Election Uncertainty Weighing on Markets
In the global economy the qualities desired above all others are predictability and consistency Those two qualities are what keep America on top of the global economic pile When investors want to put...
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In the global economy the qualities desired above all others are predictability and consistency Those two qualities are what keep America on top of the global economic pile When investors want to put...
image: Sometimes things may look logical, yet just not add up With most of you getting used to gas prices we haven’t seen since the 1990s, it may seem counter-intuitive to suggest that low oil...
The divisive nature of this election has introduced a lot of uncertainty into markets across the board Precious metals and commodities are not totally immune to market insecurity, but there are other...
Only around half of Americans have any money in the stock market So when discussing wealth, right off the bat we see millions of people keeping themselves out of the US stock market; one of the...
Gold hit a rough patch the first week in October, posting its lowest seven-day performance in months This price volatility is almost certainly related to the Fed, as markets start pricing in what...
China and India are the two biggest purchasers of gold on Earth But why is gold so important to these countries Which country buys more of it Let’s take a closer look at the gold markets of India...
For the last few months, China has been undergoing what experts are calling an “economic slowdown” The second quarter of 2016 saw only a 67% growth—the slowest rate for the country since 2009,...
image: while the concept may be humorous, the damage to your future security caused by failing to diversify is very real One of the real tragedies of the 2001 Enron debacle was how many loyal...
Every so often, financial advisors stress how important it is for investors to hold cash instead of jumping into the markets The intensity of their recommendation and the amount of cash they...
Much of the compensation corporate executives receive comes from stock and options That compensation mix is intended to align the interests of the executives with the interests of the company’s...
I haven’t seen any news on the topic, but I’ll venture to guess the best job in the world right now is that of a bond salesman And you know life is good if you’re a bond salesman with only one...
Lord Rothschild, distinguished investment banker and chairman of the three-billion-pound Rothschild Investment Trust, has informed shareholders of a major financial decision He has substantially...
Oil prices have been on a generally downward slope since 2014 Prices may rise and fall in the short term, but for the long haul, they’re getting progressively lower In fact, earlier this month oil...
It’s one of the peculiarities of the world that rising oil and gold prices are contrary indicators for the economy, but that correlation is pretty long-standing The strange part about this...
There was a time when saying something was as safe as “money in the bank” meant it was the soundest of all possible investments You don’t often hear that line these days, and for good reason...
In 2016, we’ve seen gold flourish as a safe haven for investors fleeing stock market uncertainty, global debt and deflation and the anxiety-induced currency fluctuations kindled by Brexit All told,...
Throughout the history of investing, market crashes have always come as a surprise The interesting thing about those surprise turnarounds is that, in hindsight, they were pretty obvious Anyone in...
Anyone in high school today is old enough to have memories of the last banking crisis Maybe those memories include helping pack up their room in the big house in the suburbs because the family had to...
On June 23 the UK elected to abandon the European Union (EU) in what can be characterized as a 52% to 48% squeaker Emotional reactions to the event have ranged from giddy triumph in more rural,...
In the old days if you worked hard, kept out of trouble and saved a little money, you’d end up doing all right in life It was a simple formula, and for the most part it worked Today those simple...
After forty years of watching foreign countries bleed our manufacturing base away, the US is finally starting to talk tough on currency manipulation A Treasury Department report fingered China,...