3 Main Themes To Watch In Next Week FOMC – BofA Merrill

3 Main Themes To Watch In Next Week FOMC – BofA Merrill

After the wild ECB storm, another busy week awaits. And it’s not only about the Fed. Here is the preview from Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: Based on Fed speakers since the January meeting, we expect the FOMC to remain on hold this month as they assess spillovers from the […]
Which Is Best-Investing For Income Or Total Return: Part 2

Which Is Best-Investing For Income Or Total Return: Part 2

There is a long running feud between investors who believe in investing for total return versus those who believe in investing for current income. Both camps are fervent advocates of their respective beliefs, and there seems to be no feasible middle ground or compromise. Unfortunately, I believe that the dogmatic positions of both groups create […]
Will Gold Continue Its Dominance Over Silver ETFs?

Will Gold Continue Its Dominance Over Silver ETFs?

The weakness in the global financial markets has helped precious metals, like gold and silver, to recover their sheen in 2016. Sluggish growth in China since the beginning of the year and the global oil market turbulence has lifted safe-haven demand. The jump in gold and silver prices was also supported by plunging interest rates […]
Jason Zweig Visits The Manual Of Ideas

Jason Zweig Visits The Manual Of Ideas

I recently welcomed bestselling author of “The Devil’s Financial Dictionary” and Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig to our North American headquarters. Via by Shai Dardashti, Latticework In Jason’s own words: Origins of The Devil’s Financial Dictionary Writing The Devil’s Financial Dictionary How to Read The Devil’s Financial Dictionary The Devil’s Financial Dictionary as Social Commentary Future […]
The Dow For The Week Of 03-14-2016

The Dow For The Week Of 03-14-2016

While the markets have cheered the public admission that the central banks have completely failed in their quantitative easing and they will now buy more for longer, the technical profile is not as buoyant as it might appear on the surface. We have at least begun to enter the resistance area, but we have still NOT […]
Week In Review: Chi-Med To Raise $100 Million In US Offering Next Week

Week In Review: Chi-Med To Raise $100 Million In US Offering Next Week

Deals and Financings Hutchison China MediTech (Chi-Med) (AIM: HCM), a company developing novel drugs for oncology and autoimmune diseases, is scheduled to raise $100 million by listing ADS shares on the NASDAQ exchange (see story). The offering values Chi-Med at $1.9 billion. Each ADS will be equal to one-half of each London-traded Chi-Med share. Chi-Med will […]
Speculators Cut Long Sterling Exposure While Adding To Long Aussie

Speculators Cut Long Sterling Exposure While Adding To Long Aussie

The Commitment of Traders reporting period ending March 8 showed little position adjusting ahead of the ECB meeting two days later.  A little more than 3/4 of the gross positions we track saw less than 5k contract change and only two were above 6k.   The gross long speculative sterling position was cut by a quarter […]
Can Gold Climb To $1400/oz?

Can Gold Climb To $1400/oz?

At the start of 2016, renowned fund manager and bond king Jeff Gundlach predicted Gold would surge to $1400/oz. That was quite the call considering Gold was still in a bear market. He reiterated his target a few days ago in a webcast. Gold closed the week below $1260/oz after reaching as high as $1287/oz […]
Flying By The Seat Of Your Pants

Flying By The Seat Of Your Pants

I can “prove”, using sources on the internet, almost anything. Gold going up, gold declining. Market momentum increasing, market crashing. Even studies and research conflicts, and much of it out of date and based on flawed sampling. In fact, most of what I read is simply extrapolated opinion. People tend to believe in something, look […]
GSV Capital Corp. Reports Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results

GSV Capital Corp. Reports Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results

OODSIDE, Calif., March 10, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GSV Capital Corp. (“GSV Capital” or the “Company”)(Nasdaq:GSVC) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. Date     Net Assets (Millions)     Net Asset Value (per share)   As of December 31, 2015     $ 268.0     (1 […]