The Crimean referendum took place over the weekend, and 96.77% of the vote was in favor of joining Russia. Sanctions from the West will likely be announced soon. The Chinese renminbi fell 0.3% to an 11-month low, which is a big move for a currency; this comes after a string
There’s a lot going on these days. Crimea, a region of Ukraine, will hold a referendum this weekend on whether or not to join Russia. A secondary concern is bad data from China. Gold is rocketing, stocks are swooning and bonds are rising on jitters. But let’s take a deep
Serious precious metal investors, who are driven by the desire to generate and protect wealth and not by a certain ideology, consistently find that it pays to take an objective look at charts. At The Arora Report we do a 360 degree analysis and analyze charts in many different ways.
There is an old saying that the markets make fools of the maximum number of people. The truism of this is striking when one compares the consensus predictions of gurus at the end of 2013 with what has actually happened in 2014. The chart tells the story. Please click
There is an overabundance of predictions about investing in 2014. The predictions range from those made by market scholars who have spent most of their lives studying markets to those not yet humbled by the markets. A very intelligent investor I know put in a lot of effort to develop
Rebalancing between bonds and cash at year-end is quite common. Traditionally some practitioners have suggested a higher proportion of bonds as an investor ages. A split of 60% for stocks and 40% for bonds is quite popular. In a year like 2013 when stocks have been up strongly, to maintain
Yesterday, as comments from China to de-Americanize the world hit the wires, my inbox was quickly flooded with over two dozen emails from alert subscribers asking if they should buy gold based on the news. Such subscribers are right in that if China succeeds at de-Americanizing the world, the right
Secretary of State John Kerry’s comment implies that a strike by the U. S. on Syria is imminent. The war trade is on. Gold, oil and Treasury bonds are up. Stocks are down. Here is the most pertinent part of a long Kerry speech, “At President Obama’s direction, I’ve spent
(Click here to enlarge the chart) Hindsight is always 20/20. Fortunately in the world of investments, there are times when foresight can also come close to being 20/20. Ben Bernanke’s testimony before the Congress on May 22, 2013, was one of those times. In a similar fashion, the Federal Open
Both the stock and bond markets are becoming increasingly volatile. Going back 30 years, high volatility is common after a sustained run and subsequent to the appearance of technical patterns that indicate a reversal. This time is no different. On May 30, I wrote about how an island reversal was highlighting