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Tariffs are government-imposed taxes on imported goods that serve as both a revenue source and a strategic policy tool to influence trade balances, protect domestic industries, and respond to geopolitical tensions. In our current times, tariffs, debt cycles, monetary imbalances, geopolitical distrust, domestic political polarization, and deglobalization are converging to reshape capital flows, inflation dynamics, […]

Dollar-cost averaging (often abbreviated as DCA) is an investment strategy where an investor divides a lump sum of money into smaller, fixed amounts that are invested at regular intervals, regardless of the current price of the investment. The most common example is an individual investor taking their monthly savings and buying assets for their portfolio […]

Identifying resilient companies in an uncertain macroeconomic environment requires more than just screening for profitability or recent performance. The real test is how a business behaves when conditions tighten and change – whether it can preserve margins, maintain relevance, and continue delivering value. We give a framework that outlines the traits that help companies not […]

The concept of leverage involves using borrowed capital for investment and amplifying the potential returns. While leverage can magnify profits, it also magnifies losses. Below we focus on how you can generate leverage in your portfolio, through options, futures, borrowing, shorting, and more.   Key Takeaways – How to Generate Leverage in a Portfolio Leverage […]

Steel is no longer just a commodity story; it’s a geopolitical one. The industry sits squarely at the convergence of politics, industrial strategy, and macroeconomic transformation. For investors, steel is becoming less about riding volatile price cycles and more about positioning within a broader national agenda: economic resilience supply chain security, and industrial sovereignty   […]

More traders are seeking alternative opportunities outside the US as market leadership narrows and headline risk grows.  Investors (i.e., those with longer time horizons), meanwhile, are looking for better valuations and stronger diversification without sacrificing the regulatory stability and transparency that developed markets provide.  Europe and Japan can be compelling because they offer a mix […]

As seen repeatedly – from Rome to Weimar to the British Pound in 1967 – the erosion of money’s value and trust often precedes, and catalyzes, declines in global leadership. Today’s environment, in ways, mirrors the late 1960s to early 1970s: fiscal dominance (fiscal policy the main driver of economic outcomes over monetary policy), monetary […]

Can the US or any country run out of money? Technically, the government doesn’t have money. A government is just a collection of individuals. Everything in an economy comes down to productivity.  Governments collect tax revenue from what boils down to underlying productivity at the most fundamental level. It can use a combination of those […]

A poison pill is a strategy employed by a company to make itself less attractive to a hostile takeover bid. The poison pill is usually in the form of poison pills are usually in the form of increased debt or dilutive shares. The poison pill is designed to make the potential acquirer think twice about […]

CMC Markets has expanded its CFD lineup with new equities across emerging industries; quantum computing, AI-powered learning, and digital car sales. This comes just a month after it introduced extended hours trading on over 80 prominent US stocks. New Stock CFDs IonQ (IONQ) provides quantum computers for commercial and research applications. Despite a 165%+ yearly […]