The economic pressures and concerns within the global markets have not abated just because the US Fed has ramped up the printing presses. Inversely, the stock market price levels may be elevated based on a false expectation of a quick recovery and of future expectations that...
Chris Vermeulen
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June 22, 2020
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I was born in the 1950s, a decade dominated by thousands of WWII servicemen marrying and starting families in the creation of the largest demographic in history, the "Baby Boom Generation." The 1950s saw Elvis Presley dominate the entertainment industry with ten #1 hits a...
Streetwise Reports
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April 22, 2020
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The U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks around the world appear to have the printing presses going full tilt these days. This has fueled the greatest “V recovery” any buy the dip investor could have asked for. Tech stocks and pr...
Marin Katusa
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June 26, 2020
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The price of gold and silver has come under pressure in the past few days and so too has the price of the shares of the companies involved in the creation of value for precious metals. The fear of another lockdown in connection with the Corona Pandemic seems to be worrying the...
Mario Hose
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September 24, 2020
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Economists are good for one thing, and that is creating theories. The trouble is, those theories are often wrong. This is why economics is often called “the dismal science”. Such is the case with the latest economic soup-de-jour, Modern Monetary Theory, o...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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April 12, 2019
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Gold soared past $1,400 per ounce last week, hitting a high of $1,439 per ounce. I’ve discovered an interesting angle in the gold markets that hasn’t gotten a lot of fanfare. But I think it’s a cause for the price of gol...
Marin Katusa
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July 12, 2019
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For the first time since November 9 th 2011, front month gold futures traded hands above $1,800 per ounce. It’s now knocking on the door of a major technical resistance level. Naturally, this has every goldbug and self-proclaimed expert on YouTube shout...
Marin Katusa
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July 3, 2020
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Well-run project generators are brick houses in a speculative corner of the market, where the winds of commodity prices and dilution are often house wreckers. Their share prices are typically backstopped by healthy treasuries, royalties and equity stakes, as well as exten...
Streetwise Reports
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April 16, 2020
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Back in the Dark Ages, before cellular phones and the Internet, I was studying to complete the Ontario Securities course one afternoon when I came across the part discussing "asset allocation" and "portfolio construction." This section covered the recommended mix of bonds...
Streetwise Reports
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April 14, 2020
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In the first quarter of 2019, global debt hit $246.5 trillion. Encouraged by lower interest rates, governments went on a borrowing binge as they ramped up spending, adding $3 trillion to world debt in Q1 alone. It reverses a trend that started in the beginning of 2018, of ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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October 21, 2019
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