IGLB News and Press, Shares Long-Term Corporate Bond From 06/08/20

Macroeconomic Thesis One of the most commonly raised critiques of my recent article, " The Monetary Death Spiral Is Accelerating ," was that the massive fiscal and central bank spending measures being carried out by various agencies of the United States federal government right now have jus...

Musings Unless you are solely invested in Technology stocks, your portfolio is likely nothing but a sea of red this year (despite a bump off the lows in April). Basically everything is hurting (no shocker there), but that’s not what I’m focused on at the moment. I’m tryi...

Musings Shorter update this month since life is too crazy to look backwards at the moment, plus I made a ton of trades to report (so no gory graphs demonstrating the pain I am sure that your portfolio dashboard is telling you). I don’t believe that any of the posted numbers (espec...

In contrast to Morgan Stanley strategist Mike Wilson's recommendation to start buying stocks, Guggenheim CIO Scott Minerd is waiting for the other shoe to drop in equity markets. More news on: Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF, SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF, iSh...

Musings January 2020 was a tough month for stocks but was especially tough for value and international (especially emerging markets). Source: S&P Dow Jones Source: S&P Dow Jones I hate to dwell on the ugly, but things were really ugly for domestic energy stocks as w...

Musings After my healthy 5% ‘alpha’ victory in 2018, 2019’s everlasting bull run was hard for my conservative portfolio to match as large cap growth stocks (which drive the S&P 500 these days) blew the doors off (+31.5%) with their best performance since 2013....

Musings Staying in the game is critical for anyone lacking a crystal ball who can anticipate the twists and turns of the markets. I won't go on a long rant about potential for self-inflicted damage that aggressive market timing brings most who attempt it… but suffice it to say that ...

Musings October was especially nice for home gamers like myself (record market highs AND many online brokerages eliminating stock trading fees). I was certainly busy with a month of repositioning my portfolio to skew even more conservatively amidst the new price highs (but yawn-worthy econ...

"Don't feed the animals." Signs bearing this exhortation can often be found in national and state parks or large city parks, in which a variety of wildlife reside with minimal human contact. Image Source The reason for this injunction is simple: There is a natural order that exists...

Musings September was full of mixed signals. On one hand, the S&P 500 retested its all-time high (and I had a killer +4.5% month). On the other hand, the wall of worry for this long economic expansion has never seemed more daunting (trade wars, impeachment, earnings recession, etc). ...