The Buying Power of the U.S. Dollar Over the Last Century The value of money is not static. In the short term, it may ebb and flow against other currencies on the market. In the long-term, a currency tends to
April 9, 2017
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Very little to say about Friday’s action; tight intraday spread on low volume was not going to send the world alight. The only index to post a modest gain was the Semiconductor Index. The Semiconductor Index rallied from a minor
The first week of the second quarter started off very differently than that for 1Q 2017. While the start of 1Q 2017 was off to the races for the stock market, the majority of major US market indices finish the
This post began by searching for stocks hitting their 52 week low. The DHI Group (DHX) reached its 52 low on Monday 04/03/17. At $3.90 it offered investors value. Then, the stock moved up over the next few days as I
Doug Goldstein, CFP®, cross-border financial advisor, asks Macro Watch author Richard Duncan what listeners can do to weather a global recession. His answer really is quite simple. Doug and Richard discuss what leads to a recession and how a global
Gold: The commodity faces downside pressure after rejecting higher prices the past week, as it retains its medium term uptrend. On the downside, support comes in at the 1,250.00 level where a break will turn attention to the 1,240.00 level.
I am not a particularly big fan of the idea that markets are efficient. In fact I think people who believe this have never spent any time working in investment management. Everyone in the industry has seen how investment fads
Those who have been following along might recall that three weeks ago, a swoon in crude prices catalyzed one of the largest outflows from HY funds on record. As it turns out, HY becomes highly correlated with oil prices when the
Monday should be a relatively quiet session as we typically get a bit of a lull in headline numbers after the Nonfarm Payroll numbers. Because of this, we believe that the markets will be relatively stable. Gold Gold markets rallied
