It is typical of long bull markets, that holders fall in love with their holdings and consider capital gains as money in the bank (without actually cashing out and putting cash pro...
I haven’t written about it much lately, as over the past few months the trade has been quite a dud, but I still love owning US notes versus short German bunds. Going into the end...
After witnessing roughly 20% gains or more in 2017’s major indexes, the natural question for investors is: what’s next? Well, this week will take us a good distance into figuri...
NEW CHALLENGES AND CHOICES SERVE TO ENHANCE THE VALUE OF GOLD More than the symbol of prosperity and prestige it has been throughout the history of civilization, gold remains a tru...
The Dow is notably lower since the US cash market opened (though still higher from Friday) but Nasdaq is soaring unilaterally today… As VIX is crushed back below 10 for good...
Quick take: Based on the December S&P 500 average of daily closes, the Crestmont P/E is 126% above its arithmetic mean and at the 99th percentile of this fourteen-plus-decade...
If 2018 rings in a bear market, it could look something like the Kennedy Slide of 1962. That was my conclusion in “Riding the Slide,” published in early September, where I sh...
from the Dallas Fed Positive signs are continuing for the Texas oil and gas sector. Prices for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil rose in November. Texas oil and gas employmen...
Gold faces further upside pressure but with some caution of a corrective pullback. On the downside, support comes in at the 1,300.00 level where a break will turn attention to the...
2017 has ended and 2018 has begun but the trend of the last days of last year continue into the new year. The dollar is weak and oil prices are looking perky. These trends help th...