Is Fintech Select (FTEC.V) A Blockchain Stock To Buy?
Nov 23, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Fintech Select, symbol FTEC.V trading on the Toronto junior exchange, is one of those many blockchain stocks that became a multi-bagger once they announced they would be doing ‘something’ with blockchain technology. The company has always focused on payment processing and hardware (terminals as well as debit cards. Now they decided to enable their infrastructure to allow […]
Ethereum Soars To Record High After South Korea Regulator Confirms “No Plan” To Regulate Cryptos
Nov 23, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
In September, South Korea surpassed China in total crypto trading volumes, and as the world’s second largest Ethereum exchange market, South Korea is evolving into an Ethereum powerhouse with a rapidly growing number of active developments, domestic projects and communities. image courtesy of CoinTelegraph image courtesy of CoinTelegraph, the majority of traders in the South Korean Ethereum market are speculative […]
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Did The Bank Of Canada Error In Raising Rates?
Nov 23, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
This past summer the Bank of Canada made an about face and embarked upon a tightening policy The Bank’s two rate hikes this summer erased the two cuts it implemented in 2015 in response to the oil-price shock. The central bank noted that “recent economic data have been stronger than expected, supporting the Bank’s view […]
This Thanksgiving Goes To Corporations: Thanks For The Greatest Free Gift In History
Nov 23, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
It’s no f’ing wonder!” I yelled to no one in particular the other day when my researcher, Dave Okenquist, shared with me a chart he’d just come across! “We’ve died and gone to heaven thanks to these guys! They’ve given us the greatest free gift in history!” The dog tucked its tail between its legs and […]
Deflation Must Be Embraced
Nov 23, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
There are two problems with understanding deflation: it is ill defined, and it has a bad name. This article puts deflation into its proper context. This is an important topic for advocates of gold as money, who will be aware that sound money, in theory, leads to lower prices over time and is often criticised […]
The Digital Revolution Has Empowered Central Banks
Nov 23, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
We won’t know till the end of this cycle how much mal-investment has occurred under the great monetary inflation which started in 2010. We may already suspect, though, that much of this will be in “big tech” and related fields. Any final reckoning should also include wider political and socio-economic damage not included in a […]
Japan’s Comeback Is Just Getting Started?
Nov 23, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Written by Peter Churchouse, Stansberry Churchouse It was one of the biggest stock market and asset price bubbles in modern history… I’m talking about the Japan economic bubble that burst in 1992. From 1986 to 1991, the country saw staggering valuation explosions, totally detached from reality, across equities and real estate assets. From its peak in […]
Uranium Market Breaking Out, Looking Very Bullish
Nov 23, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The uranium market is breaking out. That is happening just two weeks after InvestingHaven’s research team wrote their uranium forecast for 2018 and uranium stocks in 2018 ready to explode, two extremely valuable and spot-on pieces. Let’s get this straight: a couple of months ago we identified 15 points in URA ETF, the uranium miners stock, as the […]
Euro, British Pound Look Vulnerable As 2018 Draws Closer
Nov 23, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The Euro has enjoyed an undeniably stellar 2017… With barely over a month left to go in 2017, it feels safe to say that the past year has been decidedly rosy for the Euro. That seemed improbable on January 1, when the currency was plagued by fears of eurosceptic triumph in several pivotal elections. Still […]
5 Charts Showing The Health Of The Banking Industry
Nov 23, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The average price-to-earnings ratio of the S&P 500 is now 25, and the cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings ratio is over 31. But the financial sector’s average price-to-earnings ratio is less than 17. Banks and insurers usually trade at lower valuations than the broad market, due to the amount of leverage and interest rate sensitivity they have compared to […]