Now it is universally accepted that growth in China is slowing. If a large number of communications that we receive are any indication, North American investors make two underestimations: first how much China’s growth is really slowing, and second how much it can hurt their investments in stocks, bonds and
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve System holds eight scheduled meetings in a year. The results of these meetings provide not only trading opportunities, but also extremely valuable data points for investments. The June 19 to 20 FOMC meeting is upon us. As always, there is
The two most important questions Will you lend to someone who is insolvent and has no plan to get out of insolvency at 1.47% for 10 years when inflation is running at about 3% and prospects of hyper-inflation loom? Will you sell good assets that are likely to protect your
At 11:26 a.m. today, I received an email from a well-known market guru who is an expert at technical analysis. The email declared that the pattern in gold was like a coil ready to start a new rally. At 2:00 p.m. the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market
….Correct Information About The Law Here is what the law is: While S&P cut the long-term rating, it reaffirmed the short-term rating for the US at the top A-1+ level. This means money market funds will not be forced to sell US Treasuries. Most banks in the United States are
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has just downgraded U.S. credit rating to AA+ from AAA. S&P analysis can be found here. THis dongrade presents investment opportunities in SLV, GLD, TBT, TBF, TLT, SPY and QQQ. S&P Analysis Here is an overview of the analysis by S&P: We have lowered our long-term