Archive for February 2018

In Alternative Investments for an Increasingly Volatile Stock Market, we discussed exotic currencies as an alternative investment for the next bear market in stocks. In a follow-up article, we focused on the Iraqi Dinar as one of those currencies. But the Vietnamese dong is also fully qualified as an alternative investment. As 2018 unfolds, the mainstream financial…

In Alternative Investments for an Increasingly Volatile Stock Market, we discussed foreign currencies – particularly exotic currencies – as an alternative investment for the next bear market in stocks. In that context, the Iraqi Dinar is a particularly attractive alternative investment Alternative investments are the types of assets that tend to perform poorly when conventional investments,…

Last week in Are Stocks Starting to Get Spooky? we discussed that 2018 has ushered in a time of volatility in stocks not seen since the Financial Meltdown. Common sense should dictate that after nine years of steady gains in stocks, the end of the current bull market may be in sight. That’s why we need to…

Are you starting to get spooked by the daily swings in the stock market? 2018 has introduced us to a level of volatility in the market that hasn’t been seen since the Financial Meltdown. One day the market is down 400 points, the next day it’s up 200. This back-and-forth action has been playing out…