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Seven Year Bull Market? It May Only Be Six Years And 2 Months After All

Seven Year Bull Market? It May Only Be Six Years And 2 Months After All

What do these 10 companies – Wal-Mart, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Sears, Target, Best Buy, Office Depot, K-Mart, J.C Penney, Gap – all have in common? Each one of them is closing down a slew of retail storefronts. The “talking heads” on CNBC want you to believe that brick-and-mortar woes are merely a reflection of the consumer’s preference […]
4 Things Not To Do When Investing

4 Things Not To Do When Investing

So you have passed the Invest Diva’s financial evaluation and decided to put your disposable money into good use, growing your wealth through investing. You also know the fundamental differences between trading and investing because you watched my video explaining about it. In a nutshell, an investment focuses on a long term growth of your […]
George Soros’ Investments In Delta Air Lines And American Airlines Endure Turbulence Amid Diminished Fuel Costs

George Soros’ Investments In Delta Air Lines And American Airlines Endure Turbulence Amid Diminished Fuel Costs

While the recent phenomenon of sharply diminished fuel prices may leave consumers happy and their wallets fuller at the gas pump, there have been diverse destructive ramifications on energy companies, the job market and the overall well being of economic affairs. One beneficiary of the year-long plunge in fuel prices are airlines. While some industries […]
Draghi Delivers A Big Package And Makes A Big Mistake

Draghi Delivers A Big Package And Makes A Big Mistake

The ECB did quite a lot in terms of new stimulus, with moves ranging from the expected ones such as deposit rate cut through significant beats of expectations (33$ more QE) to big surprises such as cutting the main lending rate. All this was enough for a 150 pip fall in the euro but it […]
Draghi Clause Arrives

Draghi Clause Arrives

A desperate ECB moves big. More honest reflection from Richard Fisher, former president of the Dallas Federal Reserve. And Albert plays The Gartman Game. Video Length: 00:15:15
Here’s How Investors Get Tricked Into Buying Companies Like Valeant

Here’s How Investors Get Tricked Into Buying Companies Like Valeant

Many of my readers have written to say they made a killing trading Valeant (VRX) since I told you the stock was “Everything That’s Wrong with the Markets” (Oct. 15, 2015). That trade has certainly gone our way, as VRX crashed from $168.87 to close at $61.31 on Friday. Those VRX March 18, 2016 $50 […]
Nasdaq (QQQ) Breaking Below Key Support

Nasdaq (QQQ) Breaking Below Key Support

Intraday the Q’s took a bit of a hit today. On the daily it is finding support at the 50-day moving average.  But when you zoom in on the 30 minute chart, there is some weakening taking hold and with the break below $104, there is a good chance that we see at least a […]
Is This The End? Draghi Fires His Bazooka And Markets Turn Away In Disgust

Is This The End? Draghi Fires His Bazooka And Markets Turn Away In Disgust

ECB chair Mario Draghi delivered big-time this morning, by announcing lower interest rates and a new round of debt monetization. Historically, this kind of thing has sent the financial markets into Pavlovian ecstasy, with stocks soaring and the local currency falling. Sound money people have for years been warning that such New Age monetary policies […]
Is Gold Going To $8,000?

Is Gold Going To $8,000?

Last summer I drew attention to the horrific bear market in gold and gold mining stocks suggesting, “it’s time to get greedy in the gold market.” Since then, gold has found its footing and, so far this year, has been the best performing asset class in the world. Gold has now risen well above its […]
Passive Investing Isn’t Hurting The Economy

Passive Investing Isn’t Hurting The Economy

The new sales pitch for the high fee active manager goes something like this: “passive investing has gotten so large that this creates greater opportunities for us to take advantage of these inefficiencies and outperform the market.” In fairness, this comment is partly true because more passive investors should create the need for more active […]