See just like toilet paper and Ferraris, stocks also have price elasticity. Price changes will affect demand. And more importantly, just like regular markets — perhaps even more so — there is a serious lack of rationality at times.
World Markets: Global Insights into Financial Trends and Investment Opportunities
When concerned with the global economy, it’s important to look beyond the powerhouses that are often in the spotlight, and to look at the various emerging markets operating just off stage.
Today’s biggest emerging markets (BEMs), include Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey. Not as big, but still making impact, are Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Thailand.
Time to Load Up on ‘TRaaS’ Stocks
We’re getting close to the time when smart investors start looking for opportunities as everyone else panics around them. If you’re going to try and ‘buy the dip’ though, I’d advise being careful. To take advantage of other people’s panic, you need to make sure you get in as cheap as possible.
SelfWealth Shares in Trading Halt: New Growth and Cap Raise
SWF’s share price has performed strongly over the past 12 months, climbing a solid 105.48%. Though the share price has sputtered a bit since October 2019, we may see the share price lift on the back of a cap raise and today’s announcement.
Is the Rate of Diseases We’ve Not Seen Before Speeding Up?
Maybe the coronavirus is part of the acceleration of new disease. After all, we only just got through Zika in 2015–16. There was the Ebola outbreak in 2014. Before that was MERS in 2012. Then H1N1 (swine flu) in 2009. And then there was SARS in 2002 and 2004.
Five Gold Stocks to Watch amid COIVD-19 Fears
In times of uncertainty, gold has been the go-to for investors looking to weather the storm. And there’s plenty of it, currently. With the price of gold on the up, expecting to hit US$10,000 in the next few years, Australia’s gold miners could once again be providing sanctuary for investors…
What Aussies Don’t Get — There’s No Point Fighting Over Toilet Paper
We’re going to veer off course a little today.
See, I was in the middle of putting together a recap of my first ever live Bullion & Bourbon Hour last night.