Picking stocks may be more fun than inferring “asset allocation,” the percentage of stocks, bonds and other types of investments that you own, but studies show that a balanced security portfolio can have a bigger impact on long-term performance than individual stock picking. [Read more…] about Creating Your New Security Portfolio
Gold Investment
How Does the Dollar Affect Your Gold Investment?
Interestingly enough, the U.S. dollar has a large effect on gold investments. Rick Rule of Sprott US Holdings says, “…my own view is that the gold price trades contra to confidence in the US dollar.” Unfortunately for investors, the US dollar has been “very strong, perhaps as a consequence of weakness in other instruments.”
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