by Liam Hunt | Aug 4, 2020 | Portfolio Management, Precious Metals
In 2020, U.S. student loan debt eclipsed $1.56 trillion. The median debt burden for the graduating Class of 2019 is nearly $30,000, up over 2% from the year prior. It seems that every year, American students are becoming more indebted and less economically advantaged...
by Liam Hunt | Jun 15, 2020 | Gold IRA Reviews, Portfolio Management, Precious Metals
Two-thirds of Millennials have nothing saved for retirement. Can you blame them? Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, entered the job market amid one of the worst periods of wage stagnation and unemployment in recent history—not to mention an average student loan...
by Liam Hunt | Jun 10, 2020 | Bitcoin IRA, Commodities, Gold IRA Reviews, Precious Metals
Financial crises call for new investment strategies to preserve one’s wealth. Whether you’re approaching retirement or at the early stages of your career, there are steps you should take to protect yourself from losses and insulate your portfolio from volatility. It...
by Liam Hunt | May 14, 2020 | Annuities, Bitcoin IRA, Portfolio Management, Precious Metals
It’s been a rollercoaster of a year for financial markets. In February 2020, global stock markets reported their steepest one-week declines since the global financial crisis. Three weeks later, the price of crude oil fell by a staggering 26% due to geopolitical...
by Wesley Crowder | May 7, 2020 | Precious Metals
Top 10 Gold IRA Companies Gold IRA’s are an important tool for diversifying your retirement portfolio and building a financial future based on more than simply paper investments. When you reach the decision to invest in such a Precious Metals IRA, your first...
by Liam Hunt | Apr 28, 2020 | Precious Metals
In today’s highly volatile market, investors have to fine-tune their portfolios to decrease risk wherever they can. Investing in many different asset classes, also known as ‘diversification’, is the best way to mitigate risk and protect your wealth. Thankfully,...
by Liam Hunt | Apr 21, 2020 | Precious Metals
Economies naturally grow and contract. When the business cycle is in a sustained period of contraction, otherwise known as a “recession”, market-wide economic activity declines and stock prices typically fall. Since downturns in the business cycle inevitably arise...
by Liam Hunt | Apr 13, 2020 | Precious Metals
The standard rule of thumb is to contribute no less than 10 percent of your gross income to your retirement savings plan. However, there’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all rule for retirement savings. How much you contribute to your individual retirement account...
by Mark Turner | Mar 10, 2020 | Precious Metals
We have had the pleasure of interviewing Trevor Gerszt, CEO of GoldCo, also known as GoldCo Precious Metals or GoldCo Direct. GoldCo has been a pioneer in Gold IRA investments for years and also offers silver, platinum, and palladium IRA investments. Recently, the...
by Liam Hunt | Feb 22, 2020 | Precious Metals
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are rising in popularity, despite legislative efforts to cool the market. According to Bank of America, the ETF market will hit $50 trillion in assets by 2030. That’s a staggering growth trajectory, considering the market only crossed the...
by Liam Hunt | Jan 19, 2020 | Definitions, Hedge Funds, Portfolio Management, Precious Metals
Arbitrage exploits inefficiencies in the market that otherwise wouldn’t exist under conditions of perfect interest rate parity. Without price inefficiency (i.e., market prices on one exchange not having caught up to the real market price reflected on another), there’s...
by Liam Hunt | Jan 13, 2020 | Precious Metals
No longer are the world’s largest pension funds investing exclusively in the traditional stock and bond market. Fueled by the recent boom in alternative asset investing, pension funds are now rebalancing their portfolios and endowments to reflect a 30 to 50 percent...
