A year after the highly publicized meme stock craze of 2021 (GameStop, AMC, etc.), I am still asked my thoughts on their pros and cons and whether they deserve a place in a growth stock portfolio. Meme stocks have become such a thing that they are now tracked by an index created by Bloomberg called …
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A question on some investors’ minds is whether it makes sense to have some exposure to Russian stocks as part of an emerging markets strategy. The thinking is that should Russia pull out of Ukraine and global sanctions are lifted, could the Russian stock market turn around, offering upside potential? Russia’s stocks have fallen as …
Elon Musk is on the cusp of owning social media giant Twitter outright. That has stirred up a lot of controversy in the markets, social media space, and among ideologues on both sides of the free speech and tech censorship debate. But what does it mean? How should investors be viewing this? Is Elon going …
With lingering concerns over COVID, the spike in inflation, and fighting in Ukraine, this hasn’t been to most pleasant economic expansion we’ve experienced. Now, as consumer sentiment begins to slip amid higher interest rates and food and energy prices, there’s more talk about the possibility of a recession. However, I don’t think I’m being at …
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, most investors are witnessing the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II. The conflict threatens to break the relative stability that has existed in global economic markets since the fall of the Soviet Union. But how bad can it get for investors? I first want to acknowledge that …
It seems like yesterday when Chinese stocks were investment darlings, racking up outsized returns with no ceiling in sight—just the place to go for investors who wanted to diversify their portfolio while adding a little alpha. Suddenly, starting this last summer, it all appeared to sour. Recently, the Chinese stock market once again entered correction …
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