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The long anticipated correction in markets ahead of the general election looks like it just began. U.S. stock markets took a nosedive Friday on a combination of fears that the Fed will actually raise rates and that they are running out of effective policy tools....
Anyone who had pinned their hopes on an imminent interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve will likely be let down again. The disappointing U.S. jobs data is the latest setback in the efforts to normalize the benchmark interest rates. Yet market participants are not giving up...
The Jackson Hole Summit revealed a contrast of ideas from the major central bankers. On the one hand it gave the U.S. Federal Reserve a chance to talk up interest rate hikes and raise probabilities of at least one more by the end of the year....
In a new twist on the ongoing Federal Reserve interest rate debate, there are now conflicting signals coming from the U.S. central bank. This week Chair Janet Yellen will have the opportunity to clarify where they stand on the future of the benchmark rates in...
Britain's slowing economy is a sign of the times in the deteriorating global picture. Since the January 23rd Brexit referendum, data in the past weeks has demonstrated slowdowns or contractions in construction, services, and manufacturing. More data out today has confirmed this trend in the...
Between the European Central Bank, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan, the world's central bankers are all throwing everything they have at the economic problems. While things look a little better in the U.S. with Friday's stronger than anticipated employment numbers, the international economic picture...
Despite the recent rallies in stock markets around the world, everywhere you look, you see signs of cracks in the fiction that all is well economically around the world. This past week U.S. and British economic data disappointed, European continental banking stress tests failed to...
The markets have once again proven how short term and changeable investors' memories and moods can be. Only a month after the sky seemed to be falling from the shocking Brexit referendum leave vote, most major world stock markets are back near 2016 highs. Risk on has...
In only one unassuming weekend in the middle of July you saw how quickly geopolitical events can spiral out of control. July 15-17 witnessed a severe and bloody terrorist attack in Nice, France and a substantial but ultimately failed coup against President Erdogan in Turkey. The...
It should not come as much of a surprise that when top financial officials from the world's #2 largest economy China speak about the direction of the global economy, markets and investors listen carefully. This weekend the Commerce Minister of China Gao Hucheng gave such a warning and...
Just as the initial reaction from the shock Brexit leave vote started to cool off, another familiar old spectre has raised its head to threaten American and potentially global financial markets. This is the rapidly deteriorating financial position and ongoing bond defaults in Puerto Rico. On the one...
The day of Brexit finally dawned last week, and the results were anything but expected. By more than a million extra votes, British citizens and residents chose to say farewell to the EU. The repercussions of this monumental choice have been echoing throughout world financial and...
This is the last week of the Brexit debates before the long awaited referendum finally happens. Polls still show the two camps for leave and remain at neck and neck. If the leave camp does manage to edge out even a tiny margin of victory,...
The first weeks of June have proven it is too early to count gold out of its long term bull market. This week, gold prices continued their relentless recovery and reached as high as $1,287 per ounce. The reasons for this rebound in the yellow...
After weeks of chatter about an imminent rate increase from the Federal Reserve, last Friday's jobs report has kicked the immediate prospects of one further down the road. The market had looked for 164,000 new jobs in growth and instead saw a very anemic and disappointing only...
The Federal Reserve Sabre Rattling for an Interest Rate Hike Continues Inflation fears appear to have finally goaded the Fed towards action for upcoming interest rate meetings. The signs are everywhere. Oil has notched its longest string of monthly gains over the past five years. Bonds...
Rate Hike Possibility Pressures Gold After the strongest first quarter in over 30 years, gold has pulled back from some of its recent gains. The culprit for this recent turnaround is a change in the messages from various members of the Fed. This has caused expectations to...
Gold prices have continued their impressive rise long enough for the hedge funds to take notice. The prices for gold futures are up an impressive 20% so far in 2016. This has been mostly fueled by the 17% run during the first three months of...
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Funds attempt to match the progress of the underlying stock market indices for each fund. It should not come as a great surprise to investors that if the stock markets are down in general, these funds will largely follows suit. In...
Performance of Price since start of year Gold has had one of the best starts to the year, with a jump of 16% in the first quarter, which also happens to be the largest increase in Q1 for the past 42 years. The YTD is also...
