What will be the bigger loss for hedge funds, the money lost on their exclusive exit polls, or bets that are no longer in the money? The 2 and 20 crowd— they take a 2% fee per year on your portfolio and 20% of your gains—has got to be on the wrong side of this […]
The First RAGE Gauge Reading Signals High Risk
For June 2016, my RAGE Gauge signals: High Risk Tension is high on the social and economic fronts. FBI Background checks continue to trend higher, dissatisfaction with the direction of the country is trending high, and the underemployment rate (U6) isn’t real encouraging in this sluggish economy. But it’s a sluggish economy with inflation. You […]
RAGE Gauge: Can’t Get No Satisfaction!
Another component of my RAGE Gauge is Americans’ dissatisfaction with the direction of the country as measured by Gallup’s poll of “Satisfaction With the United States.” The poll asks responders the simple question “In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time?” This is […]
Dividend Growth is Key
BlackRock’s Global Chief Investment Strategist Richard Turnill on the importance of dividend growth. This week’s chart shows how U.S. dividend stocks have outperformed the S&P 500 over the past year, a trend we have also seen in other regions, as ultralow bond yields have intensified the hunt for income. Year-to-date flows into dividend-focused exchange traded […]
Rage Gauge: The Real Unemployment Rate
The typical headline unemployment numbers the American news media reports (U3) are inadequate for measuring not just unemployment, but underemployment. Many part time employees would prefer full time employment. The U6 unemployment number you see above includes more of the employees left out by the headline number; those who are marginally attached to the workforce, […]
Pensions: Left on the Hook will be the Taxpayer
Ike Brannon, a visiting fellow at the Cato Institute, explains how the Puerto Rico rescue makes state pensioners the big winner. Right now, states cannot declare bankruptcy, which is one reason why states have traditionally been able to borrow at such low rates of interest. However, financial markets have come to realize, belatedly, that Illinois […]
The Biggest Driver of Gold Prices Is…
The two biggest drivers of gold demand are jewelry and investment. The straw that stirs the drink for gold prices is investment demand. Over the last five-years, gold investment demand has been down an average of 34.1 tons per year, as shown below in the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends. But in the first […]
Politicians Hate Gold, more Reason to Love it
I found this nugget in the August 2002 issue of Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report. Politicians Hate Gold In general, I am a fan of the gold standard. I would like to have my paper money readily and easily converted into gold any business day of the week. Politicians, of course, hate gold because of its […]
Where to Buy Gold Coins and How much Gold You Should Buy
Where do you buy gold coins? For non-collectible coins, I’ve done repeat business with Blanchard and Co., Inc. and I like how I’ve been treated. I would expect the same for you. And, I say non-collectible coins because I’m not a coin collector. How many gold coins should you buy? When you buy gold coins […]
RAGE Gauge: Your Survival Cash and the Gold Rush
You and I both know there’s inflation today. It’s at the grocery store, education, real estate, taxes etc. As long as there is government controlling your money, there will be inflation. As I write here, cash may be king in a sudden disaster, but should be paired with a hard asset hedge for long term protection: Cash […]
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