This infographic sums up everything you need to know about the upcoming Swiss gold referendum.
Read More »Stop Worrying! Things Are Not As Bad As You Think – Here’s Why
A lot of people are thinking that if policy can't stimulate, and demand is weakening on the margin then it's time to really start worrying but I'm not so sure it's time to run for cover. Here are 3 reasons why.
Read More »Millennials: Should You Pay Off Your Student Loan Before Starting to Save For Retirement?
Should the Millennial cohort pay off their student loan before investing in the stock market as a means of saving for retirement or do a little bit of both? This article discusses the different options and comes to an interesting conclusion.
Read More »Gold & Silver: Parabolic Surge to $3,500 & $90 to Begin In Early 2015 (+4K Views)
My new analyses of gold & silver suggests they will both show renewed weakness before jumping dramatically in price by the end of 2016/early 2017 - to $3,500 and $90 respectively . Below are the specific details (with charts).
Read More »True or False: Wars Affect Performance of Stock Markets
It is common for economists to offer a forecast for the stock market yet add a caveat to the effect that "If a war shock or terrorist attack occurs, then I would have to modify my outlook." As such, it would seem logical to assume that...they must have access to a study showing that such events affect the stock market, right? The answer is no, for the same reason that they do not check relationships between interest rates, oil prices or the trade balance and the stock market. The causality just seems too sensible to doubt.
Read More »True or False: Earnings Drive Stock Prices
The belief that earnings drive stock prices powers the bulk of the research on Wall Street but this glaring exception to the idea of a causal relationship between corporate earnings and stock prices challenges that theory. Let me explain.
Read More »Retired or Close to Retirement? Some of These 39 Dividend Stocks May Belong In Your Portfolio (+2K Views)
This article identifies 39 fairly valued dividend growth stocks with above-average historical earnings growth over the past 5 years and a current dividend yield of 1% or better and, as such, is oriented to those retired, or close to retirement, investors that require above-average growth and/or above-average long-term total return.
Read More »These 5 Things Could Prevent Economy from Slumping & Allow Equities to Continue Climbing
This article examines 5 fairly exciting things going on which, at the very least, could keep the U.S. economy from slumping, and enable equities to continue to climb.
Read More »Will Lower Oil Prices Mean Even Higher Stock Markets?
Whenever oil prices make a big move in either direction, there are some fairly standard arguments made of its effect on the overall stock market but, rarely, is any actual evidence presented to substantiate these more or less intuitive arguments. Let’s take a look at the data and see what the historical relationship has actually been between oil and the stock market.
Read More »MoneyFactory.gov Records How Much Monopoly Money Fed Prints – Check It Out
I would bet my bottom Silver Dollar that when faith in holding U.S. Federal Reserve Notes heads into the toilet, it would be much wiser to own REAL MONEY than the monopoly paper printed by the MoneyFactory.gov.
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