In the first quarter of 2021, companies were 14 times more likely to have positively raised or initiated a dividend than negatively cut or suspended dividend payments. This was nearly triple the ratio from a year earlier.

We're in a stock-pickers' market.

With its current level of assets, GBTC would rank among the 30 largest U.S. ETFs and as the second-largest commodity ETF behind State Street’s SPDR Gold Shares fund (GLD), which has about $57 billion.

The combination of zealous politicians and the IRS getting serious about collecting taxes on cryptocurrency gains means trouble for unprepared clients.