The dollar index is likely to see a minor pullback to 93.0 support ahead of what could be a new leg in the rally to 96 – 96.50 levels as speculators remain net short on the greenback. US retail sale...
Gold demand hit near record levels in the first quarter of 2016. Despite the price rising nearly 17%, the demand for gold surged 21% in the opening quarter of the year. It was the second largest qua...
The US Dollar edged higher versus the Japanese Yen, finding support after a member of Japan’s academia suggested that the Bank of Japan could expand Quantitative Easing measures by next month. Takat...
Every Game involves learning the rules of the game in order to be successful, the financial markets are the ultimate 4 dimensional futuristic chess game. There are different levels operating within th...
Wise investors hate crowded trades. Good, high-alpha trades tend to be out-of-consensus and uncomfortable. Bad trades tend to be ones that everyone wants to talk about at the cocktail party. Think “...
Everyone, including mainstream media, is so excited about gold’s new bull market. Even JP Morgan is out on CNBC to announce the birth of a new bull market in gold. While we are firm believers in...
Technical analysis of a 4-hour time frame chart spanning 6 months for the USD/JPY (US Dollar vs Japanese Yen) shows the pair attempting a bullish reversal from its bottom @ 105.546. Thus far, it has...
As the U.S. economy slows down, we would expect to start to see evidence of this in the employment numbers, and that is precisely what has begun to happen. During the week before last, initial claims ...
Investors can get ahead of events by aligning their portfolios to “a world of lower expected capital market returns and higher forward volatility.” That, at any rate, is the upshot of a thoughtful...
I Don’t Know These three words, almost never uttered in this business, are far and away the most critical to long-term investment success. Why? Because the future is unpredictable, but having the h...