Category Archive: Finance
Now We Know Why The ECB Panicked
The only immediate silver lining may be in the end the most fruitful of long-term prospects. Central bankers have done us a profound favor by overplaying their hand time and again. The catalog of false statements and expectations is long and getting longer. The ECB then assured “us” that this was different and that the […]
Precious Metals Report – March 10, 2016
Ira Epstein leads us through the day’s precious metal highlights. Video Length: 00:08:40
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
