Investing Strategies & Updates

Who’s Your Mama? Yamana Gold! 

February 17, 2020

Every now and then I get a call from one of my longtime broker friends of the past three-plus decades about a stock from “back in the day” that makes a sudden and determined move higher, snapping out of a Rip Van Winkle-like slumber. Every gold bug in the world knows the name Yamana Gold […]

A Green Light for Technology REITs

February 10, 2020

After a period of relative calm following the finalizing of the Phase One trade deal, volatility has re-entered the market. This has sent stock valuations lower and bond prices sharply higher. Yields across the curve are plunging with the 2/10 year spread briefly inverting as of Jan. 31. The two-year T-Note yield is 1.58% and […]

Buy the ‘Wintel’ Trade in the Coronavirus Correction

February 3, 2020

Stocks across the board are being sold off in a mad dash to raise cash and reduce risk amid uncertainty as headlines of the coronavirus spread and the pathogen causes a rising number of deaths. What’s more interesting is that this year’s strain of the domestic flu has already hospitalized more than 180,000 people and […]

Is There Still Promise In Cannabisville?

January 27, 2020

It is often said that in the land of blind men, the man with one eye is king. As is in many hyperbolic movements in nascent markets (i.e. Big Bang Dot Com Era, circa 1995 to 2000), the rush to rise to ascendancy is often wrought with the entanglements of strewn body parts and desolate […]

Current Rally Could Carry into February

January 20, 2020

Don’t look now, but the rally that has taken the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq to new lifetime highs has the look and feel of extending its run into mid-February. Liquidity from the Fed boosting its balance sheet, the signing of the Phase One deal and the passage of the USMCA deal this past week is […]

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China’s Stock Market is a Terminal Short

January 14, 2020

One of the most important identifiers of a country’s economic health is its current account balance as a percent gross domestic product (GDP). According to data from a great source, Trading Economics, “The current account balance as a percent of GDP provides an indication on the level of international competitiveness of a country.” Usually, countries […]

Where to Find Assets for Maximum Income in 2020

January 6, 2020

Among the most cited investment objectives highlighted within various financial surveys is the desire to generate yield and income from invested capital. For the past 10 years, yields on traditional asset classes have been dismal, not even keeping up with inflation and taxes. Rates on certificates of deposit (CDs), money markets, Treasuries, Government National Mortgage […]

Industrial Stocks Likely Will Lead in 2020

December 31, 2019

As 2019 comes to a close, all manner of predictions regarding what to expect in 2020 are making headlines. From interest rates, to sectors, to price targets for gold, oil, currencies and stocks, fortunes and reputations will be won and lost on such bold calls for the year ahead. In keeping with this tradition, I […]

2020 Trade – Long European Banks?

December 23, 2019

In December 2011, shortly after he became the new chief of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi opened the floodgates and offered unlimited amounts of euros to banks in three-year loans at 1% interest, with the intention that they would lend that money to businesses and spur growth. The Basel Committee (which sets global […]

Two ‘W’ Dividend Stocks Set to Vault Higher

December 16, 2019

This past month, one well-respected banking/brokerage firm after another is talking up the “great rotation” occurring within the stock market. Evidence of money flowing from growth and defensive sectors into value and cyclical sectors is becoming more evident, so there is no doubt which stocks are showing the mojo on any given day. Since a […]

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