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.
- Why Are People Switching from WhatsApp to Signal? It's All About Privacy
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- January 19, 2021
The social media crackdowns have helped fuel people’s search for alternative communications platforms. One of those alternatives is Signal, a little-known messaging service that first debuted in 2014.
- Silver Was the Top Performing Commodity in 2020. Will Copper Be Next?
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- January 11, 2021
Precious metals did well overall. Silver stood as the top performing commodity, up nearly 48%, its best year since 2010, when it rose over 80%.
- Gold and Precious Metals in the Spotlight: 2020 Recap
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- January 7, 2021
Gold increased more than 25% in 2020, its best year in a decade.
- Low Inflation? Asset Prices at Record Highs Suggests Otherwise
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- January 4, 2021
Gold surged over 25%, its best year in a decade, while Bitcoin was up more than 300%.
- The Top 5 Most Popular Investment Stories of 2020
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- December 30, 2020
Now that 2020 has drawn to a close, I’m revisiting my most popular investment posts of the year, based on views. It was a truly historic 12 months, to say the least, but I won’t be covering everything that happened. For many of you, that’s probably a good thing. So without further ado, below are the top five most-read stories of 2020, in descending order.
- Institutional Investors Are Piling into Bitcoin
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- December 21, 2020
If I asked you how many hospital beds the U.S. has, what would you say? Two million? Five million? Try 924,000. That’s right: The U.S. currently has under 1 million hospital beds for a population of approximately 330 million, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA). By my calculation, that comes out to 28 beds per 10,000 people.
- Things Are Looking Up for Commercial Airlines
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- December 16, 2020
As of December 16, the NYSE Arca Airline Index was up nearly 4.5% for the month.
- Base Metals Get Supercharged Thanks to China Rebound
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- December 14, 2020
Industrial metals are well on their way to being among the top performers of 2020, supported by red hot demand from China and global supply concerns.
- Even More Tech Firms Are Leaving Silicon Valley for Texas
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- December 10, 2020
“This garage is the birthplace of the world’s first high-technology region, Silicon Valley,” the marker reads. It names two Stanford students, William Hewlett and David Packard, who “in 1938 began developing their first product, an audio oscillator, in this garage.” (The pair’s first customer? Walt Disney, who was then working on 1940’s Fantasia.)
- Copper Bull Run May Only Be Getting Started
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- December 3, 2020
Chinese factories signaled their strongest improvement in over a decade.
