Stocks Are So Overrated

Silver Investing vs Silver Trading

Registered investment advisor, CFA, portfolio strategy, macro

Summary

  • Stocks are so overrated.
  • Stocks have their meaningful place in a long-term investment strategy.
  • But so too do many other investment alternatives.

Stocks are so overrated. Don’t get me wrong – I love the stock market. The opportunity to conduct fundamental analysis on publicly-traded corporations to identify potential ownership in high-quality businesses trading at attractive valuations is the reason why I decided to pursue a career in the investment industry so many years ago. But when listening to people in the media and elsewhere talk about capital markets, stocks are so revered above all else that one could easily include that no other choices

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US Economy, Wealth Building Strategies

Why A Beaten Down SIlver And Silver Wheaton Can Be A Good Long-Term Investment

2015-Silver-American-Eagle-Investment

By Renu Singh

Summary

  • Silver, based on Silver Wheaton’s latest results were below the mark, aggravating the company’s weak financial performance.
  • Driven by industrial demand and silver production, the price of the metal is expected to increase, and this will have a positive impact on Wheaton.
  • Being a streaming company, Wheaton doesn’t need to invest in mines, which is an advantage since it can focus its cash flow on signing more mining agreements.
  • Wheaton will also benefit from an expected uptick in gold pricing, as it has bought additional gold streams from Vale.
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Silver as an investment