Monthly Archives: October 2017

Is This Double-Digit Yielder Safe?

Back in June, I covered one of the most requested stocks in this column, Prospect Capital Corp. (Nasdaq: PSEC). At the time, the stock received an F rating for dividend safety because of a history of dividend cuts and falling net investment income (NII), a measure of cash flow used by business development companies. Two months later,…

GDP Is Bogus: Here’s Why

Here’s a chart of our fabulous always-higher GDP, adjusted for another bogus metric, official inflation. The theme this week is The Rot Within. The rot eating away at our society and economy is typically papered over with bogus statistics that “prove” everything’s getting better every day in every way. The prime “proof” of rising prosperity is…

Precious Metals: A Coiling Spring

I’ve been keeping a close eye on precious metal stocks. They’re coiling in a tight pattern and look set for an explosive move in one direction or another. Below is XAU the gold and silver index on a weekly basis. Here a quick rundown on how I think about precious metals. Like Ray Dalio has said, “Over…

Australian Unemployment Rate Improves In September

Australian unemployment rate improved to 5.5 percent in September, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics report released on Thursday. The number of employed persons rose by 19,800 in September when compared with the preceding month. Full-time employment climbed by 6,100, while the number of part-time employees rose by 13,700. The participation rate, including people…