Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist!
On Friday I chatted with Jeremy Louder, the Founder of QuadWealth. Jeremy and his team work with individuals and financial planners to educate them on “less understood” wealth management strategies – that is, rather than the stock/bond/mutual fund mantra we hear touted by mainstream financial planners, Jeremy’s group focuses on alternative strategies that are employed by […]
Here’s a great piece of stock analysis by our good friend and reader Shaun Noll, Founder and Managing Partner of Stirling Capital Management. Shaun was kind enough to let us republish here. Enjoy! *** This is a very simple idea, a very small company and is perhaps the most pure “dollar for .50” I’ve seen in awhile. […]
Yesterday there was an article in the Wall Street Journal that outlined 10 Reasons To Buy a Home – I personally disagreed with many of the points outlined, which is not a surprise for those who read my polarizing Renter’s Manifesto. While we are all entitled to our own opinion, I am going to take […]
I don’t normally comment much on politics, preferring to focus on the markets as best I can – though admittedly the two are becoming more and more intertwined by the day (sadly enough). But this was a very interesting piece from George Friedman at Stratfor, which we were fortunate enough to be allowed to reprint […]
If you hold gold in your portfolio – be it as an insurance policy, a hedge against inflation, or a speculation – you’re probably always considering the risk of the government cracking down on gold ownership. And if you’re not worried – you probably should be! Not to sound the alarms too loudly, but it’s […]
The old joke is that Japan’s Central Bank is so incompetent, it was unable to devalue its own currency during its Lost Decade (or Two), despite its best efforts. But that’s not stopping Japan’s finance ministry from giving its favorite pastime another go. The yen has hit a 15-year high against the dollar – which […]
The ghost town that is the S&P 500 continues its inexorable march to the sky, driven by about 9 traders flipping shares back and forth. Now we’ve hit an interesting point, with the S&P kissing its upper resistance line once again, and most market observants quite giddy with bullishness: Source: StockCharts.com Will 1130 hold? Nobody […]
There are so many economic indicators being published weekly that it’s very easy to get distracted and lost. Which of them really matter? Which are actual leading indicators – and which are trailing ones, reporting old news from six months ago? Here’s a great column by Forbes columnist Bert Dohmen, who makes the case that […]
With tax revenue receipts still in the tank for most US states, they are scrambling for ways to boost tax receipts. Accounting Today reports: States are intensifying theirefforts to confront the challenge of winnowing down budget shortfalls by raising sales tax rates, increasing the number of items taxed, and more aggressively asserting nexus. “States are […]
Hat tip to our buddy and fellow debt deflationist Carson for passing along this mind blowing number on Greek debt: As Wall Street hangs on the question “Will Greece default?,” the author heads for riot-stricken Athens, and for the mysterious Vatopaidi monastery, which brought down the last government, laying bare the country’s economic insanity. But […]
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