After being exposed to recession-obsessed media for months, many investors remain stubbornly pessimistic despite positive market changes. CIO Dave Gilreath discusses how their pessimism is dangerously counterproductive, and how a view into the past might dispel their negative assumptions.

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Dave provides an informed perspective as the answer to this burning question—How do some people, over their lifetimes, make a tremendous amount of money in the stock market while others, investing the same amounts, struggle with repeat disappointment?

Dave proffers how investors—discouraged by a bond market where yields are savaged by inflation—may find relief in what, for many, is an unfamiliar fixed-income vehicle: closed-end municipal bond funds.

Many recession-fearing advisors may be missing the opportunity to take advantage of low semi valuations. In doing so, Dave perceives they may be part of a market that’s throwing the beautiful baby of chip stocks out with bathwater that includes high P/E companies with little or no profit.

With inflation up and “stagflation” being bandied about on Wall Street, Investor’s Business Daily reached out to several investment advisory firms, including Dave Gilreath, CIO at Sheaff Brock and Innovative Portfolios, to get their recommendations for investors.

With many investors currently seeking assets that don’t always move with stocks, Dave looks at REITs—Real Estate Investment Trusts. REITs, alternative assets, can be often overlooked by individual investors and may provide growth and dividend income for investors being burned by stock-heavy portfolios in this current market.

Have rumors regarding ‘the impending doom’ of homebuilder stocks been greatly exaggerated, or are they a fair evaluation of the battered industry? Dave makes a case for ‘buying the cheapest house in an undervalued neighborhood’ while also reviewing mortgage interest rates, housing supply, and a few companies with good growth prospects.

A market dislocation is upon us and the winner could be Small Cap stocks. Dave looks into some examples of where the opportunities may lie in the small cap space.

When predicting an economic collapse, it’s best to look at the proper facts. Dave looks into those facts to help walk investors back from the edge.

High volatility is often misunderstood. The volatility index (VIX) is actually a useful tool that, when used properly, can be utilized for gain. Dave explains what the VIX is and how to use it to make investing decisions.

Picking stocks is hard. Picking stocks in your industry can lead to biases, good or bad. Dave discusses why it is prudent to eliminate bias when picking stocks in the healthcare sector and which companies have a better outlook in the current market.

A highly volatile market that is trending lower make stock-picking a difficult task.  Dave identifies industries that have companies with low valuations and good earnings projections.

TARP Means Tech At A Reasonable Price, by David Gilreath, principal and Chief Investment Officer at  Innovative Portfolios for Financial Advisor. Not all tech stocks are created equal, especially in today’s market.  Dave looks into the tech names that have the look of value stocks and why now may be a good time to lock in the lower prices.

Investing Myths Can Imperil Your Portfolio, by David Gilreath, principal and Chief Investment Officer at Innovative Portfolios for Medical Economics. Common investing myths become ingrained in investing culture.  Intelligent investors should question those myths.  Dave gives some reasons to debunk some of these popular myths.

4 Investment Myths Advisors Believe, by David Gilreath, principal and Chief Investment Officer at Innovative Portfolios for Think Advisor. Some financial advisors embrace popular investing myths.  Intelligent investors should question those myths.  Dave looks at four common investings myths and gives some reasons to reject them.

Trends informing equity purchases in 2022, by David Gilreath, principal and Chief Investment Officer at Innovative Portfolios for Financial Advisor. January can be a time when investors have extra cash ready to invest.  Dave says to look at the trends when trying to determine where your money should go in early 2022.