Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
The Safest Way To Survive A Market Sell-Off
In addition to giving most of us a badly needed wake-up call from the market complacency that had set in, the sell-off of a few weeks ago was unique in two ways. The market dropped faster than most of us have ever witnessed. In fact, it was the biggest point drop in a single day […]
$21 Trillion And Counting: Why Deficits Didn’t Matter During The Age Of Monetization, 1987-2017 (Part 2)
The Rising Problem Of Crypto Theft, And How To Protect Yourself
Part of the appeal of cryptocurrency is that it exists “outside” of the system. Using complex cryptography and decentralized ledgers, a blockchain can operate independently from the world’s most powerful countries, corporations, and banking institutions. While this detachment from authority is extremely powerful, existing almost exclusively in the digital realm does have its drawbacks. Preventing […]
How To Prepare For A Bear Market In Bonds
(Audio length 00:52:47) We’re likely at the beginning of a sea change in the direction of interest rates and the overall bond market, and a recession on the horizon has important implications for bond investors. In our recent Big Picture episode, Financial Sense Newshour’s Jim Puplava looks at where bonds are headed and what investors […]
Indian Indices Turn Volatile, Key Sectors Rebound, Top Stocks In Action
On Tuesday, share markets in India opened on a negative note but ended the day in green. The BSE Sensex closed higher by 74 points to end the day just below the 34,000 mark at 32,996. While the broader NSE Nifty ended the day higher by 30 points to end at 10,124 levels. Among BSE […]
First Solar Is Blazing A Trail Higher
Monday, March 19 was a wretched day for the markets and an even worse day for the technology sector. With Facebook leading the way (down), the Nasdaq dropped nearly 2% on very high turnover – a strong sign of institutional selling. The carnage left very little to pick through, but First Solar looked mighty impressive. […]
The Real Basis For These ‘Rate Hikes’
Tomorrow, it is widely expected that the FOMC will vote for another 25 bps “rate hike.” The long end of the UST curve is already just as unenthused as ever, while the short end expects higher yields on money substitutes. The result is the very familiar collapse in the yield curve, one that like both […]
Weather Helps Natural Gas Find Support
After a day of selling yesterday, the entire natural gas strip recovered today with the prompt month contract bouncing a bit less than a percent. Gains from the October 2018 through the March 2019 contracts were decent as well, coming close to canceling out losses from yesterday. The winner on the day ended up being […]
FANG Check-Up After Facebook Struggles
Facebook (FB) has had a rough start to the trading week as shares have dropped from $185 down to $168 in what seems like the blink of an eye. With the drop, we wanted to see how Facebook and other FANG+ names look in our popular Trend Analyzer tool. To do this, we’ve simply set up a […]
