Markets reversed sharply on Monday July 13th but recovered and once again posted gains. But the NASDAQ nor the FAANGs Microsoft etc. did not and all...
The stock markets appear to be rolling over. But we need to breakdown to confirm the negative signals. On the TSX the best performers have been...
What we are witnessing now is the economic equivalent of a person's bounce off a trampoline after a 1,000-foot cliff dive. That is, a dramatically sharp...
Most blue-chip companies trading on Wall Street have assumed massive debts (post 2007-09 market crash) to fund their share buybacks and dividend programs. Because of this,...
Twelve years ago in May 2008, both China and Japan held more Treasury debt than did the Federal Reserve; but not anymore. As of April 2020...
It was barely noticeable but the Fed`s asset purchases may have slowed. This past week Fed assets actually went down $74 billion. Is the punch bowl...
BLM protests are rocking America, thousands are still without jobs, yet the stock market continues to see record rises. In order to understand why we need...
Who is right? Wall Street with a stock market up 40% from the March lows. Or Main Street with 43 million unemployed in the U.S. Is...
The last time monetary inflation did flow directly into gold and silver valuations annual CPI inflation increased to over 15%. The US Treasury issued a 20yr...
Gold paused this week as did the gold miners but silver was up. Our chart of the week looks at the gold/silver ratio and we note...