Mike Larson serves as vice president and editor-in-chief at MoneyShow, overseeing all aspects of its investor education efforts and conferences and planning the firm's content operations. Before joining MoneyShow, he was a senior editor and analyst at Weiss Ratings. Mr. Larson produced the company's Safe Money Report, Weekend Windfalls, and Heat Maps newsletters, while also writing, editing, and trading several other past products. His areas of expertise as an analyst include domestic and global interest rates, commercial and residential real estate, and central bank policy.
Welcome to MoneyShow's Silicon Valley Investment Masters Symposium!
The Federal Reserve spent most of 2022 and 2023 HIKING interest rates. In 2024, the Fed is likely to CUT them. Markets are still debating when the process will start and how aggressive it will be. But clearly, the policy environment is shifting. The only question is, how should investors like you react?
Find out from our experts how rate-sensitive sectors like financials, utilities, and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) will behave as the Fed pivots. And see which FIVE stocks, funds, and sectors you can put to work for greater profits in the remainder of 2024.
Venturing into the alternative and private investing markets requires broadening your horizons beyond traditional investments. But the rewards for stepping out of your comfort zone can include greater profit and income potential, as well as better diversification. Hear from this panel of top event sponsors about the alternatives their firms offer—and how they can help enhance your returns.
If there’s one thing clear from the market action in late 2023 and early 2024, it’s that investors are flocking to ALTERNATIVES. They’re seeking to augment the capital gains and income their portfolios spin off—and more effectively diversify—by investing in Bitcoin, precious metals, and other assets outside of traditional stocks and bonds.
In this panel, get answers to questions like: What will a declining dollar mean for Bitcoin and metals? How far can the moves in those markets go? What other alternatives should I be looking at in this environment? Plus, get an “Experts' Shopping List” of what to buy NOW.
Join Mike Larson and other experts during our networking reception!
What is our alternative and how should investors position themselves? Investors, policymakers, and industry players are all wrestling with the timetable, specifics, and implications of the shift from oil and natural gas to renewables and clean energy. They’re also trying to better understand how it will impact key industries like car and truck manufacturing and power generation and transmission.
Find out which companies and stocks will WIN in this transition, which stand to LOSE, what to BUY, and what to SELL—in both the traditional energy space and the renewables/clean energy arena.
Commercial real estate prices have been falling, particularly in the office market. Bank lending has tightened up, while the Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities market has weakened. After falling more than 26% in 2022, the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) has dipped by another couple of percentage points in the last 12 months.
And that’s GOOD news. Here is why—while many developers, financial institutions, and real estate investors have retrenched in the last 12-18 months, that was necessary given previous exuberance. We’re also seeing signs the worst may soon be over. Private real estate valuations dipped just 1.9% in Q3 2023. That was down from 5% at year-end 2022 and the fourth quarter of slowing declines.
At this panel, find out how you can capitalize on these three trends—including which five REIT stocks and funds you should buy to generate the most profit and income as the outlook improves.