Just last month, North American financial markets were chugging along, setting multiple all-time highs in February. A lot has changed in the past 30 days due to the rapid rise and global spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) . The way of life we once knew has change...
Streetwise Reports
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March 27, 2020
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There’s a lot of talk about diversification and asset allocation on this website, and rightly so. While diversification can limit large short-term gains, it also protects against large short-term losses. Since the markets tend to be unpredictable, it&CloseC...
Justin Dove
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October 28, 2012
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“Minsky Moment” refers to the idea that periods of bullish speculation will eventually lead to a crisis, wherein a sudden decline in optimism causes a spectacular market crash. Named after economist Hyman Minsky, the theory centers around the inheren...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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February 21, 2020
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In the 1960s, French politician Valéry d'Estaing complained that the United States enjoyed an “exorbitant privilege” due to the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency. He had a point. Because the dollar is the ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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March 24, 2020
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This year at AOTH we have tackled a number of reasons for gold and silver’s rise, aiming to explain “in layman’s terms” what is behind the seemingly relentless move upward - despite the trend-busting reality of a high US ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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October 3, 2019
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Bob Moriarty of 321 Gold explains why he believes banks should be allowed to fail. In later 2008 during what is now referred to as the Great Financial Crisis, government and financial managers had an opportunity to reset a badly out of balance banking system....
Streetwise Reports
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August 7, 2019
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Over the past few weeks and months, a number of key economic data has continued to rally the US major indexes towards new highs, hopes of a US/China trade deal, a continued shift of capital in the US markets for protection and safety, and moderately strong US economic indicato...
Chris Vermeulen
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October 30, 2019
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Inflation remains low, while Powell signals dovish Fed for years. Good for gold. The US CPI inflation rate declined 0.1 percent in May , following a 0.8 percent drop in April. The decrease was mainly driven by decreases in energy, transportation and apparel prices. The...
Arkadiusz Sieron
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June 16, 2020
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It was one of those days that all sexagenarians loathe; you have to go to the doctor, and whether it's the GP (general practitioner) or the dentist or the proctologist, nothing reminds you more rapidly of your advancing age than going to the optometrist. Now, many of ...
Streetwise Reports
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January 14, 2020
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Oil prices staged a remarkable rally in 2009 on the back of a weak dollar and a nascent economic recovery. In 2010, it's likely that these same factors will combine with an increase in global energy demand to push oil prices back up over $100 a barrel. With stockpiles stil...
Jason Simpkins
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October 28, 2012
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