Global Market Comments January 2, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (JANUARY 3 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR), (HAS THE WORLD HIT "PEAK DIAMONDS"), (NILE), (AAL.L), (THE NEW COLD WAR) (TESTIMONIAL)
My next global strategy webinar will be held live from San Francisco on Wednesday, January 3 at 12:00 PM EST. Co-hosting the show will be my colleague, Mad Day Trader, Bill Davis. I'll be giving you my updated outlook on stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, precious metal, and real estate. The goal is to find the
Is the world running out of diamonds? No, it's worse. The world is running out of diamond demand. That is the only conclusion one can reach when looking at the chart below for polished diamonds for the past four years showing a 25% decline. The diamond industry now produced 125 million carats a year, well
My friend, Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group, a global risk analyst who I regularly follow, has published an outstanding book entitled The End of the Free Markets: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations. I find this highly depressing, as it takes me as long to read one of Ian's books as it
"Liquidity is a coward. It's never around when you need it." said market commentator, Jeff Saut.
Global Market Comments December 29, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (JANUARY 3 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR), (NOTICE TO MILITARY SUBSCRIBERS), (CHINA'S COMING DEMOGRAPHIC NIGHTMARE)
Now that China has ended its "One Child" policy, it is time to assess its long-term costs. Adopted 33 years ago, there are now 32 million more boys under the age of 20 than girls. Large scale interference with the natural male:female ratio has been tracked with some fascination by demographers for years, and is
Global Market Comments December 28, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE FUSION IN YOUR FUTURE), (TESTIMONIAL), (DECODING THE GREEBACK), (WHAT ABOUT ASSET ALLOCATION?)
If you want to impress your friends with your vast knowledge of financial matters, then here are the Latin translations of the script on the backside of a US dollar bill. "ANNUIT COEPTIS" means "God has favored our undertaking." "NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM" translates into "A new order has begun." The Roman numerals at the base
Global Market Comments December 27, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WILL SPACE X BE YOUR NEXT TEN BAGGER?) (EBAY), (TSLA), (SCTY), (BA), (LMT)
Global Market Comments December 26, 2017 Featured Trades: (A CHRISTMAS STORY), (THE U-HAUL INDICATOR)
"This isn't a choice between vanilla and chocolate folks, it's all rocky road: a few marshmallows to get you excited before the elections, but with a lot of nuts to ruin the aftermath," said the ever insightful, Bill Gross, at PIMCO.
Global Market Comments December 22, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (CHICAGO WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27 GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (MY OLD PAL, LEONARDO FIBONACCI), (TESTIMONIAL)
Come join me for lunch for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader's Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Chicago on Wednesday, December 27. A three-course lunch will be followed by an extended question and answer period. I'll be giving you my up to date view on stocks, bonds, foreign currencies, commodities, precious metals,
I remember the 12th century like it was yesterday. In those days, the leading intellectuals used to get together and drink wine by the gallon, which then was really little more than rotten grape juice. The problem was that we all used to pass out before anybody came up with a great idea. Then someone
Global Market Comments December 21, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WILL SYNBIO SAVE OR DESTROY THE WORLD?), (XLV), (XBI), (MON), (IMB), (GOOG), (AAPL), (CSCO)
Some 40 years ago, when I was a biotechnology student at UCLA, a handful of graduate students speculated about how dangerous our work really was. It only took us an hour to figure out how to synthesize a microbe that had a 99% fatality rate, was immune to antibiotics, and was so simple it could
"It's not like stocks are so compelling. It's that there is nowhere else to put your cash. There's a ton of capital coming in here. When it feels this easy, it's usually time to be cautious." said Barry Sternwood, CEO of the Starwood Capital Group.
Global Market Comments December 20, 2017 Fiat Lux SPECIAL ISSUE ABOUT THE FAR FUTURE Featured Trade: (LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND THE THURSDAY DECEMBER 28 MINNEAPOLIS STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (PEAKING INTO THE FUTURE WITH RAY KURZWEIL), (GOOG), (INTC), (AAPL), (TXN)
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader's Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Minneapolis, Minnesota at 12:00 noon on Thursday, December 28, 2017. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide ranging discussion and a minute question and answer period. I'll be giving you my up to