A Low-Risk Inflation Hedge
The conventional wisdom is that bonds are a terrible investment when inflation accelerates. The theory is that rising inflation causes interest rates to rise...
Global Inflation Heating Up
Inflation is heating around the globe. China is tightening policy to combat inflation, Brazil is raising rates, the U.K. is talking tough on inflation...
A Caution Signal
Young Research’s Moving the Goods Index is looking toppy relative to the S&P 500. Our Moving the Goods Index is a market-cap weighted index...
Debunking the China Story
Invest in China, you are told. China’s economy is booming. GDP growth is among the fastest in the world. Since China is growing faster...
Your Dollar’s Silent Decline
According to AAA, the average price per gallon of regular gasoline is $3.12, up 14% from a year ago. But another way of viewing...
Know Your Limits
Charles Plosser, the President of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank gave a speech in Chile over the weekend titled The Scope and Responsibilities of...
Up 5,000% in 10 Years
Do you dream of buying shares of the next Microsoft before they take off? How about the next Apple? Apple shares are up 4,200%...
Accelerating Inflation
The December Producer Price Index (PPI) was released today. Producer inflation jumped 1.1% in December. Over the last two years, producer prices have increased...
Redefining Success
The Federal Reserve released the minutes of the December 14 FOMC meeting this week. The FOMC’s meeting minutes provide an expanded discussion of the...
Retirement Isn’t What You Expect
You don’t want to face a retirement in which you are forced into lowering your living standards. Yet that is exactly what the majority...