I’ve been singing Mary Barra’s praises for a long time now, here and on twitter. As CEO of General Motors, she has been doing such an excellent job and it’s funny that people have not been wising up to this for a long time. Maybe because she’s a woman and not as brash and loud […]
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How to Boost Your Investment Performance Through Smart Trading in Bitcoin
Crypto currencies are biggest craze in financial markets right now, for good reason. It’s almost impossible to be in finance in 2017 and not to have heard about the blockchain and the digital tokens it enables, the main ones among them being Ethereum and Bitcoin. I won’t go into the intricacies of what Bitcoin is […]
How to Use More than One Company to Make Strategic Bets on an Industry
Hi everyone! This is going to be a short post as I’m really busy and since it’s been so long since I gave you guys something, I figured a quick ‘here’s something to nibble on’ is fair. I’m writing from my phone so forgive any typos. The thought I want to share on is how, […]
Diversify your Bonds: How to Hedge Against Investment Risk
“Always Diversify yo bonds, fam!”- Wu Tang Finance One of The central concepts in investing is risk. Everytime you put money in an asset, you have no guarantees that the future cash flows of capital gains you’re expecting will materialize or even that you will get your capital back. Within that overall picture, there […]
Buy Stocks without Paying Broker Fees using DRIPs.
There’s an easy way to invest in companies, especially the more established ones without having to pay commissions to your broker, or using a brokerage account. It’s called Direct Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIP) The premise is simple: you can reach out to a company to buy stocks directly instead of doing it through […]
Starting Out
I’m writing this post for a good friend who is starting out trying to build her portfolio. At the same time, anyone could use it, if they’re new to building an investment portfolio. As always however, they are opinions. That you choose to act on them places full responsibility on you. Investing in the markets […]
My Buy List
Since the slide in oil prices began, I’ve made some arguments to the effect that we will see a bounce back in oil prices. Given that conviction, I am slowly building up an exposure to energy sector. For direct exposure, I have a relatively modest exposure to late 2016 and early 2017 crude oil futures. […]
