Dividend investing can be a solid source of passive income but look to diversify with other sources Dividend investing can be a great long-term wealth builder but how good is it as a source of passive income? Can you depend on your dividend payments or returns to provide continuous and consistent income when you need…
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATRA), a leading off-the-shelf T-cell immunotherapy company developing novel treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune and viral diseases, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of $100,000,000 of its shares of common stock. In addition, Atara Biotherapeutics expects to…
Wilshire Consulting predicts 6.25% return on US Equities over a decade. Hussman and GMO predict negative returns. Wilshire Consulting’s time horizon is 10 years, GMO’s is 7 years, and Hussman’s is 12 years. The feature image is from GMO’s Third-Quarter Report as of 10/31/2017. The report, which I highly recommend reading, states “*The chart represents local, real…
The European PMIs that came out today showed an EU economy that is not just in full recovery mode, but booming. Likely the ECB will reduce its level of accommodation in line with this growth. Focusing just on the Eurozone, we know that the ECB had expected the Eurozone economy to grow only 1.7% in…
Gold prices today are pushing higher, extending December’s 5% rally into the new year. That’s not surprising to me, as I’m predicting a gold bull market in 2018. Gold rose above $1,300 on Dec. 28 for the first time since early October, and it had plenty of momentum on its side. That’s carried gold prices in…
January is usually a pretty strong month for stocks, suggesting that many could see large gains to start the year if historical trends hold true yet again. This is largely attributed to the “January Effect.” What is January Effect? January Effect is a seasonal increase in stock prices due largely to year-end tax considerations. Investors…
Quick take: At the end of December the inflation-adjusted S&P 500 index price was 117% above its long-term trend, up from 111% the previous month. About the only certainty in the stock market is that, over the long haul, over performance turns into underperformance and vice versa. Is there a pattern to this movement? Let’s apply…
2017 was the year of growth over value—year-to-date through December 1st, the S&P 500 Growth Index outperformed the S&P 500 Value Index by essentially double the return, or a 1,300 basis point (bps) spread. Year-to-Date Total Returns of Value vs. Growth This performance advantage for growth investing largely stemmed from an over-weight in the Information Technology sector—approximately 800 bps of the differential was driven…
Recognizing strengths and weaknesses among primary asset classes is the core goal of our Tactical Trend strategy. The strategy seeks to identify relative strength and trend strength in an attempt to allocate capital to the strongest asset classes while underweighting or eliminating exposure to the weaker asset classes. We perform rigorous surveillance on the following…
The Global Financial Asset Portfolio¹ is a simple approximation of the world’s current financial asset allocation. It is, in my opinion, the logical starting point for anyone trying to build a diversified portfolio because it is the closest reflection of “the market portfolio”. In other words, if you were a true adherent of the Efficient…
