Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
Since the end of April financial markets have become increasingly volatile, seemingly no sector or asset class has been spared. Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with Bob Moriarty about where we are at today in the gold … Continued
The latest commodities report from RBC states that gold is in fair-value territory primarily due to the fact that bearish sentiment has jumped in the past few weeks: The final sentence is also telling: “With all eyes on the … Continued
“100 years of history proves that the Fed is clueless. The mismatch between interest rates and risk today is absolutely insane. My opinion is that the whole financial system is going to blow sky high.” The Energy & Gold … Continued
This is a really smart note from @rareviewmacro: To boil this down, a rate hike on Wednesday will likely to serve to only ‘tighten’ market conditions further, whereas, a decision to keep rates on hold would generate a sell-off … Continued
The Federal Reserve finds itself in a tricky situation heading into Wednesday’s FOMC announcement. There has been a considerable build-up over the past several weeks (primarily from strong employment reports) which has led to the market anticipating a 25 basis … Continued
Since the odds of a Fed rate hike at its December meeting shot up above 80% gold has actually outperformed the S&P 500: Gold vs. S&P 500 since November 20th This outperformance is widening further today as … Continued
Next week the Federal Reserve is set to make its final monetary policy announcement of the year and 100% of economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict that the Fed will raise rates. While 100% demonstrates a high level of conviction among this … Continued
While the market is intently focused on whether the Federal Reserve will raise rates at its December meeting, the real action is taking place at the long-end of the Treasury yield curve. Two weeks ago the yield on the 30-year Treasury … Continued
The recent trend in economic data is, to put it nicely, poor. Factory orders, new home sales, corporate profit margins, and various indicators of global growth are all trending lower with many reaching lows not seen since 2009: Factory orders … Continued
The Federal Reserve did not hike interest rates today – here are 5 key takeaways from the announcement: The following excerpt from the first paragraph of the Fed statement is a clear signal that China is very much on the … Continued