Policy Change Coming Next Week? In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, a reporter with excellent contacts at the Fed, Jon Hilsenrath, penned the following: Federal Reserve officials are seriously considering an important shift in tone at their policy meeting next week: dropping an assurance that short-term interest rates will stay near zero for a “considerable time” as…
The end of the year is closing in once again. In 2013 this was a good time to buy gold and gold mining stocks. After a strong start in 2014 the sector took another dive, but recently the precious metal has been working hard on its comeback. According Jeff Clark this is also the start…
It’s been three months since I’ve commented on gold (GLD) and gold stocks (GDX). The reason is that precious metals have mostly been falling and momentum on both StockTwits and Twitter haven’t painted a clear picture. The indicators show that traders have been chasing and sentiment gold is currently based more on emotion than anything…
The following is an excerpt from John Burke at Wall St. Sector Selector In this space, we frequently focus on investments which can be solid sources of dividends payments for retired investors. With Treasury bonds paying such low yields, retired investors measure their “bang for the buck” by comparing the dividend yields of various investments….
What is fracking? Fracking is the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks, fissures, etc., in order to force them open and allow more oil and gas to flow out of the formation, allowing it to be extracted at greater volumes. Are you aware that fracking stocks are down 40% in just over 5…
Chen Lin was one of the very few who foresaw the collapse in oil prices, so investors are well advised to pay attention to his advice. In this interview with The Energy Report, the author of the “What is Chen Buying?” ,”What is Chen Selling?” newsletter touts the prospects of a few oil companies that can prosper in…
Golf-clap, Janet… you really messed this one up… With RBS exiting the “dead” Japanese bond market, is the US Treasury market next for the death of liquidity? Source: @NanexLLC
Source: flickr Dear Diary, The Dow fell 268 points yesterday. Gold lost $4 an ounce. Chris has more on what that means in today’s Market Insight. Today, we’re going to ignore the news. Instead, we will be giving you a crash course on money. Over the next few days, we’ll talk about what we know… or…
S&P 2300 By May??? Well, it is that time of the year again when analysts all across the country begin to roll out their predictions for the coming year. This is a pretty fruitless exercise considering that the most accurate forecasters are meteorologists, and their predictions are only good for a 3-day view into the…
The ASX20 holds Australia’s 20 largest publicly traded corporations. Of these 20 corporations, US investors are likely only familiar with RIO Tinto Limited (RIO), BHP Billiton (BHP), and Westpac Banking (WBK in US markets). The Full List of companies in the ASX20 is below, including years of dividend payments without a reduction (excluding effects of…
