Technically Speaking: Only 4% From The Highs
In this past weekend I stated “While my “emotions” are currently screaming to start increasing equity allocations at this juncture, there are several reasons why my discipline is keeping me from doing so currently: The market is GROSSLY overbought in the short-term and will have either a mild corrective process or consolidation to allow for an increase in equity exposure. […]
4 Top-Rated Global Mutual Funds To Watch For
In a scenario wherein the major central banks are choosing intensive economic stimulus measures and the U.S. benchmarks are rebounding strongly, investing in global mutual funds may provide an excellent opportunity to diversify one’s portfolio. While the U.S. economy has shown some signs of improvement and the key interest rate are expected to remain low […]
5 Strong Industrial Stocks To Buy Now
Oil fueled gains have turned the tide for stocks since the second half of February. Prices have rebounded to hover near the $40 per barrel mark, sparking off gains for the broader markets. All the indices are now in the black for the year and a record rally shows no signs of abating. Not unsurprisingly, […]
E The Daily Shot And Data – March 22, 2016
Greetings, “All is well” again in the global markets, with risk appetite returning as quickly as it dissipated late last year. VIX is now at the lows we haven’t seen since the summer. Source: barchart Here is the Morgan Stanley’s Risk Demand Index. Source: Morgan Stanley Inflation expectations turned higher as the dollar rally stalled. […]
Bracketology – An Investing Lesson From The NCAA
“Bracketology”, a term coined by ESPN, is the study of the annual NCAA college basketball tournament. Interestingly the art or science of filling out an NCAA tournament bracket also provides insight into how investors select investment assets. Before explaining, we present you with a question: When filling out an NCAA bracket do you A) start […]
BitGold’s Secret: A Taxation Time Bomb
Gold is not only the world’s best performing asset so far in 2016, but it’s also off to its strongest annual start since 1980. A key difference is that 1980 was the end of a bull market, while this is the beginning of a new one. Actually, it’s the beginning of the second leg of […]
Brexit Risks Rising
An ill-conceived strategy undermined by mismanagement and bad fortune is increasing the risks that the UK votes to leave the EU in June. Nearly everything that could, has gone wrong for UK Prime Minister Cameron. While many investors have anticipated the UK would remain in the EU, the increased risks will likely weigh on […]
Copying Japan: The Big Banks Confess
Back at the end of 2008, Western central banks (led by the Federal Reserve) embarked upon the most radical, extreme, and simply insane monetary policies ever contemplated in our modern economic era as a supposed response to the Crash of ‘08. Zero-percent interest rates. “Quantitative easing.” Hyper-inflationary levels of money printing. Many readers may not fully […]
The FTSE 100 Trades Softer
The FTSE 100 (FXCM: UK100) is lower by 0.50% at the time for writing, a decline which is partially fueled by the news of terrorist attacks in Brussels. Strategists said to Bloomberg news that the likelihood of a Brexit could increase following these attacks. Several German economic data reports have been published this morning and they have all […]
E What’s Wrong With Money? The Biggest Bubble Of All
I’m very pleased with my new book, What’s Wrong With Money? The Biggest Bubble of All, which was published this month by John Wiley & Sons. I am also pleased that TalkMarkets has asked to publish this small snippet, from the start of Part III of the book. What’s Wrong With Money? is about, at its root, the structure […]
