by Uncommon Sense Investor | Sep 9, 2021 | Banking, Blogs, Disruption, Financials, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States
Billionaires get that way for a reason. As the CEO of hedge fund Third Point, Dan Loeb makes the big calls in search of outsized returns for his investors and himself. One way he does that is to invest in early stage companies such as financial technology firm Upstart...
by Mark Bunting | Sep 7, 2021 | Banking, Big Picture, Blogs, Financial Planning, Interviews, Investing, Media, Podcast, Stocks, Top Ideas, United States, Videos
What’s an investor to do in a stock market rife with greed, manias, and fraud? That’s a legitimate question even though it may smack of hyberbole. Are many investors driven purely by greed right now? Based on record retail (last to the party dumb...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Aug 23, 2021 | Banking, Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Financials, Investing, Stocks, Top Ideas
It’s an often overlooked fact that, historically, dividends make up about a quarter to a third of annual equity returns. It’s an overlooked fact lately because price returns have been so go-go over the 15 months or so. But, with interest rates remaining...
by Mark Bunting | Aug 20, 2021 | Banking, Canada, Disruption, E-Commerce, Interviews, Investing, Podcast, Stocks, Technology, United States
Frank Holmes wears many hats and has big goals. We caught up with the interim CEO and Executive Chairman of HIVE Blockchain Technologies (TSXV:HIVE;NASDAQ:HVBT), the miner of Ethereum and Bitcoin. Sponsored content Holmes, also the CEO and CIO of U.S. Global Investors...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Aug 13, 2021 | Banking, Blogs, Financials, Healthcare, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States
Here’s a stat for you. A dollar invested in U.S. mid-capitalization stocks in 1978 would be worth $199 today, more than a dollar invested in small caps or large caps. That’s according to an excellent summary of 11 top-rated mid-cap stocks, any one of which...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Aug 6, 2021 | Banking, Big Picture, Blogs, Financials, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, United States
Big does not always equal profitable. Many of the world’s largest companies have no profits – we’re looking at you, Uber – or decelerating or surprisingly small earnings for companies of their size. Fortune, long a reliable supplier of lists...
