Please note: The Frank Talk articles listed below contain historical material. The data provided was current at the time of publication. For current information regarding any of the funds mentioned in these presentations, please visit the appropriate fund performance page.
- Bitcoin Has Its Best Start to a Year Since 2012 as Market Banks On Institutional Investors
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- January 21, 2020
Aside from its breathtaking mountains, world-famous chocolate and wartime neutrality, Switzerland is perhaps best known for its commitment to financial privacy. Banking secrecy became law in 1934, making it a crime for Swiss banks to disclose accountholder information of any kind to third parties.
- "Buy-and-Hold" Has Historically Been a Winning Investment Strategy
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- January 15, 2020
One of the biggest concerns some investors might have right now is that the U.S. business cycle is maturing and possibly reaching its “natural end.”
- Dollar Weakness Could Be the Catalyst Commodities Are Looking For
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- January 13, 2020
For the third straight year, and for the fourth time in six years, palladium was the top-performing commodity.
- Tariffs Are Having a Bigger Effect on U.S. Manufacturing Than Initially Thought
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- January 8, 2020
The U.S. manufacturing sector contracted for the fifth straight month in December, with the monthly reading from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) hitting its weakest point in more than 10 years.
- America Remains the Land of Opportunity. For Everything Else, There's Gold
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- January 6, 2020
In 1967, a woman then known as Svetlana Alliuyeva arrived by plane in New York. Moments after landing, she held a press conference during which she renounced her native Soviet Russia, describing it as “profoundly corrupt.”
- 5 of the Biggest Financial Stories From 2019
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- December 30, 2019
According to the Chinese Zodiac Calendar, 2019 was the Year of the Pig. Investors and traders, I believe, will likely also remember it as the year of the bull.
- The U.K. Just Said No to EU Socialism. Will U.S. Voters Do the Same in 2020?
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- December 23, 2019
Imagine you wake up tomorrow from a three and a half-year coma. Everything that’s happened in the meantime—the election of Donald Trump, impeachment, Brexit and more—is a complete mystery to you.
- Here's What the Trucking Industry Could Learn From Airlines
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- December 18, 2019
This year alone, nearly 800 U.S.-based trucking companies have gone bankrupt. That’s almost three times the rate as in 2018, when things were looking remarkably positive.
- Expecting a Market Downturn? Make Sure You're Following the "Noah Rule"
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- December 16, 2019
In his letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders for fiscal year 2001, Warren Buffett made one of his now-famous pronouncements: “Predicting rain doesn’t count, building an ark does.”
- Is the Fed Gearing Up for a New Round of Quantitative Easing? Here Are the Possible Signs
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- December 10, 2019
“This is not QE. In no sense is this QE.”
That was Jerome Powell in early October, answering a reporter’s question on whether the Federal Reserve’s intervention in the overnight U.S. repo market constituted another round of quantitative easing (QE).
