about investing with margin and honestly, when I was done with all of my research and writing, I actually convinced myself to open a margin account. While some of the math and numbers behind it certainly can be enticing, the potential for a margin call watch to be placed on […]
Investing in a Duopoly Market – Value Play or Value Trap?
If you’re looking for a dominant company with a very strong competitive advantage, it might be easy to name a few different companies out loud, but another way to identify these different companies is to find those that are part of a duopoly market. If you do not know, a duopoly market is one where […]
Looking to Invest in Emerging Markets? Start with the MSCI World ETF (ACWI)!
If you’re coming here from my blog post about Global Equities Momentum to learn more about a MSCI World ETF, welcome! If not, I highly recommend checking it out so you understand how the proper utilization of this ETF is so incredibly important! Basically, Global Equities Momentum (GEM) relies on the utilization of three different […]
Time to Settle the Debate – Are We In An ETF Bubble?
One thing that I have heard many times before is that we are in an ETF bubble. Personally, I kinda see both sides of the coin on this topic, but I know that it’s something that we should really think about it when we’re investing. First off, what is an ETF? Per Wikipedia, it is […]
Election 2020: Effect of the Proposed Biden Corporate Tax to the Stock Market
As the election approaches, investors naturally grow nervous with the uncertainty. With Joe Biden’s promises to increase corporate taxes and capital gains taxes, investors wonder about the effect to the stock market as a whole, and whether they should sell ahead of the election. Because this is a financial website, I will not bring my […]
Expanding Your Circle of Competence by Investing in Cloud Stocks
Pre-2020, cloud stocks were never anything that I really even looked at investing in. The numbers just absolutely never made any sense to me but we have just seen some massive returns in 2020 and it’s made me think – is now the time to invest in cloud stocks? Like I mentioned, the math just […]
I Know Micro Cap Stocks are Risky, but do They Generate Massive Returns?
“Micro Cap stocks? I thought it was only large cap and small cap!” Nope. You’re wrong. Remember how I used a comparison of Brock Lesnar and Connor McGregor for a depiction of large cap stocks vs. small caps? Well, micro cap stocks are those stocks that are smaller than small…think, like a fly…they’re so stinking […]
