…stocks are household names, such as Amazon, Google, and Tesla. Speaking of Google (or, more technically, Alphabet, the parent company), the weighting scheme counts each of Alphabet’s share classes as…
…of inflation. The first set of forecasts (in blue) from GMO (Grantham Mayo van Otterloo) are the most bearish. Their outspoken leader, Jeremy Grantham, correctly said that US stocks were…
…first hike in a tightening cycle. Gold dropped -2.40 percent and is now -12.99 percent for the year. Other precious metals are down, on average, -15.24 percent for the year….
Concerns about a slowdown in China’s economy appears to be the ‘go-to’ rationale for the selloff, although there hasn’t been any new data since the Purchasing Index Managers (PMI) report…
…well known, prices reflect those expectations. That’s why when the actual data comes in, it’s often a ho-hum event because everybody ‘knew’ what was going to happen. The old-timers have…
…matching my wordcount) When I saw a blog titled ‘econompic,’ I had to check it out and it’s a great site that can be found here. The fact that the…
…(I can’t name names since it’s on our Approved List), was up 17.56 percent while the Rydex fund only made 14.80 percent during the same period, according to data from…
…a 100 bps change in yield. So, if interest rates change 100 bps, a 1yr bond’s price would change ~1%, a 5yr bond’s price would change ~5%, and a 10yr…
…imports. Lower commodity prices hurt because a lot of emerging market countries are often large commodities producers. Russia, for example, needs oil to trade above $100 per barrel in order…
…will have to reload over the next 12 months or so.’ Precision, a Portland based aerospace manufacturer, closed on Friday at $193.88 per share. Buffett offered $235 per share, representing…
