The big news of this past week was the potential end of the grain deal between Russia/Ukraine. This sparked a jump in wheat and grain prices....
I haven’t covered Barron’s Confidence Index (CI), for a while. As something odd happened with the CI last week, something that has never happened before, this...
In dividend payout terms, the bubble peaked in November 1999 when a $1.00 of Dow Jones dividend payout supported $76.92 dollars of Dow Jones valuation. This...
The BOE and some others hiked interest rates this past week and the Fed is indicating that two more hikes could be on the way. The...
Our chart of the week looks at the Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) on an inflation adjusted basis. It gives us some interesting charts dating from 1800...
While we live in an ever-changing world we have events today that could leave the world dramatically changed from where it was prior. We re-chronicle the...
We look at price performance for some selected assets over time. Gold is a leader which may surprise many. Worst performer is bonds. We also examine...
Markets put in a good week last week as they seem to believe the Fed will pivot and the banking crisis is over (hint: it isn't)....
The banking crisis continues with the potential collapse this past week of Deutsche Bank. DB is in the category of too big to fail like Credit...
The Dow Jones former support at 32,500 became a line of resistance this week. On Tuesday the Dow Jones closed above 32,500. Gold, silver, and precious...