These 7 Stock Market Insights For 2025 Are Very Troubling – Take A Look
1. 25 Forecasts Regarding the Economy, Markets, Geopolitics & Technology in 2025Introduction: There is no shortage of expert forecasts and predictions for what will happen to the world’s economy, markets, geopolitics, and technology in 2025 and below VisualCapitalist have summarized the most common predictions and forecasts by experts into a single visual of what they […]
Canada’s Reaction To Trump’s Planned Tariffs Is Preparation For A Trade War
Threat Of Tariffs Puts Canada At War With the U.S. – Economically Speaking Introduction Canada is the top import partner for 23 U.S. states (see list below) and this infographic from VisualCapitalist identifies those states as of November 2024. The data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau. Top Importers of Canadian Goods By […]
Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds: Are They A Good Investment For You?
What Are Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds? As explained in an article by financestrategists, tax-exempt municipal bonds are debt securities issued by governmental entities, such as states, cities, and counties, to finance public projects without having to raise taxes and the interest income earned on these bonds is exempt from federal income taxes and, in some cases, […]
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): The Risks & Benefits
An Introduction What follows is the second installment (an edited and abridged version of the original newsletter) in a series on alternative investments by Spencer Wright from his latest Forecasts & Trends E-letter. You can find the first in the series, Is Private Equity Investing For You?, here. Wright points out that ‘The sheer size […]
Update: Deeply Indebted Countries Headed For Trouble – Here’s Why
“The history of financial crises is that when an accident is waiting to happen, it eventually does and, when countries become too deeply indebted, they are headed for trouble. When debt-fueled asset price explosions seem too good to be true, they probably are but the exact timing can be very difficult to guess, and a […]
Could The S&P 500 Reach 10,000 By 2029? Here’s Why, and Why Not
Introduction The S&P 500 has seen an impressive surge of late, climbing past 6,000 and sparking significant optimism in the financial markets. Lance Roberts highlights in an article that economist Ed Yardeni anticipates that: the S&P 500 will reach 6,100 by the end of 2024, with additional gains to 7,000 by 2025 and 8,000 by 2026 […]
