The major indexes bounced back in March, but technology continued to underperform. The leaders this month were Utilities, Energy, Consumer Staples, Health Care. For the past 20 years, growth companies, especially technology, have led the charge higher for the stock market. Recently, value stocks have been increasing the fastest, leaving many to wonder if value
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Continuing our current discussion, we will be looking at various insurance types over the past couple of months. Overall, insurance is a risk management process and a critical step in mitigating risk. Risk is managed by buying the insurance policy to protect against a financial loss event. We will cover the basics of life, health,
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How the Stock Market is Doing Amid the Pandemic We’ve experienced significant spikes of volatility in the stock and bond markets to end January and now February as well. Typically, when we see big dips in the stock market, bonds begin to cover the slack and offset losses, which has not happened to start the
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2020 is over. What now? To say that 2020 was an eventful year is an understatement, but 2021 has been interesting as well! Between the new Covid variants now spreading, the 2nd Trump impeachment, the riots at the capital, and the end-of-month drop in the market involving GameStop and AMC, 2021 is already off to
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The recent news regarding GameStop, AMC, Blackberry, etc. has many individuals wondering, “What exactly is a Short Squeeze?” This blog post will explain from a high-level view what short selling is, what it means to be squeezed, and the major catalysts and results of the recent major events.
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