Investment is about one thing – growth. Stocks perform best when economies are growing briskly in Real terms. Real growth, as we know, is growth adjusted for inflation. For some reason it has gone largely unreported that Real growth dropped more than 20% from the first to second quarters’ of 2012. Here’s the table of...Read More
Stock market strength has been flat three weeks running while the Average continues to bounce around, looking soft in the process. Here’s a look at the most recent 12 months. Stock market strength looks scared to move higher, and with current Market conditions, who could blame it. Looking at gold’s trend-line, especially the last few...Read More
Still hung-over by recent Supreme Court missteps, the stock market reflected my blahaissez-faire sentiment in a mish-mash of trading. After losing almost 400 points in six consecutive down sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average got half of it back on Friday, ending up 204 points. The Average eked out a 1% gain for the week while stock market strength...Read More
Let me begin by saying that I’m not a lawyer and I have a plaque on my desk to prove it. But I can read, and have an independent mind. My goal in this blog area, as always, is to provide you – the independent investor – with all the tools and analysis required to invest successfully...Read More
It has been one year since the 15-51 Indicator was published via LOSE YOUR BROKER NOT YOUR MONEY. Since then, stock market strength has produced an amazing 44% return on investment in ugly market conditions. Average stock market returns, as indicated by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, produced a measly 3% gain in the most recent...Read More
In a week where the Supreme Court ruled that it is constitutional to tax economic inactivity – both gold and the stock market ended higher by 2%. Here’s the year-to-date picture. The upward move in stock prices makes absolutely no sense. The free-market was dealt a severe one-two punch by the U.S. Supreme Court this week. Two...Read More
Goldman Sachs woke up and read the Wall Street Journal today; and it prompted them to recommend shorting the S&P 500 to their clients. The recommendation came amid another wave of negative Market fundamentals. A short sale is performed when an investor believes prices are going to move lower. Goldman, therfore, sees “the market” moving...Read More
For those of you who know how much I like to keep it Real, know this: it’s easy to get caught up in the daily mumble-jumble of every day life. Perspective is key during times like these. Now, more than ever, losing focus is a costly proposition. Stocks bounced around this week but gold was steady,...Read More
Negative Market fundamentals continue to pour in all over the world. Pick your crisis: Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the slowdown in Asia, the United States – whatever the case – they’re all getting worse. The problems overseas, as we know, are both monetary and fiscal. Key elections are to take place in Greece this weekend,...Read More
Benchmark investment indicators turnaround again this week, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and gold continue to twist around breakeven for the year. Using gold as an indicator of money and the Dow as one for economic activity — both look confused. In the current environment, with bad money policy and negative Market fundamentals, stock...Read More
