by John O'Connell | Dec 29, 2022 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Financial Planning, Investing, Stocks, United States
If there’s one word that encapsulated the stock market this year, it would be “unpredictable.” In a way, “awful” would also work. The 20% year-to-date collapse in the S&P 500 Index is the worst year since 2008. Happy holidays, indeed. I wrote at the end of last...
by Mark Bunting | Dec 17, 2021 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Disruption, Financial Planning, Financials, Healthcare, Interviews, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States, Videos
We couldn’t resist. We’ve produced all of this content this year that we know not everyone had a chance to see so why not assemble a list of the most popular posts. It’s interesting for us to see what kind of investment stories resonate with people,...
by Mark Bunting | Nov 18, 2021 | Blogs, Disruption, E-Commerce, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas
Clear your mind of anything you may know about Playboy. Get rid of any opinions or biases. Or if you have any moral qualms about the 70-year-old company then stop reading right now. Okay, let’s talk about Playboy Group, or, as the company prefers, PLBY Group...
by Mark Bunting | Nov 12, 2021 | Blogs, Disruption, E-Commerce, Investing, Media, Technology, Top Ideas, United States
When cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global went public last April, many people said it marked peak cryptocurrency. That was wrong. Bitcoin at the time was trading around $61,000. After a detour in the summer to about $30,000, the original crypto is back near...
by Mark Bunting | Oct 22, 2021 | Blogs, Disruption, Investing, Media, Technology, United States
Mark Cuban is easy to communicate with but hard to pin down. I’ve tried a few times to book him for an interview through email. The billionaire makes himself unusually available to contact. He often gets back to me right away. But trying to find a 20-minute...