The Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, is crying wolf amid an ongoing – and deepening – debt crisis. The island’s taxpayers are on the hook to pay back a who...
Shanghai Gold Exchange has decided to publish their gold withdrawal figures on a monthly basis rather than weekly. For January 2016 there were 225.8 tonnes withdrawn from the exchange. ...
The latest Commitment of Traders report covers the week ending February 2. It covers the FOMC meeting and the BOJ’s surprise cut. It included speculation of a potential deal between Russia ...
Many investors like to look for momentum in stocks, but this can be very tough to define. There is great debate regarding which metrics are the best to focus on in this regard, and which are not reall...
Instead of allocating capital to expensive tail risk bets on direct asset class collapse (in equities, credit, and commodities), it appears, just as we detailed previously, the ‘smartest money ...
The earnings season has started, and several major banks in the Eurozone have already reported on how they performed in the fourth quarter of 2015, and the entire financial year. Most results were qui...
Walmart is an excellent candidate for an income strategy. It’s undervalued, a dividend aristocrat and performs exceptionally well in recessions. The strategy involves the sale of a covered call ...
Japan may be the Land of the Rising Sun… but in terms of monetary policy, it’s the land of falling interest rates. Negative interest rates, to be precise. As damning economic indictments go, it d...
For income-focused investors, real estate investment trusts (REITs) offer the attractive combination of moderate to high yields and the potential for substantial dividend growth. New REITs hit the mar...
$100 Trillion Up in Smoke “We aren’t addicted to oil, but our cars are.” – James Woolsey “The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It’s integrity.” – George Forema...