Direct Listings Open New Doors for Independent Investors

The transfer of wealth from Wall Street to Main Street, once a nebulous concept, received another shot in the arm this month. Coinbase, one of the hottest IPO prospects for 2021, chose the direct listing route. They are not the first, and they won’t be the last this year. Despite posting a profit of $320… [Read More]

Microcaps Continue to Outperform the S&P 500 in 2021

Stop listening to all the noise about short squeezes. Forget the stimulus check that you may or may not get this quarter. It’s time to look at some real numbers. We’re two months into a new year, and investors continue to trend towards microcaps. The data proves it. The Russell Microcap Index, viewed by institutional… [Read More]

The Diamond Market’s Post-COVID Prospects

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but volatility in the diamond market last year left boys and girls alike feeling less than friendly toward their precious gem investments. Fortunately, in spite of last year’s unique challenges, the market managed to regain its composure and is poised for future growth. Tapped Out and Locked Down… [Read More]

How to use swing trading to exploit a hyped-up retail marketplace

Despite soaring from below $10,000 to above $30,000 at the beginning of the year, Bitcoin feels like yesterday’s news. As 2021 grows one month older, the only subject anyone wants to talk about is the insanity behind the GameStop and AMC price explosions. While the retail craze will eventually settle, the momentum behind the world’s… [Read More]

Is Bitcoin the New “Safety Net” for Investors?

History has many lessons to teach us. Take the Spanish dollar as an example. The first recognized global currency, known popularly as “pieces of eight,” was valuable because it was widely accepted around the globe. It maintained its popularity for three centuries. Silver itself had no practical use in the 17th Century, when the Spanish… [Read More]

Chips and Dips – The Market Impact of a Semiconductor Shortage

Actions have consequences. In a year when everyone expected a shift to clean energy, the semi-conductor industry has provided what may become the final nail in the coffin for the internal combustion engine. Chip shortages are seriously impacting the auto industry. Tesla, the EV king, has been manufacturing its own chips in Texas since 2019,… [Read More]

Legitimizing Crypto: Elon Musk paves the way for the integration between crypto and mainstream

Tesla announced a $1.5 billion investment in bitcoin that pushed the digital currency to a record high of $44,795. This move advances industry validation and shows crypto’s resiliency and flexibility as an asset class, furthering the evolution of the blockchain ecosystem. “This move is a hugely significant sign of support for bitcoin and could encourage other CEO’s… [Read More]

They Grow Low, You Grow High: Vertical Farming and the Future of Agriculture

Within the next 3 decades or so, Earth’s population will grow to over 10 billion. For alarmists and pragmatists alike, that statistical fact raises an existential question: how in the world are we going to feed all those people?  This is the basic question Stanford Professor Paul R. Ehrlich asked and answered in his controversial… [Read More]

TG Therapeutics Announces FDA Accelerated Approval of UKONIQ™ (umbralisib)

TG Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TGTX), today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved UKONIQ™ (umbralisib), for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) who have received at least one prior anti-CD20 based regimen and adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) who have received… [Read More]

Barrier-Breaking Kenneth Frazier to Step Down from Merck & Co.

One of only four Black CEOs of a Fortune 500 company, Kenneth Frazier has announced his retirement from Merck & Co., effective June 30, 2021. He was the first Black person to serve as a leader of a major pharmaceutical corporation. After nearly 30 years with the company—the last 10 as its CEO—Frazier will continue… [Read More]

5 Small-Cap Miners to Play the Silver Boom

Silver has been largely overlooked for decades. Largely regarded as gold’s “ugly cousin,” silver did not get the same respect as other precious metals. However, the winds of change are now seeing a shift of sentiment for silver. To put it simply, the green revolution and the massive amount of U.S. dollars printed in the… [Read More]