Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist!
The new Schwab Active Trader Sentiment Survey caught the eye of our resident technician Carl Swenlin, as it appears to be unique in surveying active traders rather than the usual investment lumpen. The headline touted a “four-year high” in bullish sentiment – big contrarian signal? Swenlin weighs in… Schwab Active Trader Sentiment by Carl Swenlin […]
A nice Jim Rogers audio interview (I think on the exercise bike, of course) by the guy(s) at Future Money Trends. Here’s the link to the video below, with a hat tip to The Daily Crux for the link that I saw. Jim discusses: His career advice for new college grads – he’s prefer you […]
By Chuck Butler, EverBank The euro (EUR) was removed from the boiling water this weekend, as the next phase of the bailout for Greece was approved… The reaction of the euro has been somewhat muted though, as most of the markets, being Pfennig readers, already saw the baby steps of stabilization going on, and priced in […]
Because governments around the world are printing money, of course! Here’s the latest CNBC interview with Jim Rogers , along with my notes: 2012 could be alright thanks to 40 elections worldwide (and hence, increased money printing) – but 2013 and 2014 are the real dangers Still long real assets – such as commodities – […]
Last May we covered a Financial Sense Newshour interview with Kirk Sorensen, founder of Flibe Energy – he made the case for little-known element thorium as the potential “silver bullet” to our energy problems. Today, Casey Research energy expert Marin Katusa dives into the thorium topic once again, to see if it has realistic hopes […]
Barron’s got a hold of Hugh Hendry to chat about his favorite topics – namely deflation, and shorting Asia! If you read our previous coverage of Hendry’s economic outlook, there’s not much new here, but it’s still probably worth a quick read. In summary, Hendry remains biased towards “hyperdeflation BEFORE hyperinflation”: The road to hyperinflation […]
Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Funds, put together a great presentation themed “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” – which highlights the dire situation now faced in present day America. Below are his slides – well worth a spin through. Hat tip Zero Hedge for posting, and Josh S. for forwarding along! 2-14-12 […]
If you’re interested in buying and storing physical gold, you probably want to do so outside of your home country. If you’re a US citizen, and the government goes FDR on you, you’re not going to want your bullion on US soil! But what’s the sanest country available for this purpose…now that the Swiss appear […]
China is projected to surpass India as the world’s largest consumer of gold this year. The South China Morning Post reports: China is poised to surpass India as the world’s largest gold consumer this year, with demand projected to climb 20 per cent, while India’s bullion buying will remain dampened by the weak rupee and […]
Last week I had a great lunch (yeah fried chicken at Magpie Cafe!) with my pal Aaron Klein, CEO and Co-Founder of Riskalyze. Aaron and his team are working to bring sanity, perspective, and guidance to the average investor with Riskalyze – a tool aimed at helping you get a grip on your risk tolerance […]
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