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The Growth of Video Gaming Could Be a Win for Investors
Few industries have benefited more from the COVID-19 pandemic than the videogame industry, or “gaming.” The pandemic has made gaming more profitable than the film industry and U.S. sports combined. The question remains: can this trend continue? In 2020, the global...
FourThought’s Fourcast Q1 2021
https://vimeo.com/511274618 Enjoy our short video with highlights of our economic analysis and commentary for the first quarter of 2021. For in-depth information download our free WHITEPAPER HERE.
An Update From the Watch Tower: Five “Wolves” in the Woods
To be a great investor you must think in terms of probabilities. Do not attempt to predict the future. Pundits predict, and when they fail, they say, “Well, that is because XYZ happened and who could have predicted XYZ?” The problem is that their punditry costs you...
Is Your Financial Advisor a Fiduciary 100 Percent of the Time?
“Fiduciary” is a an important-sounding word whose meaning is sometimes vague or confusing. Most people associate it with finance and responsibility, which is correct. Its origin, however, is actually in law. Investopedia defines it this way: “The highest legal duty of...
Two Big Investment Risks in a Common Retirement Strategy
Great children’s stories often teach lessons about our world that can help their readers for a lifetime. The basic truths they teach often apply to investing. In Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor has No Clothes,” a vain king is tricked into believing he is...
What the Bubba Wallace Story Can Teach Us About Investing in This Moment
When a hangman’s noose was found in the garage of Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, there was an immediate cry for justice and widespread horror that such events are still taking place. The story unfolded differently, and in hindsight can teach something about...
Five Trends from Covid-19 and How They May Affect What We Invest In
At FourThought Private Wealth we have four main investing principals. First, we acknowledge that we are not gods and thus cannot predict the future. This speaks to the necessary humility that is required in investing and life planning. We are not in control and need...