Justin Weinger, Author at The Outlier Model

Understanding and forecasting movements in global financial markets

Justin Weinger / April 15th, 2022 / No Comments

Today’s markets are characterized by more fast movements and volatility than ever. To understand how exactly they move, though, one needs to be aware of the forces, acting like engines and driving the markets in a certain direction, and that is not as simple as it sounds. Those forces can vary, which makes them even more unpredictable. One tweet from Elon Musk about Dogecoin, for example, and its...

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A Simple Strategy For Personal Debt Relief and Economic Recovery

Justin Weinger / March 3rd, 2021 / No Comments

While the United States economy appeared on a trajectory of unstoppable economic growth, the pandemic collapsed this unprecedented era of expansion. Although much of the economic downturn that followed in 2020 was blamed on the lockdowns and the ensuing collapse of businesses and the rise of unemployment, there is much more to the story. The pandemic didn’t create a debt crisis, but only uncovered...

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New Markets, Fresh Challenges for Canada’s Cannabis Sellers

Justin Weinger / December 17th, 2019 / No Comments

The current state of the cannabis market in Canada can be described in one word, which is crowded. Dozens of the nation’s largest growers, producers and marketers of the plant are already searching for creative ways to sell the product they’ve worked long and hard to create. That means going international, which can lead to an entirely new customer base. The downside of selling the plant and its...

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What is a Private Placement Investment?

Justin Weinger / December 17th, 2019 / No Comments

Most investors have heard of private placements (PPs), but many people aren’t quite sure what they are or how they work. The short explanation is that private placements are, as their name describes, exclusive. They’re not open to the public. You generally have to know someone who knows someone to take advantage of these unique financial arrangements. Or you might choose to locate a broker who...

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