Tag Archives: interest rates

  • Spiralling debt is pouring fuel on investor anxieties

    David Buckland
    September 26, 2016

    These days, it’s not easy for investors to feel relaxed and comfortable. Pouring more fuel on investor anxieties is a report by the Bank of International Settlement that shows global debt spiralling out of control. Continue…

    by David Buckland Posted in Global markets.
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  • Reasons to invest in a market neutral fund

    Roger Montgomery
    September 21, 2016

    Buy low.  Sell high.  That’s all there is to it, right?  Well, not quite.  You see there are alternative strategies that not enough investors are taking advantage of.  You could sell first and buy later at a lower price. As long as the selling is at a higher price than the buying, it doesn’t matter which comes first, you’ll still make a profit. Continue…

    by Roger Montgomery Posted in Market commentary.
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  • ‘New normal’ just a fad that could hurt retirees’ plans

    Roger Montgomery
    September 15, 2016

    Retirees are in danger of seeing their investment portfolios meaningfully and detrimentally impacted by an unwinding of the latest fad. That fad can be named “expensive defensives” and there are valid reasons for the development of this fad. Indeed many are calling it the “new normal”. But it is just a fad and one that, like all fads, will end. Continue…

    by Roger Montgomery Posted in Editor's Pick, Market commentary.
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