Archive for December 2020
Market Update, Staggering Debt, Government Folly, and Inflation
As one might expect during a holiday shortened trading week, markets didn’t move much last week. When analyzing stock price movement since the market bottom in March, small cap stocks have significantly outperformed the broader stock market. The S&P 500 has risen about 68% from it’s low while the Russell 2000 (small-cap stock index) has…
Read MoreThomas Jefferson’s Prediction is Coming True
In last week’s post, I looked at various sectors of the economy and offered perspective on these sectors as we move into the New Year. To briefly summarize, I am bullish on companies that can benefit from commodity price inflation including mining companies. Ever since the book “New Retirement Rules” was published more than…
Read MoreIrreparable Economic Damage
To say there is a lot going on that has the potential to radically affect you and your money would be a severe understatement. In this week’s post, I’ll look at a few different bits of data. First, the lockdowns occurring in much of the country continue to wreak financial and economic devastation. As…
Read MoreThe Current Level of Money Creation is Unsustainable
This week, I want to focus once again on proposed money changes being discussed and implemented around the world. I will preface this discussion by once again stating the obvious – the current level of money creation is completely unsustainable. History teaches us that money printing always ends badly and the end of the cycle…
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