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How Does The Stock Market Work?

A stock market, also called stock exchange, is a platform where investors can buy and sell stocks (also called shares) and bonds in publicly traded companies. Prices for stocks are determined by supply and demand.

By Real Vision | January 6, 2022 | 2:48 pm

Short Squeezes and Reckless Leverage

Marc Cohodes of Alder Lane Farm pulls no punches as he diagnoses the true culprits behind the exponential volatility in stocks such as GameStop: extreme leverage and the hedge funds who use it in order to juice returns. Cohodes argues that hedge funds like Point72 and Melvin Capital are creating significant systemic risk for all market participants.

By Real Vision | February 10, 2021 | 3:57 am

Investing in one of the best-performing stock markets

A fund centered on Iranian equities may seem frivolous to some. Who wants to invest in a country that has been devastated by sanctions for decades and cut off from the rest of the global?

By Haley Draznin | January 15, 2021 | 3:00 pm

Investing in Iraq: Perception vs. Reality

Despite decades of geopolitical turbulence, investors have long-eyed frontier markets like Iraq for high growth value investing.

By Haley Draznin | November 25, 2020 | 2:43 pm

The Perfect Storm For Cannabis Stocks

Todd Harrison outlines his bullish case for cannabis, lists his favorite names, & discusses other tangential opportunities & diversification options.

By Real Vision | November 16, 2020 | 2:05 pm

Understanding the SaaS Investment Model

Gordon Ritter & Raoul Pal discuss the evolution of the software sector, the SaaS investing market, the future of machine learning, and more.

By Real Vision | November 16, 2020 | 1:58 pm

Gold may be one of the most important investments of your lifetime

Gold is in a bull market so investing right now is simple: buy and hold. However, there is more than one way to give your portfolio the optimal exposure to the Gold asset class.

By Haley Draznin | October 29, 2020 | 11:15 am

Taking the Elevator Up

Why has the VIX has been rising with the S&P 500? I asked Jason Buck and checked the charts to try and find an answer.

By admin | August 28, 2020 | 5:45 pm

Buffett’s Faith in Berkshire Remains Undimmed

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought $5 billion of its own stock in Q2 – and yet it was a net seller of equities by $13 billion. What gives?

By admin | August 10, 2020 | 7:20 pm

Stories On Our Radar – July 22, 2020

Here are today’s biggest headlines, including updates on Gold’s recent rally, the stock market frenzy in China, and Bill Ackman’s blank-check IPO

By admin | July 22, 2020 | 7:18 pm

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