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To The Asian ‘Dollar’ And Then What?

To The Asian ‘Dollar’ And Then What?

The Bretton Woods system was intentionally set up to funnel monetary convertibility through official channels. The primary characteristic of any true gold standard is that any person who wishes can change paper claims into hard money. It was as much true in any one country as between those bound by the same legal framework (property). […]
Le Pen ‘Loss’ Sparks VIX-Driven Stock-Buying-Panic But Bond Yields, Crude, & Dollar Drop

Le Pen ‘Loss’ Sparks VIX-Driven Stock-Buying-Panic But Bond Yields, Crude, & Dollar Drop

The next two weeks in France… According to the bookies, it’s a done deal…   Stocks Up, Oil Down So stocks soared… Trannies best on the day but Nasdaq hit a new record high, desperately trying to tag 6,000…   and legged higher in the last hour as machines misinterpreted Le Pen stepping down as […]
Market Talk – Monday, April 24

Market Talk – Monday, April 24

Donald Trump’s tweet on Saturday for plans of a “big” tax reform announcement on Wednesday has probably been overshadowed by Sunday’s event. The first round victory for Macron and going head to head with Le Pen certainly propelled Europe, but may be questionable how much of an effect it had away from President Trumps tweet. […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Risk On!

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Risk On!

As you most probably have heard the French elections settled on the ‘base case’ candidates, Le Pen and Marchon. None of the old line, established parties made the cut. Le Pen is the hard nationalist right and anti-EU. Macron appears to be a political noveau, and a kind of Obama like centrist figure with a very […]
Top Investment Ideas For The Remainder Of 2017

Top Investment Ideas For The Remainder Of 2017

While 2017 got off to a great start for investors in global equities, we believe that it is important for investors to take note of some potential key areas of changing market leadership that started to take form during the 1st quarter. These include, but are not limited to, the following: Domestic Equities – To – International […]
Tax Cuts And Healthcare Reform Coming Soon?

Tax Cuts And Healthcare Reform Coming Soon?

The stock market was down modestly on Friday as the S&P 500 remained within the recent trading range it has been in. The bulls have prevented a 5% correction, but the market hasn’t made a new closing high since March 1st. The pace the market was rallying at earlier in the year was unsustainable. There […]
AUD/USD: Trading The Australian CPI

AUD/USD: Trading The Australian CPI

Australian CPI (Consumer Price Index), which is released each quarter, measures the change in the price of goods and services charged to consumers. A reading which is higher than the market forecast is bullish for the Australian dollar. Here are all the details, and 5 possible outcomes for AUD/USD. Published on Wednesday at 1:30 GMT. Indicator […]
Alcoa Inc. Shares Rise On Earnings Beat, T-Mobile Us Inc. Falls

Alcoa Inc. Shares Rise On Earnings Beat, T-Mobile Us Inc. Falls

Alcoa and T-Mobile released their latest earnings reports after closing bell tonight. Alcoa posted adjusted earnings of 63 cents per share on $2.7 billion in revenue, compared to the analyst estimate of 53 cents per share. T-Mobile reported earnings of 80 cents per share on $9.6 billion in revenue, compared to the Wall Street estimates […]
Should Investors Let The Speculators Play Their Games Today?

Should Investors Let The Speculators Play Their Games Today?

Now that I am an honored member of the “gray-beard club” of investment managers, I can reminisce fondly back to the time when I first entered this business and began learning my trade with the utmost confidence of the “cute, fuzzy, teddy bear” youngster I was. I would like to share with you some thoughts […]