We certainly are having to work hard for our crust of bread in the stock market this year. April brought us the fastest downturn in stocks in 16 years, immediately followed by the sharpest upturn in 21 years. It's like running for a treadmill heart test, but a sadistic doctor keeps raising the angle of
“I spend more time looking at balance sheets than income statements. Wall Street doesn’t really bother with balance sheets.,” said Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffet.
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Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the April 30 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Why is the Australian dollar not moving against the US dollar as much as the other currencies? A: Australia is too closely tied to the Chinese economy (FXI), which is now weak. When
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A significant proportion of my Mad Hedge subscribers are either retired or are about to do so. I have therefore gained from them a lot of valuable information about how retirees can best manage their financial resources, as well as the worst mistakes they commit, which I thought I might pass on. I have also
“We are one budget deal away from being the hot spot of the world. Europe is in the toilet, China’s growth has fallen down, and the Middle East is going backwards. We have a lot of potential for fracking and innovation. If we can prove our nation is governable, we will be the golden spot
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A huge new buyer may eventually enter the gold market. That could be a year off, maybe two, or three at the most. I’ll give you a hint who: your taxes will pay for it. If true, it could send the price of the barbarous relic soaring above $5,000, or even $50,000 an ounce, a
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Last week, a concierge customer asked me an excellent question. Having correctly called the top in this market to the hour, what would it take for me to go all in on the long side and get maximum bullish? With everyone now laser-focused on downside risks, which was really a last February game, I thought
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Gosh darn it, you nailed it again! Trump stopped firing Powell. Banks are on fire. Netflix hit a new high. Score John Thomas 100, everyone else zero. Well done, John AND let's keep it going. You're the Savant of the time at the moment. Talk to you soon, bye. Bill Florida
What if you want to be a little more aggressive with your investment strategy, say twice as aggressive? What if markets don’t deliver any year-on-year change from here? Then you need a little more pizzazz in your portfolio, and some extra leverage to earn your crust of bread and secure your retirement. It turns out
"The question is not whether Tesla will sell 80,000 or 90,000 cars this year, but whether they will sell 14 million or 15 million in 15 years. I believe they can do it," said Ron Baron of long-term value player, Baron Capital.
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After Monday’s 1,200-point swoon, the S&P 500 (SPY) has fallen 20.88% from its February peak. And we may still have a “Sell in May” ahead of us. This was one of the most overbought stock markets in my career. I have to think back to the March 2000 Dotcom Top and the Tokyo bubble in
I feel obliged to reveal one corner of this time of great turmoil that might actually make sense. By 2050, the population of California will soar from 40 million to 50 million, and that of the US from 340 million to 400 million, according to data released by the US Census Bureau and the CIA
