It’s so easy to beat a dead horse. I mean, we can rehash the turmoil in the Middle East and President Obama’s foreign policy failures; we can beat the drum about lackluster global demand and zero growth economies, or we emphasize that point by highlighting the fact that China’s production posted the weakest quarter since...Read More

Gold lost more than a point last week when news broke the U.S. dollar had hit fresh new highs against the Euro and Japanese Yen. That was on the first trading session of the week, a day when gold lost 1.8%. Remember, the U.S. is the world’s reserve currency, and when currency is strong gold...Read More

The S&P 500 closed the month at another all-time high, ending over 2,000 points for the first time in its history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the 15-51 strength indicator also remain extremely elevated, though a shade off their respective all-time highs. Stocks are still hot, no doubt – and so are bonds. Yields...Read More

When the topic of wealth redistribution surfaces most people think about taxes. While it is true that taxes are the most visible form of involuntary wealth redistribution, it is not the most egregious form of the practice. No. That high crime is free-market fraud with the intent to pillage – and Wall Street is notorious...Read More

So, the world’s largest economy shrank 3% in the first quarter and stocks everywhere rose in value; yet just one week later a single troubled Portuguese bank sent stocks reeling when news surfaced that it delayed interest payments on a portion of its short-term debt. That’s right, one struggling bank in Portugal caused bank stocks in Germany,...Read More

It has been three years since LOSE YOUR BROKER NOT YOUR MONEY was published. In that time the original 15-51 Indicator portfolio that is detailed in the book has produced a 67% gain, compared to a 42% increase for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Those following along with these blogs know that the 15-51 strength...Read More

I tore a bicep muscle and have been unable to type and blog. Now that I’m out of a cast and into a splint, I’m back in action. Little has changed for the better since Records and Reality was posted more than a month ago. Global strife continues in the Middle East, Europe, and parts of Africa,...Read More

As the stock market continues to bounce around record highs a few things remain clear: the global economy remains fragile, growth is weak and uneven, and the job market isn’t getting any healthier – despite the falling unemployment rate, which recently dropped to 6.3% from 6.7%. In a healthy and functional market, unemployment falls while...Read More

Trading volume is generally light leading into holiday weekends and that was the case again last week. On the lightest trading volume so far this year the S&P 500 ended the week at a new all-time high, closing over 1,900 for the first time in its history. But even with recent achievement the S&P 500...Read More

Two companies have recently made drastic changes to their corporate identities via stock splits. On April 3, 2014, Google issued its first stock split, a 2 for 1 affair that saw the creation of a new class of stock and symbol. Google will now trade under two symbols: GOOG and GOOGL, both around $525 dollars...Read More