Every day, US investors trade hundreds of millions of dollars into and out of ETFs of foreign stocks without even stopping to think about how they actually work. This includes many professionals, by the way – I’ve had some hilarious conversations with financial advisors who have billions in client money at risk in products they…

Everyone’s talking about this morning’s WTI Crude Oil breakout above the 105 level that had served as resistance for quite some time. Crude is up big this morning as the Iraqi news I discussed here yesterday finally caught investors’ attention. My friend Peter Boockvar had this to say about the significance of this week’s activity:…

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A few unexpected events have taken place in the last 48 hours – ripples across the surface of an otherwise eerily still pond… First, all hell began breaking loose in Iraq as the hot new terror group ISIS began taking major cities in the north – cities that were once held up as a model…

The day we started our new firm last September, we had one outside visitor come by and say hello. It was Michael Kitces. Nobody knows this industry better in the entire country than Michael, he’s spoken at every important conference and event in the business over the last few years, he knows all the models,…

361 Capital portfolio manager, Blaine Rollins, CFA, previously manager of the Janus Fund, writes a weekly update looking back on major moves, macro-trends and economic data points. The 361 Capital Weekly Research Briefing summarizes the latest market news along with some interesting facts and a touch of humor. 361 Capital is a provider of alternative…

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