As 2021 comes to a close, the defining investing trend of the year (meme stock madness) is admittedly on the wane. Unlike earlier this year, investors aren’t exactly bidding up as many stocks, including penny stocks, “to the moon” as much anymore. Especially as other speculative asset classes, like cryptocurrencies, have come back in vogue. […]
Read MoreThe renewable energy industry is booming. While it only supplies less than a quarter of the power generated today, this will change drastically by 2040. Its share is expected to grow in excess of 40% by 2040, as new technologies are developed for wind and solar energy production. Therefore, in line with the fast-changing energy […]
Read MoreFans of gold and its producers arguably are the most contrary investors, and perhaps the loneliest.Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Almost all investors claim they’re contrarian types, brave, independent thinkers willing to buck the crowd. And upward of 90% of motorists rate themselves as better-than-average drivers, an obvious statistical impossibility. Yet there is one cantankerous bunch that can […]
Read MoreBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) released its 2020 annual report on Feb. 27, 2021, and the letter to shareholders from Chair Warren Buffett contains items of interest to Berkshire shareholders and the general investing public alike. Investopedia studied this letter and found five observations by Buffett that should be of particular interest, as summarized below. Key […]
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