Financial Sense Blog

This year's volatility is a function of crossing cyclical currents and can be expected to continue intermittently until the 4-year cycle bottoms this fall. Here's some ways of dealing with it.

“The collapse of the U.S. economy is a certainty - only the manner in which it will happen has yet to be determined. It is just a matter of time before the global derivatives bubble will produce the same result that has occurred to every other currency not backed by gold throughout history - those currencies, our ‘money’, will become worthless.”

If my fears are correct, we could face huge changes to our way of life. There should be investment opportunities coming with a National ID. Or... will these be set aside only for the "friends and insiders?"

It is important for investors to gain a basic understanding of how future Fed policy could impact the value of an individual’s savings and other financial assets.

Reversion to the mean cannot be circumvented. It can be delayed, but it will not be denied. The combination of expiring tax credits, the failure of HAMP, the conclusion of the Fed buying dodgy MBS, the growing shadow inventory of foreclosures, Option ARM and Alt-A resets, and rising interest rates will result in a further fall in home prices of at least 20% in the next two years. Mr. John Paulson will be wrong this time.

As of last Friday, the dollar was sinking, gold is in a correction and the general markets are in a whip-saw trading range. What to do?

Can the stock market go up in a slow-growing economy? This is a question not for just this week but likely for the coming decade. The latest GDP numbers show, as many of the variables in my Always a Winner forecasting model have been suggesting, that the US economy is indeed slowing down and now operating below its full potential output.

As we all know there is an unlimited amount of ways to trade the financial markets. Each person sees the market in a different way, has different skill sets, trading experience and risk tolerance levels. While some individuals create and use complete systems to make money there are some very basic trading strategies which still work well and require nothing more than basic charting, patients and a little money management.

To advance new alternative energy technologies and business solutions global Japanese trading company ITOCHU Corporation has been active on a number of fronts, including development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles and other applications.

Gold has been the talk of the town: some are raging bulls, while others are raging bears. One thing is for certain – gold is the only bull market in town; and the precious metal has been the best performing asset of the past decade.