The stock market is due for a fall. Numerous market observers and analysts tell us so, but even without their wisdom, our own abilities to discern the obvious are enough. The bull market has been charging for over nine years now, making it the second-longest on record, and very aged. Besides that, a variety of […]
As Stock Market Trouble Looms, One Iconic Investment Bank Is High on Gold
By itself, the simple fact the current bull market is now the second-longest on record is enough to prompt worries of a tanking in the wings. But there’s much more for investors to be concerned about. A rapidly-strengthening economy has brought with it pronounced inflation worries, so much so that new Fed chairman Jerome Powell […]
Physical Gold – Not Gold Securities – Is The Way To Diversify
One of the most common questions asked by prospective gold and silver investors looking to diversify their portfolio with inflation-resistant commodities is, “What form of gold and silver should we purchase?” Buying securitized precious metals (in paper form), such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mining company stocks, is a common method of accessing precious metals in the […]
Scary Report Shows Just How Underfunded Your Pensions Are
We’ve spoken before on this blog about how woefully underfunded public pensions are. This is because most pension funds are using unrealistically high rates of returns in their assumptions; assumptions that come nowhere close to reflecting reality. But that piece was written more than a year ago; how do things stand now as at end-2017? […]
Our Increasingly Leveraged Stock Market – What It Means
The stock market has been up all the way since the beginning of the year. Despite the economic woes of the average citizen, our stock market seems to be racing all the way to the top. We’ve already addressed questions as to whether the stock market is overvalued quite a few times on this blog. […]
Big Banks Are Back At It Again: The Lost Lesson Of Leveraging
Ever since the Great Financial Crisis of the 2008, the ‘fat cat banks’ have been vilified by the public and the politicians; and rightfully so. While the average citizen was left struggling with an underwater mortgage, the government used taxpayer money to bail out these ‘too big to fail’ banks. There were no criminal prosecutions […]
The Crazy Mispricing of Risk Today
It’s no secret that the quantitative easing (aka money printing) policies of the US Federal Reserve and the European Central bank has, to put it lightly, not been very successful. We’ve talked about this before, but to reiterate, there has been no evidence that QE works. Inflation has remained low and real economic activity is […]
