Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Physical Gold Is Moving Steadily From West To East
Physical gold is moving from West to East. New York has become a highly leveraged, largely ‘paper trading’ market, whereas ‘the New Silk Road’ is the center of physical gold accumulation. This may resolve via a major short squeeze on paper claims unable to be fulfilled by physical gold at anywhere near today’s prices.
Sensex Opens Flat; Power & Automobile Stocks Lose
Asian share markets are lower today as Japanese and Hong Kong shares fall. The Nikkei 225 is off 0.5% while the Hang Seng is down 0.9%. The Shanghai Composite is trading down by 0.8%. An escalating trade dispute between the United States and other leading economies battered US stocks on Monday, handing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq their steepest losses in more than two […]
E Market Briefing For Tuesday, June 26
‘Rinse & Repeat’ – has been a reference I’ve repeatedly made to so many effort to revive every effort to ‘correct’ the overpriced Senior Averages for a few months now. Nevertheless risk predates it all to the parabolic January thrust, which we not only viewed as unsustainable, but which led to ‘flash crash’ conditions (delivered in […]
S&P 500 And Nasdaq 100 Forecast – Tuesday, June 26
S&P 500 The S&P 500 has fallen rather hard during the day on Monday as concerns over trade tariffs continue to be a major issue. Because of this, there has been a lot of struggling with risk appetite assets, but we have pulled back to test the 2700 level, an area that has significant support […]
E The Italian Economy Is Growing, But High Unemployment Remains A Problem
“Growth is projected to edge down to 1.4% in 2018 and 1.1% in 2019. Exports and business investment are increasingly driving the recovery. Private consumption growth will moderate due to waning job growth and weaker household purchasing power due to rising inflation.” (OECD, Italy’s Economic forecast, May 2018) As the Euro Area’s third-largest economy, Italy […]
Russia And China Are Stockpiling Gold
President Trump has promised to institute trade tariffs on various imports, and some countries haven’t been happy about his actions. Russia has warned that it will retaliate against Trump’s 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent tariff on aluminum with levies of its own. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Evtukhov has indicated that its […]
Russia Is Defying Expectations
At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia surprised experts and fans alike. Because of recent setbacks, including a disastrous performance at the 2016 UEFA European Championship and injuries sustained by key players, the federation ranked a dismal 66th place among Fédération Internationale de Football Association teams—its lowest position ever. The only reason it didn’t […]
No Wall Can Keep Away The Coming Stock Market Crash
A Major Stock Market Crash Brews as Trump “Makes America Vulnerable Again” Europe could trigger a catastrophic stock market crash. The old continent has a few months, if not weeks, to save a key aspect of its unification project: open borders between member states. Americans may not appreciate the significance. That’s understandable; why should they […]
6 Small-Cap ETFs That Have Surged To No.1 Rank In Summer
The U.S. stock market has started to feel the heat of summer in some corners. While the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average have seen a summer lull so far, the Russell 2000 index and Nasdaq Composite index have been burning with impressive gains of 3.6% and 3.5%, respectively, over the past one […]
Are Corporate Bonds Worth The Risk?
What are the benefits of adding exposure to investment grade corporate bonds (IGCs) in a stock and bond portfolio? It may sound like a simple – possibly even stupid – question, but new research suggests that IGCs might not be all they’re cracked up to be. You might even be better off sticking with plain […]
