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With NGDP Everything Becomes Much Clearer

With NGDP Everything Becomes Much Clearer

On the internet, I see endless debate about the so-called soft landing. Many people seem to believe that some sort of law of economics has been violated. Inflation has come down substantially, and yet the labor market remains strong.UnsplashI see all sorts of problems with this debate. One problem is that we are assuming that […]
Three Lessons From 2023

Three Lessons From 2023

Investing is a never ending learning experience. I think that’s one of the things that makes the financial markets so fascinating. Just when you feel like you know everything the markets and the economy will surprise you.FreepikFor me, learning is largely about introspection of past actions. You have to learn to audit your past decisions […]
Market Briefing For Tuesday, January 2

Market Briefing For Tuesday, January 2

The ‘burden of proof’ validating the projected – but oddball – late 2023 S&P upward behavior, which dragged the rest of the list to a broadening stability or at least nominal movements off the lows for a majority outside the mega-caps, is a really likely challenge as we migrate tenaciously into a new trading year.Come […]
These 17 Large-Cap AI Stocks Were Up +100% In 2023

These 17 Large-Cap AI Stocks Were Up +100% In 2023

Image Source: PixabayThe following 17 large cap (i.e. $2B+) artificial intelligence and related stocks went up in excess of 100% in 2023. To put things in perspective, the 91 constituents in the AIQ Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF were only up 55.0% in 2023. They are ranked below in descending order:Up in excess of […]
ASX LICs Performance: Which Is The Best Vs Index ETFs? 
                    

BEST PERFORMING ASX LICs 2024

ASX LICs Performance: Which Is The Best Vs Index ETFs? BEST PERFORMING ASX LICs 2024

Image Source: Unsplash  Here is my medium / long term ASX LIC performance comparison of the most popular LICs against relevant ASX index ETFs.Some years ago, I set up a sharesight portfolio of a lot of the large, popular ASX LICs to see at a glance how their performance looked in terms of total shareholder […]