by Clinton Lee | Oct 28, 2020 | Bauman Daily, Bonds, Currency, Investing, Stocks
It’s tough to get an edge in the stock market. Some analysts build complex algorithms to make predictions. Others have turned to “alternative” datasets like satellite imagery to count vehicles in retail parking lots. Those types of data can help. But right now, I have...
by Ted Bauman | Oct 27, 2020 | Bauman Daily, Investing, Stocks
At last year’s Banyan Hill Total Wealth Symposium — sadly canceled this year due to the pandemic — an attendee asked me to summarize my advice to investors in one sentence. “Keep reminding yourself to operate in the real world,” I replied. Of course, there are as many...
by Angela Jirau | Oct 26, 2020 | Bauman Daily, Investing, Stocks, Technology
If you can’t shake tech bubble déjà vu, you’re not alone. This year, investors ignored companies’ underlying revenue and bid up buzzy tech stocks to outrageously high valuations … just like they did in the late ‘90s. But are we in for a repeat of the 2000 dot-com...
by Ted Bauman | Oct 23, 2020 | 2020 Financial Crisis, Bauman Daily, Investing, Stocks, U.S. Economy
On Monday, I argued that the stock market is bullish on the likelihood of a tax-and-spend government in January. Many commenters reacted negatively — but against a point I wasn’t making! In today’s video, I show you why, regardless of one’s opinions about taxes,...
by Clinton Lee | Oct 21, 2020 | Bauman Daily, Investing, Stocks
The third-quarter earnings season is underway, and sales and profits for the S&P 500 Index remain under pressure. For the companies that have reported so far, earnings are down nearly 19% compared to the same quarter last year. But the news isn’t bad for all...
by Ted Bauman | Oct 20, 2020 | 2020 Financial Crisis, Bauman Daily, Government & Politics, Investing, Stocks, U.S. Economy
For much of this year, a group of commenters on my popular YouTube channel has been advising me not to “fight the Fed.” To them, it doesn’t matter if stock prices are going up mainly because of the Federal Reserve’s response to the pandemic. The last decade proves...
