Kurt Osterberg

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A New Way To Double Your Money (Or More)

Note: There is some fine print on what constitutes “adjusted gross proceeds.” Be sure to read it if you’re considering an investment. People I don’t know – complete strangers, actually – ...
On July 7, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Genesis Energy: Huge 9% Dividend Yield Is Attractive, But Weak Coverage A Concern

Genesis Energy (GEL) is a high yielding Master Limited Partnership, with a long history of steady dividends. There are currently only ~130 publicly traded MLPs available today.The unique tax structur...
On July 7, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Fast Fashion Has Changed The Industry And The Economy

I own 10 black t-shirts. Three from Gap, four from H&M, one from Buffalo and two from Gilden. When it comes to blue t-shirts I have at least 5, I probably have 3 grey tees, maybe 3 in white, and ...
On July 7, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Bond Rout

Nothing ever goes in a straight line. For every rally there will inevitably be a retracement, a minor sell-off often of no more than profit taking. These are generally pausing where a durable trend ei...
On July 7, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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ECRI Weekly Leading Index: WLI Growth Index Continues Decline In 2017

Today’s release of the publicly available data from ECRI puts its Weekly Leading Index (WLI) at 144.0, up 0.9 from the previous week. Year-over-year the four-week moving average of the indicator...
On July 7, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Rising Interest Rates Could Present A Problem For Risk Assets

Exactly one year ago I wrote, “long bonds enter the blowoff stage” (and “a few more thoughts on the long bond blowoff“). Since then the 30-year Treasury yield has risen 40% and the 10-year Tre...
On July 7, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Five Best-Performing Mutual Funds Of First-Half 2017

All the key indexes witnessed significant milestones in the first half of this year, with both the Dow and S&P 500 registering their best growth since the same period in 2013. Additionally, a sign...
On July 7, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Gold Stocks’ Summer Bottom

The gold miners’ stocks have drifted lower over the past month, slumping back to major support. This weakness has naturally intensified the bearish psychology engulfing this small contrarian sector,...
On July 7, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Silver Tests Overnight Flash-Crash Lows

Spot silver prices have slipped lower since the payrolls data this morning and are now testing (and rebounding) the overnight flash-crash lows as Japan opened… Spot Silver… The futures vol...
On July 7, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Payrolls Bounce In June With Upward Revisions In April And May: Earnings Very Weak, May Revised Lower

Initial Reaction Today’s establishment survey was a stronger than expected 222,000. Upward revisions added a net 47,000 jobs in April and May. In the household survey, employment fell by 233,000 in ...
On July 7, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg