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Retirees search for dividends, enduring low returns while risking running our of money. Managing withdrawals can extend and grow retirement savings. China and inflation news headlines sent markets lower in September. Seasonality changes for the better in October.
October is the last month of seasonal weakness for the US equity markets. The recent pullback sets October up for a turn around to start a more bullish period.
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The US outlined extensive ‘Clean Energy’ priorities that will create a magnitude of change in demand for metals and rare earth minerals, such as cobalt, lithium, copper, zinc, molybdenum, etc. China is a main supplier of many of these elements key in electricity production from wind and solar power. Politics and transport issues can create …

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Gas Futures hit record prices - €79 Mw/h on 15th Sep on October price – that’s up 250% since January – and expectations are that it “may hit three figures”. Its all a bit of a mystery and not a small dose of geopolitics but more importantly how can investors play this scenario?
October often evokes fear on Wall Street. Equity market distress can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. October is also a turnaround month often called a “bear killer”.
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After visiting the Money Show annual conference in Las Vegas, we review Bloomberg’s ‘Hot ETFs’ list – ETFs likely to grab investors attention through the rest of 2021. Then we turn to Europe to look how natural gas prices have soared this year, putting pressure on European households headed into the winter months. Back in …

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Lithium prices are set to rise over the next decade. We have previously discussed Albemarle (ALB) and Sociedad Química y Minera (SQM) as main beneficiaries of this trend. We review these again during this week’s Live Facebook chat. Other metals, like iron ore and palladium look to have peaked recently after strong runs. Chinese PMI …

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After July rumblings of increased fees and lack of reimbursements for this medtech company's products, a recent survey shows uptake is growing above expectations.
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As the US and many other countries discuss raising individual income taxes, private placement life insurance comes again into focus. Its always been a mechanism to legally hide investments from taxes, but now it is receiving a renewed interest from even less wealthy individuals. A bullish fund manager feels a return to normalcy will send …

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Powell stays dovish, GS likes biotech, and Evergrande blows up.
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