1. On Monday stocks fell at the start of a busy week for earnings, with investors awaiting Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision for clues on whether officials will dial back the pace of rate increases as early as December. Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson says the end of Fed tightening may be nearing suggesting the Fed pivot…
Astute investors continue to seek out alternative investments for their portfolios to aid in diversifying them away from overexposure to any single asset class.
As geopolitical, economic, and environmental uncertainties escalate, many investors watching these volatile moves continue to try to take steps to diversify their portfolios and seek out alternative investments.
1. Volatility remained extreme this week as the U.S. saw the release of the Non-Farm Payrolls report for September and the war in Ukraine became increasingly desperate for the Russian occupiers. 2. For the week ending October 1, the seasonally adjusted number of Americans filing initial claims for unemployment surged by 29,000 from the previous…
Investors watched this week as precious metals prices held up, with most closing out the month with gains, while stocks closed out their worst month.
1. This week saw the Federal Reserve raise interest rates yet again and a flood of information out of Europe that served to further increase recession fears. Stock markets tumbled again on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at fresh lows for 2022 as global currencies mostly slid lower against the US dollar.…
Physical precious metals have a long history of being viewed as a store of value during times of economic and geopolitical turmoil.
Investors continue to hold to the view that physical precious metals have a long history of acting as a hedge against inflationary periods
Many investors continue to add physical precious metals to their portfolios as part of their diversification plans.
Many investors have continued adding physical precious metals into their portfolios for this purpose whenever temporary price dips have afforded them the option to do so at a relative discount.
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