The word for today is “orderly”. That word came up many times this week in a feud between the US and Japan at another useless G-7 meeting on global growth and competitive currency devaluations. As is typical, the finance ministers
May 21, 2016
Gold has been backing off with the prospect of rising interest rates, but a weekly closing below 1225 will signal that the high is possibly in place. However, a weekly closing below 1205 will signal that a serious decline
IU For May, there are 26 new names joining the list and 11 coming off. Only seven of the removals were the result of improved health—the other four died and lost their listings. The current membership consists of 342
On a monthly basis the American Association of Individual Investors surveys its members on the asset allocation of their members investment holdings. In the April survey, on average, its members noted their equity exposure equaled about 64%, above the average
We’re seeing a true rise of the machines. The quest to boost the nationwide minimum wage may be backfiring. Fast food restaurants are leading a new rebellion to circumvent higher minimum wages, which includes doing away with low-wage workers altogether. They
VIX broke above prior highs and challenged its weekly Intermediate-term resistance at 16.91 before falling back beneath weekly mid-Cycle support/resistance at 15.97. This may indicate a potential buy signal (NYSE sell). Further confirmation of the buy signal lies with
Self-Directed IRA’s are, unfortunately, a well kept secret… Well, this is one secret I won’t keep! Do you know what at Self-Directed IRA is? What it can own? How it is different from a Traditional IRA? I share with you
How Lucky Do You Feel? Nine years ago, I wrote about the so-called “Fed Model.” The insights there are still true, though the model has yielded no useful signals over that time. It would have told you to remain
The next biggest thing ever comes around once every six months or so. These shifts in market sentiment can provide opportunities to profit in the short term for sure, but not many of them pan out to live up to
Our capital market assumptions for returns over the next 5 years forecast lower returns ahead, given moderate economic growth and stretched valuations. Take a look. Written by: Richard Turnill (BlackRock.com) The bars in the chart below show our return assumptions for selected asset
