Investing Analysis

VIDEO: Central Bank Mispricing is Backdrop to Sellof

Great explanation on the folly of misguided monetary activism from Jim Grant. The video is a must watch for those still wondering why the...

Zac Brown Band: Castaway

Castaway is my new favorite boat song from the Zac Brown Band’s new album Jekyll + Hyde. I love the five part harmony at...

Market Correction: Is this the New Normal?

Over the last five trading days the market has cratered by almost 11%. An 11% decline in stocks is not an out of the...

CRASH!

Early last June here’s how I led off a special three-part Intelligence Report series to subscribers: “In recent issues my goal has been to...

Video: The Retirement Gamble

You, no doubt, have questions about your retirement, especially with the recent market declines. I was speaking with a client yesterday and he told...

The Monday Melee: Day of Rage

World Dependent on Chinese Growth The Wall Street Journal writes: Beijing’s struggles this summer have spooked many investors into viewing China as a threat to, rather...

How Long Can Saudi Arabia Hold Out on Oil?

//cdn.gotraffic.net/projector/latest/bplayer.js Bloomberg's Vivian Nereim and Donna Abu-Nasr write that Saudi Arabia is facing serious economic trouble as a result of continued low oil prices: Economists are predicting a budget...

How to Buy a Boat Part VI

A lot of great stuff happens when you’re on the water. It’s usually the things that you don’t plan which end up being the...

Beware Bio-tech risk in ETFs

Barrons’s had a nice piece over the weekend on the hidden exposures that may be lurking in your small-cap fund. Bio-tech stocks have been...

How to Buy a Boat Part V

“If you’re going to buy a boat that is mass produced, make sure you don’t buy the one that was put together on a...