The 6% Solution Think back to last October. Imagine you or someone you know had $100,000 to put to work, but was extremely risk averse. In a worst case scenario, such as a major market correction, they were unwilling to risk a decline of more than 6%. What approach would you have taken? Maybe…
vHave you ever wanted to start a business or project but been put off by the inability to raise funds to kickstart your idea? Traditionally, banks and large business finance corporations were the only option for securing financial investment but today many entrepreneurs are turning to crowdfunding, including the popular platform Kickstarter. Having the right…
The United States Federal Reserve Bank has left a century-long trail of damage in its wake. A misguided attempt to manage the stages (growth, prosperity, recession, depression) of the economic cycle has led to nearly complete destruction in the value of our money. The ongoing loss in value of the U.S. dollar since inception of…
It appears that China is ready to re-enable some speculative excess once again in its stock market. Bloomberg reports that China is considering a relaxation of stock-index futures trading curbs that were introduced during the nation’s 2015 market crash, people familiar with the matter said. No, that is not a misprint on the chart, volume dried up in 2015 after regulators…
For the last three months gold had been chopping out a rectangle trading range which has completed four reversal points so far. Wednesday of this week it looked like gold may breakout above the top rail but the bears stopped the advance just when it looked like the bulls were finally going to win. Many…
Talking Points: Dollar Down-Trend Pulls Back, EUR/USD to Support After ECB Minutes. US Dollar Grinds at Support as Inflation Prints at One-Year-Highs. Fundamental Forecast for USD: Neutral The US Dollar started the week on a rough note, continuing the bearish move that started to show around last Friday’s Non-Farm Payrolls report. In short order, DXY had fallen back-below the…
In the ocean ecosystem, plankton is the raw material that fuels an entire food chain. These tiny organisms on their own aren’t that remarkable, but en masse, they have a huge impact on the world. Here on dry land, the massive volume of content and meta data we produce fuels a marketing research industry that…
In a previous article, I discussed the CBO’s projection for a 96% public debt to GDP ratio by 2028. It was the catalyst for a modest decline in stocks that afternoon. It’s a weird response because the deficit projections for the next 10 years have little impact on the hour by hour trading. Sometimes the…
Obviously, regulatory risk has grabbed the spotlight in tech of late. I’ve written so much about this over the past two months I’m having a hard time going back and digging up all of the posts, but here are a couple of notables, with the last one documenting the bloodbath that unfolded in the sector…
The French economy grew slower than estimated, per the Bank of France, primarily owing to a slowdown in manufacturing activity. The bank’s lower growth estimate for the first quarter is indicative of a somewhat broader slowdown in the Euro zone. European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board member Benoit Coeure thinks the Euro bloc is witnessing…
