The stock markets continued to wiggle their way higher towards the top of the broadening channel. Gold and silver have moved into a corrective mode, which...
September is a notoriously bad month for stock markets, although we’ve had tops in September/October as well. The stock markets had a good week but a...
Bond yields fall and the yield curve inverts more. History is littered with trade wars and currency wars. But negative yield bonds? $15 trillion and counting....
The Fed cut a quarter-point, then Powell threw cold water on the party. The next day, Trump imposed more tariffs on China. Volatility has returned as...
Gold and the precious metals all rose as expectations rise for a Fed rate cut at the July FOMC.
Another week of record highs. It is all playing out against the backdrop of a slowing global economy and rising trade and currency wars, despite the...
With all eyes focused on Facebook’s cryptocurrency reveal, what the Fed will do and Slack’s IPO, let’s turn our attention to another major issue that is...
The “R” word seems to be on the tongues of a number of economists. On the other hand, a number of economists scoff at the “R”...
Is Mr. Bear about to whack Wall Street? I’m not ready to call it quits on the Dow Jones making a new all-time high in the...
The recent elections in South Africa brought uncertainties for the business sector, undermining confidence from foreign investors.