How Real Estate Protects Against an Overpriced Stock Market

Real Estate as a Hedge Against Stock Market Risks 1. Garden Variety Stock Market Corrections When stocks drop because prices outpace fundamentals without a recession real estate often keeps running smoothly. Rental income, property values, and tenant demand remain stable, making it an excellent hedge. 2. Geopolitical Risk From trade wars to international conflicts, geopolitical […]

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#9 – “Institutions Can’t Beat A Basic Buy and Hold Allocation” – Meb Faber Research

Pension funds’ annualized aggregate returns since 2000 have been virtually identical to a simple 60-40 index portfolio.  That feels somewhat expected it seems, but what about the true crème de la crème, the top institutions. Surely they could beat a simple buy and hold allocation? Turns out, they really can’t. Below we recall an article […]

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76% of Japan’s banks eye tokenized securities as SBI bets on Chainlink

Japan’s SBI Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Chainlink to accelerate blockchain adoption, digital asset growth, and tokenization across Japan and the broader Asia-Pacific region. The collaboration, announced on Aug. 24, combines SBI’s financial market expertise with Chainlink’s widely used infrastructure for data, interoperability, and institutional-grade DeFi applications. Driving tokenization The initiative is […]

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The Galaxy Z Fold 7 proves that this hot new camera tech isn’t ready yet

Ryan Haines / Android Authority After years of feeling a bit stagnant, Samsung’s rejigged Galaxy Z Fold 7 booklet foldable has found some new fans in the Android Authority team. Its wonderfully slim design, more comfortable aspect ratio, and stellar One UI software make this an ultra-premium foldable that’s truly worth the substantial investment. One […]

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SoftBank to buy $2 billion in Intel shares at $23 each — firm still owns majority share of Arm

SoftBank Group late on Monday announced a plan to purchase $2 billion worth of Intel shares at $23 each, which will provide the troubled chipmaker much-needed cash. The companies inked a definitive securities purchase agreement, which sets the price of Intel stock (currently trading below its book value) at which the Japanese company will buy […]

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