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So far, 2016 is proving to be painful for those who were betting that some of last year’s popular trends would continue. A group that outpaced the broader equity market in 2015, the “FANG”s–Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet (Google)–has begun…
Two recent articles sum up how challenging the past 12 months have been for many investors. In “The Year Nothing Worked: Stocks, Bonds, Cash Go Nowhere,” Bloomberg cites data from Bianco Research that shows 2015 was “the worst year for asset allocation funds…
We are going to have a look at the best and worst performers of various asset classes from Stocks to Currencies and at their different sectors during 2015. I’m going to consider funds, at times, as they are a convenient…
It’s been said that the responses to a crisis sow the seeds of the next upheaval. Indeed, history suggests that the so-called fixes often fall short of expectations. First, they fail to take account of the fact that the causes of…
One has to be careful about reading too much into short-term swings in asset prices. This is especially true in December, when markets become increasingly illiquid and occasionally volatile as companies, banks and investors close out their books and wind down market-related activities for the…
In the old, pre-crisis days, it was not odd to think that bad news for bonds was good news for stocks. It made sense from a fundamental perspective. Fixed-income markets tend to do poorly when economic activity is strong or inflation…
Gold has a following that never gives up nor surrenders. This has something to do with the feelings of safety and security that it has always created for those who owned it historically, and that it still creates for investors…
In theory, the fact that copper and other commodity prices are hovering near multi-year lows (as I noted here), while the Baltic Dry Index, a gauge of global shipping rates, has just hit its lowest level in three decades (suggesting…
No matter how successful we become in life, there is always still room for improvement. This applies not only to your investment portfolio and retirement accounts, but also to your monthly budgeting efforts. Fortunately today Robo-Advisors apps are out there…
Alternative investments incorporate various types of assets, most of which can be held in an IRA. Holding different assets brings you risk and return diversification, like the old adage says, never put all your eggs in one basket. If you…
One often-repeated claim, as I noted in “A Boiling Point… For Gold” and “Is the Conventional Wisdom Wrong About Gold?” is that gold (and other precious metals) likely won’t rally because inflation remains subdued. However, recent data suggests that the…
Retirement worries In general people worry a lot about money, of course it depends on your age, the younger you are the more likely you are to be positive about the future and confident you are on track to becoming…
To many observers, the outlook for oil and other energy products, industrial and precious metals, grains and other commodities remains bleak, even after a rout that has seen the CRB Commodity Index lose more than a third of its value…
Economic Conditions Gold has been in a consistent decline for the past 3 years, where price has fallen from levels around $1770 in September 2012 to current levels below $1200. This came about mostly due to the sharp rise in Stocks…
Why the Stock Market may be stalling October is the month for Q3 earnings and some on Wall Street are not seeing a rosy future for the general Stock Market. The main reasons for this are lower expected earnings reports, the…
Credit Spreads creeping up again High Yield credit spreads are the difference in the cost of borrowing for low rated companies compared to the Government. Also more simply known as the Yield on so called Junk-Bonds, they act as an indicator…
Changing Macro Narrative Last week saw two pieces of news that could be changing the macro narrative. Reports of a possible Chinese Fiscal Stimulus package of Yuan 3 trillion ($160 billion) and last Thursday’s FOMC meeting decision to keep rates on…
What’s Spooking the Market? There has been a lot of talk on the street over the past weeks even months of a severe correction in the current Bull market. Last week may well prove to be the beginning of that…
Over the past 5 years the period between late June to early September has seen some of the fiercest rallies in gold and silver prices, with double digit percentage moves fairly typical. In 2013 the price of silver in particular…
As commodity markets continue to sell off worldwide due to deteriorating global growth, many mainstream financial media outlets have been quick off the mark to highlight the ongoing “rout” in precious metals – with most of the mocking and jestful…
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