The stock market decline more than a week ago was kicked off by higher-than-expected wage increases that showed up in the January jobs report. Higher wages are raising the specter of inflation. As a result, interest rates have risen rapidly as investors and traders anticipate that the era of benign
Mom and pop are making a classic mistake in investing at this time. The purpose of this article is to show the average investor that there is a better way. The mistake is being made as Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, marches to 30,000 and bitcoin BTCUSD, falls to $10,000
Weekly Digest from The Arora Report is popular among serious investors and money managers because they have found studying insights from the prior week gives them an edge over the coming weeks. Here is the day by day rundown from the morning capsules made available every morning before the market
It was 30 years ago this month. I had millions of dollars of my own money invested in the stock market. Other investors did too, and everyone was making money. On Oct. 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA fell 22.6%. The S&P 500 Index SPX dropped 20.5%. It’s
Prudent investors stay alert to various potential scenarios, including those that are long shots in advance. This way they are prepared when a particular scenario occurs. If you ever wonder how successful investors are able to act with conviction before everyone else, this is how it is done. Gold and
Weekly Digest from The Arora Report is popular among serious investors and money managers because they have found studying insights from the prior week gives them an edge over the coming weeks. Here is the day by day rundown from the morning capsules made available every morning before the market
If you think U.S. stocks are too high, you are not alone. I have been getting questions from smart investors who think stocks are overvalued, but they are still looking for investing opportunities. Today I will answer questions regarding the French presidential election (Sunday, April 23) and the opportunities that
The history of negative interest rates is coming to haunt investors. There is potentially a big change ahead coming from Japan that will affect most markets worldwide. Let us start by looking at the annotated chart documenting the history. Please click here for the annotated chart of negative interest rates.
The annotated chart linked below shows that on Friday there was no place for investors to hide. Stocks (large caps and small caps), bonds, emerging markets, gold, silver, oil and most commodities all fell simultaneously in a fashion similar to 2008 and early 2009. Even if we get a reversal
When almost everyone is positioned one way and the news shows the positioning is wrong, tremendous investment opportunity is created. Late last year and earlier this year, such an opportunity was created due to combination of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates for the first time since the Great Recession