Gentrust Wealth Advisor Elena Hernandez in Barrons

Here’s How Advisors Are Taking Advantage of Rising Yields The Federal Reserve’s most recent interest-rate increase brought the effective federal-funds rate to 4.8%, a level not seen since 2007. The rise in the rate, from .08% at the end of 2021, has crushed bond values but is good news for yield-seekers. Right now a six-month […]

Gabelli Funds Portfolio Manager Macrae Sykes featured in MarketWatch

This Gabelli financial-fund manager has bucked this year’s brutal banking trend. Here are 3 stocks he likes now. What do Interactive Brokers Group Inc., American Express Co. and First Citizens BancShares Inc. have in common? They are all expected to increase their earnings more quickly than the S&P 500 SPX, -0.57% and all trade at much lower valuations, […]

Gentrust Managing Director Mimi Duff featured in Bloomberg

Bullish Sign Is Flashing for Some as Stocks Skirt the Precipice For all the bank collapses, the plunging bond yields, the hammering in oil and mining stocks and day-in, day-out volatility, Adam Sarhan puts this week in the win column. Why? “The stock market had every chance to crater, but didn’t,” said Sarhan, author of […]

Gabelli Funds Portfolio Manager Ian Lapey featured in MarketWatch

If battered bank stocks look tempting now, these buying tips can help you cash in Bank stocks are tumbling in the wake of the failures of SVB Bank SIVB and Signature Bank SBNY ), but there are good reasons to make this contrarian investment. First, federal regulators have made clear they will support banks on the edge of trouble […]

Macrae Sykes of Gabelli Funds featured in Reuters

First Republic seeks new ways to escape unrealized losses First Republic Bank’s (FRC.N) efforts to secure a capital infusion continued without success on Tuesday, as the troubled regional lender started to plan for the possibility it may need to downsize or get a government backstop. Major banks and private equity firms have so far balked at offering […]

Gabelli Funds Portfolio Manager Tim Winter in US News and World Report

7 Best Water Stocks and ETFs to Buy The nation’s water infrastructure is aging and needs lots of investment. Public companies that make the investment can then expect to recoup it along with profits. “One of the driving growth theses for water to grow earnings is to invest in water infrastructure and earn attractive returns,” says Timothy […]

GenTrust Managing Director Jim Colavita in Fox Business

Why your 401(k) might not have ETFs Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are smart investment picks for many reasons, including portfolio diversification, their lower risk and transparency. And, ETFs often have lower fees vs. mutual funds and can trade on exchanges like stocks.  Although there are significant benefits of ETFs, there are also technological barriers for companies […]

Gabelli Funds Investment Analyst Justin McAuliffe featured in Seeking Alpha

Costco is a top retail pick at Gabelli Funds Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) is the top pick for Gabelli Funds in the food retail sector. Analyst Justin McAuliffe pointed to Costco’s (COST) ability to do well in both stronger and weaker macro environments. Read more here: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3936395-costco-is-a-top-retail-pick-at-gabelli-funds

Gentrust Managing Director Jim Colavita featured in Investor’s Business Daily

5 Smart Ways to Withdraw From Retirement Accounts In A Down Market Withdrawing money from your retirement account is no fun when markets are acting badly. The biggest downer? Selling assets at depressed prices. Selling low forces you to burn through more shares to raise the cash that you need. And that means you’ll have fewer […]

Tortoise Senior Portfolio Manager Rob Thummel in The Wall Street Journal

Investors, Beware: Utility Stocks Could Become Less Predictable Blame it on the increased focus on renewable energy. The presidential election also may shake things up. If investors had to sum up utility stocks in a word, many would probably say “predictable.” Known for having above-average dividends and stable earnings in all kinds of markets, these […]

GenTrust Chief Investment Officer Jim Besaw in CNBC Trader Talk

Traders are confused by the stimulus back-and-forth and have their doubts about the market gains Some are calling it “a la carte stimulus,” with aid for airlines in Column A, PPP aid in Column B. Whatever it is, hopes for stimulus — preelection, postelection, comprehensive package, stand-alone deal, whatever and whenever — is supporting breakouts […]

CEO of Hyliion, Thomas Healy Talks on TD Ameritrade Network

CEO of Hyliion, Thomas Healy Talks Recent Merger with SPAC – The Watch List with Nicole Petallides offers investors a midday look at the most relevant stocks, sectors and commodities. Petallides hosts a panel of experts ranging from industry-leading CEOs, analysts and Wall Street influencers to discuss pressing topics moving the market in real-time. The Watch List provides viewers with a midpoint status update for the end of the trading day and beyond.

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Those of you who know me and our firms know that one of our primary responsibilities is supporting the FDNY and FDNY Foundation. For 19 years after watching first-hand the dedication of New York’s Bravest after 9/11, and seeing their pain and sacrifice, I believe it is simply the right thing to do. This year […]

ETFMG Market Segment Expert in Benzinga

Managers Explain Their Cannabis ETFs: MJ Benzinga Cannabis In this four-part series, Benzinga is taking an exclusive look at some of the highest valued, US-traded cannabis ETFs. For part one, we’re spotlighting ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF MJ 0.19%, which launched in December 2017 — making it the first cannabis-focused ETF to list in the United […]

GenTrust's Elena Hernandez on CNBC The Exchange

Covid-19 flare-ups, stimulus uncertainty will drive more market volatility: CNBC’s Kelly Evans discusses markets and what may cause more volatility with Simeon Hyman of Proshares Advisors and Elena Hernandez of GenTrust. I think we’re looking at a jagged line with upward trajectory to the right, says Hyman. If you look at what’s happened historically, a political clean sweep is what’s likely to give pause to the markets in the next few weeks.

Laffer Tengler Investments Chief Investment Officer Nancy Tengler on CNBC Closing Bell

Nancy Tengler on massive tech sell-off: We’ve been adding to industrials, consumer discretionary – Stocks are down with big tech leading the drop. Facebook and Amazon have each dropped more than 5.5% week to date. Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft are also down sharply over the time period. Nancy Tengler from Laffer Tengler Investments, joins ‘Closing Bell’ to talk about where she’s adding stocks and her views on home improvement stocks after Oppenheimer downgraded both Home Depot and Lowe’s.

Thornburg Investment Management Portfolio Manager Sean Sun in The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Stocks Bounce Back After Tech Selloff Oil prices edge up, a day after their biggest fall in months U.S. stocks rebounded Wednesday after a three-session selloff in big technology stocks pulled the Nasdaq Composite Index into correction territory. The tech-laden index rose 3.2%, after suffering its worst three-day drop since March. The Dow Jones […]