Market Situation Report 7.20.13

  To immediately watch the Market Situation Report – click here.  After two previous attempts (one in April and one in May) did gold mining shares just bottom this week? And if so, what should you do? Join me this week as I delve into the mystery of whether precious metal mining shares have finally bottomed.…

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Investing In A Dysfunctional Stock Market

If you would like to see the Market Situation Report now, click here.                                                       Investing In A Dysfunctional Stock Market When future generations look back on the time between the years 2000 and 2018, people will most likely roll their eyes and say, “What were they THINKING?  Trillions of dollars…

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Market Situation Report 7.13.13

  To immediately watch the Market Situation Report, click here. Wow. What a screwed up, dysfunctional investment world we live in today. The markets are swinging up or down trillions of dollars, based on one man’s words. Did he say, “accommodative”?  Did he say “tapering”?  Did he say unemployment was too high or too low?…

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Rates Jump Higher…Now What?

If you would like to view the Market Situation Report immediately, click here.                                 Rates Jump Higher…Now What? One of the most important principles in effectively investing properly, growing and protecting your portfolio, is price momentum or price direction. It’s not earnings, price-to-earnings, price-to-book or fundamentals.  It is the direction that the stock, bond, commodity or…

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Market Situation Report 7.6.13

To immediately watch the Market Situation Report, click here. Wow. Did you see what interest rates did this week? A year ago this month, the 10-year treasury was yielding 1.4%.  Today, it is almost double that rate at 2.7%.  Most of the gain can be attributed to one thing.  It is one thing that doesn’t…

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Is Gold’s Fall Finished?

  To immediately view the Market Situation Report, click here.   Is Gold’s Fall Finished? Someone sent an email to me a few months ago asking for my philosophy on investing.  I wanted to use the fewest amount of words in my response, so I simply typed: “News follows price.  Opinion follows price.  Emotion follows…

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Market Situation Report 6.29.13

To immediately watch the Market Situation Report, click here. It’s been a difficult quarter (and year) to be involved with Gold.  In fact, ever since Gold peaked at $1919 in August of 2011, it has been a losing game. So, with Gold being down 26% year-to-date, and 35% from its high in August 2011, is…

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Investing Without Money Printing

To immediately watch the Market Situation Report, click here. Investing Without Money Printing When determining the one topic to discuss in the Market Situation Report each week, I reflect on what happened during the past week; both obvious and obscure. There are other weeks, like this week, where the one topic is very clear.  This…

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Market Situation Report 6.22.13

To immediately view this week’s Market Situation Report, click here.  Higher interest rates are here to stay.Now what?The world knows that higher rates are here to stay.  We know this because Ben Bernanke saw interest rates going up on the 10-year treasury, and by not saying anything, he let the market know that he would…

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What Happens WHEN Central Banks Lose Control?

  Register For “When The FED Loses Control” Special Webinar right here.                                          What Happens WHEN Central Banks Lose Control? The two questions I am hearing the most are, “What is going to happen when Central Banks slow down or stop their printing?  What is going to happen when markets (the…

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