What is an ETF? An Exchange-Traded Fund, is an Investment Fund Comprised of Multiple Different Investments such as Stocks, Bonds, and Commodities.
An exchange-traded fund—or ETF, for short—is an investment fund that trades on a public stock exchange just like a stock. But unlike stocks,...
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At the Mercy of the Virus
I’ve never seen anything like it. A virus has taken a powerful bull market from all-time highs to the cusp of a bear market (down 20% from the high) in a matter of weeks.
There wasn’t much market reaction all...
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The Big Idea
Any time you have a fragmented market where there are a lot of buyers and sellers that have a hard time getting together there is an opportunity for a software-enabled marketplace to grease the wheels of commerce.
We’ve seen this concept work emerging...
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A Perfect Answer for a Precarious Market
Here we are at a brand new all-time high for the market. Stocks shrugged off impeachment and are now whistling past the coronavirus. These are mere speed bumps for a market that seems destined to forge ever has...
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The Big Idea
Fiber optic components are one of the building blocks of high-speed data and communications networks. This market gets a lot of press coverage and investors are generally well aware of fiber optic component suppliers for the telecom and datacom markets.
A lesser but...
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A Jewel among the Wreckage
This is one tough stock picking environment. It’s obscenely late in the bull market and economic recovery with the market near an all time record high. Sure, a similar situation has existed for several years. Okay, the economy is pretty...
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The Big Idea
If you want to find markets where purpose-built software can make life a lot easier look no further than life sciences and high tech.
Both are defined by the ever-present need to develop new products, launch them into the market, appropriately manage through...
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A Great Way to Play the Growing Marijuana Industry
We are standing on the precipice of a New Year and a new decade. In a way it’s just an arbitrary date on the calendar. But new beginnings hold great promise and are an ideal to...
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The Big Idea
How psyched would you be if you went to your healthcare provider and they said the following:
“I can make a health optimization recommendation for you, informed not only by the latest clinical trials, but also by local and regional data about like...
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An Amazing Opportunity from the 5G Revolution
The world is about to change in a major way. So much so that you may look back ten years or even five years from now and realize how profoundly different things are since 2019.
Identifying change is to...
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Declining interest rates have put income investors in a tough spot again. REITs are one of your best alternatives - especially these undervalued REITs.
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THE BIG IDEA
In its 2017 infrastructure report card the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave America’s infrastructure a grade of “D+”.
America received the same grade in 2013. That was an improvement over 2009 (and 2005) when we received a “D”.
Suffice to say, room...
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This High Priced Market Still Offers Great Value
Here we are with the market at fresh new all-time highs. It’s already the longest running recovery and bull market in history. Meanwhile, the global economy stinks and might be getting worse and we are on precipice...
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THE BIG IDEA
There are over 100 million people around the world suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition in which a partially blocked airway prevents airflow to the lungs when a person is asleep. The typical length of a breathing pause is seconds...
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Profit from the American Energy Export Boom
One of the constants in life is change. The winds of change seem to swoop in and disrupt things we mistakenly consider permanent. Understanding exactly when and where such events occur is crucial to successful investing.
One such change...
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THE BIG IDEA
I have vague memories of the Electrolux vacuum salesman coming to our house to sell his wares. Over the last 40 or so years, the basic idea of enticing people to take advantage of a “deal” hasn’t changed much. But the and...
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Defense is the Best Offer
Here we are in the tenth year of an economic recovery and bull market. All recoveries end in recession and all bull markets end in bear markets. Both have already well exceeded the average historical life spans. In fact, is...
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THE BIG IDEA
Back in the late 1800s if you called a company for information you were routed through a telephone exchange and were able to speak with a person that could help.
The last switchboard operator for a hand-crank phone, Susan Glines, walked away her...
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The Dog Days of Summer
We are in the dog days of summer, the hottest, most sultry days of the year. The expression “dog days” is an old one. In fact, it’s really old. The Romans used it.
It’s one of those expressions that everyone but...
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THE BIG IDEA
A few years back the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report with an astounding conclusion:
Most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences.
That’s not cool.
Diagnostic accuracy of some conditions is staggeringly bad. For the...
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