The financial crisis of 2008 wreaked plenty of havoc and is something few Americans will forget. Yet, thanks in part to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, things took an upward trajectory. For a decade, low-interest rates fueled an enormous run-up of the stocks,...
The latest comments by Federal Reserve Chair Ms. Yellen have given the US dollar a boost and spooked the Bond market. Yellen made a speech at Harvard on Friday morning, and the market read her statements as being conclusive to more hikes during 2016. It...
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...
The Stock market got off to a bumpy start to the beginning of the year amid concerns about global recession and fears of a hard landing for the Chinese economy. However, the past three weeks has seen the stock market rebound giving the impression that...
The economic recovery and mild expansion has been possible mostly thanks to the enormous amounts of money printed by the FED. The so called Quantitative Easing, which simply consists of printing new money and increasing government debt. Is QE a sustainable policy going forward? This has proven...
The Federal Reserve has been getting us used to some sharp changes of heart from one meeting to the next. With talk taking a hawkish stance at one FOMC meeting being taken down by dovish talk as soon as the next. We saw this happen...
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 comments saved for the gold...
Monetary policy and quantitative easing are becoming an increasingly destabilizing force in financial markets. While the Federal Reserve’s introduction of QE post Lehman prevented a deeper recession than would have otherwise materialized, its effects 7 years on are still being felt by individuals and businesses...
Something ominous happened in Switzerland this week. The country sold 10 year bonds at a negative interest rate - and investors, knowing they would be instantly losing money every year for the next decade, happily obliged. This deal was well received, with investors pouring 378m...
