Considering the situation in Europe, the irony is on full display…<\/p>\n
I say this to remind you that the ultimate responsibility of investors’ portfolios should be their own.<\/p>\n
So how should investors take matters into their own hands?<\/p>\n
The same way the hedge fund industry is doing it.<\/p>\n
Take a look at this chart…<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nHedge funds have been pouring money into multi-strategy funds and out of the rest of the industry.<\/p>\n
That’s because multi-strategy funds can take advantage of opportunities across asset types… and<\/em> time horizons. This dual ability is what will separate profitability from mediocrity over the next few years.<\/p>\n They’ve been ahead of the curve in realizing that the time of nearsighted investment strategies is over, and it’s ushering in an era of macro-focused trading.<\/p>\n These strategies shine when trends break, new ones are formed, and the ability to ride those new trends across asset classes will be where the returns are at for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n And of course, knowing how to handle volatility<\/a> will be important too. That means understanding money flows, technical analysis<\/a>, and fundamentals all at the same time.<\/p>\n That may sound complicated for the “do it yourself” investor, but it’s not.<\/p>\n The first order of business should be to hitch your wagon to a few non-mainstream<\/em> trading experts.<\/p>\n That’s because mainstream sources are always late to the party and wait until a trend unfolds to recommend it.<\/p>\n For example, mainstream giant Goldman Sachs recently recommended gold and stated, “Given the material upward revision in investment and demand assumptions, we now upgrade our gold target to $2,500.”<\/p>\n That’s mainstream speak for “prices have gone up.”<\/p>\n On February 1<\/a>, I mentioned how Goldman Sachs predicted that gold would be around $2,050 but I called for closer to $2,400. Now, they’ve upped it to $2,500… like I said, late to the party.<\/p>\n So, the $2,400\/oz gold price target I made on February 18<\/a>, August 20,<\/a> and July 21 <\/a>doesn’t seem as crazy now…<\/p>\n A lot of traders don’t believe in gold because there’s this notion that it can’t rise in a rising interest rate environment… but it can, and it will.<\/p>\n
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