Archive for February 2020
Metals Rally – More Money Printing Coming?
The big story of the week in the markets was the price action of US Treasury long bonds and precious metals. The long bond rallied powerfully with yields plummeting .14% back below 2%. Metals advanced strongly as I have been anticipating. Gold and silver both rallied about 4%. Over the last two months or so,…
Read MoreNegative Interest Rates and Helicopter Money
If you regularly read this post, you know that as recently as last week I wrote about the strong correlation between the Federal Reserve’s expanding balance sheet and the continued rise of stocks. For newer readers who may not be familiar with what expanding the Fed’s balance sheet might actually mean, it simply means the…
Read MoreGood News – Bad News
Stocks rebounded hard last week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallying 3% and the broader S&P 500 advancing 3.17%. Stocks made a textbook bounce higher off the 50-day moving average. A bounce up off the 50-day moving average is generally considered to be a bullish indicator for stocks. When it comes to analyzing the…
Read More“Evolving Wealth Preservation and Storage”
In my view, the manner in which wealth is stored, preserved and grown is changing radically presently. Many who are not paying attention to financial and economic developments remain unaware of these changes. However, anyone who chooses to be a serious observer of these developments can see that fiat currencies are weakening, and alternate wealth…
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