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Eventual stagflation could be a risk for the economy and markets and one that’s currently vastly under-discounted. We’re in a situation where the central bank has pushed a lot of liquidity into the markets and brought up the financial economy (i.e., prices of financial assets) while the real economy (i.e., aggregate transactions volume in goods […]

The stock market is an important part of the overall functioning of the economic system. The stock market – and capital markets more generally – affect the real economy as they provide the money and credit that the real economy uses to make goods and services. The financial economy leads the real economy. The stock […]

Published on: Mar 13, 2021 Grand Capital is an online broker best known for its range of forex, CFDs and crypto products. However, the broker also offers a collection of investment portfolios and its latest Spring 2021 portfolio could tick the box for keen stock traders. Here are the details. Spring Investment Portfolio Grand Capital’s latest […]

After a recession, the central bank has big incentives to get the economy going again. Traders then largely shift to what are called reflation trades, which will benefit from this backdrop. Central banks start by lowering interest rates. This makes cash less attractive to own. This incentivizes the ownership of riskier assets and more spending […]

Business models can take many different shapes depending on the way the products and services are delivered to the market. Asset-lite and asset-heavy businesses can largely be viewed through a “pipes” (pipelines) vs. “platforms” framework. Recognizing the two and their differences is important as it will ultimately help determine the nature of a stock‘s upside […]

Originally published on Feb 7, 2021 AQR recently published its report on its expectations for asset class returns over the medium-term – i.e., next 5-10 years. This covers the following asset classes: – US equities – Non-US developed market equities – Emerging market equities – US high-yield credit – US investment-grade (IG) credit – US […]

GameStop (GME) and AMC Entertainment (AMC) made a notable run, ignited by a social media frenzy that took on a life its own. We discussed more of the backstory in other articles, such as here. There was a pop and that eventually faded. This was inevitable, as these companies – and other widely shorted small caps […]

In short, GameStop (GME) mania began when some smart retail traders started hyping up a stock on social media with some peculiar characteristics: 1. It had a low valuation. Its price reached a low of $2.57 per share. That valued the once-popular video game and consumer electronics retailer at only a couple hundred million dollars. […]

Consumer staples are among the most stable types of stocks that return fairly consistently. The volatility of stocks is one of the main reasons why many traders and investors are hesitant to commit to them. What are consumer staples and what makes them attractive? Certain businesses involve selling products people need to physically live. This […]

This article was published on January 11, 2021 US-China relations, and the capital war conflict within it, is and will be a big driver of markets going forward and is important to understand even for those with shorter-term trading orientations. The same things tend to happen over and over again for the same reasons historically. […]