This has been one crazy market for quite some time now. The endless overall up trend has been with us for seven plus years. The last two years have been a time for consolidation in to the teeth of some
July 15, 2016
There are still analysts talking about the Commercial traders always being right in the end as if the CoT buildup has been some evil operation against gold.It makes a good story but the reality is that higher prices are driven by speculators
Pretend you’re running a corrupt government and something big and scary happens in another part of the world. Brexit, for instance. You’re quite naturally worried about the impact on your local economy and political system. What do you do? Well,
If you’ve read my paper Understanding Modern Portfolio Construction you know that I like to think of all financial instruments as if they’re bonds. This is helpful for multiple reasons: It helps provide a realistic timeframe for holding certain instruments. It helps
Written By Ben Carlson Investors are paying more and more attention to how certain strategies, asset classes or investments perform over shorter and shorter time frames…constantly looking for the best or worst performing sector/smart beta style/ETF/hedge fund/portfolio strategy during the latest
Expectations for the Empire State Manufacturing report were for a continuation of last month’s strength. Instead, the report disappointed with a dip to barely above contraction. The Empire State Survey is the first of the Fed regional surveys that come out each
UBS analyst Doug Mitchelson downgraded CBS (CBS), Discovery Communications (DISCA) and AMC Networks (AMCX) to Sell, citing a deceleration in core national TV advertising and lower ratings as competition increases and consumers shift to on demand platforms. WEAK ADVERTISING, RATINGS:
Over the past week all of my core market health indicators improved. None of them improved enough to change any portfolio allocations. One thing that is still concerning is that technology isn’t participating strongly in this rally. I’d like to
We are in the early stages of what may be the most significant revision in energy investments to occur in a decade (or more), and for me, that has meant yet another day full of meetings. As we just adjourned
“Sell everything except high-quality bonds. Stay short commodities. Yes, especially Oil. Emerging market majors all remain sells.” – RBS (January 11, 2016) “RBS has advised clients to brace for a ‘cataclysmic year’ and a global deflationary crisis, warning that major
