Stock markets crash. But do bond markets crash? Well, yes they do. We look at one of the more famous bond market crashes and then we...
Our chart of the week looks at the US$ Index and we raise questions as to whether the days of the U.S. dollar as the world's...
Sanctions have consequences. They may have unintended consequences. Russia is the world's 12th largest economy in a highly interconnected world representing roughly 1.7% of global GDP....
Will Russia invade? Will inflation prove to be just transitory? So far no. Will oil prices top $100? Will gold break through $1,900 and head for...
What are the economic costs of the blockades in Canada? We examine. Are they going to be substantial? Or merely a hiccup. For the stock markets...
The FOMC and BofC met. BofC didn't hike rates as expected. The Fed remains hawkish and that spooks the market. The U.S. dollar soared and gold...
Is the party over? We muse as the stock markets are off to one of their worst January starts ever. Fear of interest rate hikes, political...
This past week we received the inflation reports for the U.S. and they weren't pretty. CPI up 7%, the highest in 40 years, PPI up 9.7%....
Have the stock markets topped? That is the message we are receiving from the stock market action over the first five days of 2022. The first...
Our forecast is not so much a forecast but laying out the rising risks for the markets. The Fed is taking away the punch bowl with...