Articles written by Chris Davis - Benzinga

The Importance of Confident Investing

Long term investing is much like running a marathon. When athletes train for endurance sports, mental preparation is equally as important as physical training. When it comes to investment decisions, deciding on a strategy is only part of the process. You must also execute without second guessing.

The Differences Between Institutional and Individual Investors

Having more money isn’t what separates institutional and individual investors. The world is full of investors who scored a big win and then gave it all back because they overestimated the need for strategic complexity. The basics are just as relevant whether you’re responsible for a $1,000 practice account or a $100,000,000 pension fund.

The Importance Of Confident Investing

Long-term investing is much like running a marathon. When athletes train for endurance sports, mental preparation is equally as important as physical training. When it comes to investment decisions — deciding on a strategy is only part of the process — you must also execute without second-guessing.

What All Business Owners Need During Civil Unrest

If you think that the worst of 2020 is over, think again. Protests are still happening all over the country in tandem with COVIS-19 outbreaks, but that’s not the only thing to be worried about. Experts say that we could relapse into another full episode as late as 2021. This is not the only scenario that could negatively affect your business.

Don't Lose the Time Value of Your Money: Get Paid Faster

Everyone subconsciously understands the time value of money — even if they don’t think they do.

The Guaranteed Easiest Way to $10 Million in the Stock Market…

There is one guaranteed way to end up with $10 million in the stock market. Start with $100 million!

Smart Investors are Buying Tesla, Hedging with Bitcoin and Doing This

Smart investors are getting into tech through Tesla, bitcoin through Coinbase and farming through AcreTrader. Let’s take a look at this strategy and how it wins in a potentially negative gross domestic product post-COVID economy.

Score 11.24% Returns in a 0 GDP World. Here's How.

The stock market has mostly recovered from the March coronavirus lows. The NASDAQ repeatedly set new all time highs in June and July. The S&P is hovering at all time highs. The value in the recession has mostly been gobbled up, and you have to take on the risk of a second fall in order to earn any profits from stocks today.

Farming is Cool Again - Invest While You Can

There was a time when 90% of employment was in agriculture. Most of our attention was based on it. Imagine — the stuff that keeps us alive actually being a central part of our lives! Now media is calling weird computer money mainstream, and the food we put in our bodies is somehow an “alternative investment.” Food is an alternative? Make that make sense.

You're Actively Getting Poorer If You're Not Doing This

Buying, selling and trading crypto is easier than it has ever been, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. The concepts of digital wallets and peer to peer (p2p) transactions may still seem foreign or sketchy to you, and with good reason.

American Patriots are Using the Yen, Will You?

The dollar’s done. Sorry. The writing is on the wall.

Banks Sit on Money and Raise Lending Standards, Just Like During The Great Recession

Traditional finance is dead. Let it die.

Help for Future Retirees During an Economic Devestation

Retiring Well in a COVID World

Help for Future Retirees During an Econoic Devestation

Retiring Well in a COVID World

How to Spot a Fraudulent Stock Trading Course

It’s true. More people make money “training” people how to trade than actually trading. Can I prove this? No, but take a look at the ads your feed serves you if you so much as think about a stock trade. Who are all of these random overnight millionaires who not only know how to beat the market, but were able to get their Ed.D. to teach you?

How to Score Quick Profits Out of This NASDAQ Rally

The NASDAQ has been out of control lately but in a good way. If you’re like me and you didn’t get your Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) from the Small Business Association (SBA), you could have still pulled a bit of the Fed’s stimulus money out of the stock market. You see, everybody else’s EIDL has been pumping up the price of NASDAQ stocks for a few weeks now.

Why is My Bank Telling Me I Can't Borrow From Myself?

American real estate equity holds $6.3 trillion worth of value. Unfortunately, banks are disallowing many of the 45 million homeowners to share this equity to access it. The banks claim they are protecting themselves because of the inevitable credit crunch that is coming in the next few months. Are they really? How are they protecting their investments when their clients are losing jobs

The Best Financial Tool for Debt: Exposed

The harsh truth of good financial planning is that it’s only good if it works without you. Whether you are investing in a stock or buying a home, you should consider how good the deal would be if you are not around to actively manage it.

A Trading App Doesn't Make You A Smarter Trader

Investors have more access to the market than ever. Most importantly, you can access the market from the perspective you want more easily than ever. If you want to be a high-frequency trader, you can get automated tools. If you want to invest in fundamentals, you can easily obtain real-time news feeds and tools to analyze those feeds for you.

In the Midst of a Pandemic, Why Are Home Sale Prices Sky Rocketing?

When I think real estate, I definitely do not think “simple.” For me, buying a home just seemed to always come with an extra layer of bureaucracy [read: BS]. I never knew if the agent had my best interests at heart. I always thought the seller was hiding foundational cracks in the staging.