Dec 6, 2024 – In today's Smart Macro edition of the Financial Sense Newshour, Chris Puplava provides his analysis on recent consumer and manufacturing data, noting a jump in both consumer confidence and auto sales. This, along with our leading...
Nov 22, 2024 – Today we're going to provide a quick update on gold, the US dollar, and some of the big macro trends that we at Financial Sense Wealth Management are closely watching when it comes to navigating the current market...
Nov 8, 2024 – Small business sentiment is currently at recessionary levels and the US manufacturing sector has been in recession for around two years, but that's now going to change, says Financial Sense Wealth Management CIO Chris Puplava...
Oct 25, 2024 – Whether it's the US dollar, Chinese Renminbi, Japanese Yen, Euro, or British Pound, gold is seeing an astonishing level of strength relative to nearly every single currency in the world. We discuss what's happening with gold, what we're seeing with...
Oct 14 – The coordinated global easing cycle since last month is one of the most active for rate cuts since the turn of the century—comparable to March 2020 and the 2008-2009 period. Historically, such periods of global easing have led to strong economic...
Oct 11, 2024 – In today's Smart Macro segment of the Financial Sense Newshour, Chris Puplava highlights that the current trend of central banks cutting interest rates mirrors levels seen during the 2008-2009 Great Financial Crisis...
Sep 27, 2024 – We just experienced a significant week for the markets, marked by several noteworthy events that could shift the economic outlook. After the Federal Reserve announced a 50-basis point rate cut last week, China has now unveiled...
Sep 13, 2024 – Precious metals experienced a significant surge this week, with gold hitting a new record high of $2,610/oz and silver climbing back above $30/oz. If you're invested in precious metals or have an interest in this market, today’s show...
August 30, 2024 – In today's Smart Macro edition of the Financial Sense Newshour, Chris Puplava explains how the Fed's focus has now shifted from high inflation to a weakening job market, especially now that we've seen one of the largest downward revisions to the jobs data since the Great...
Aug 16, 2024 – Chris Puplava discusses the role corporate buybacks are playing in driving the bounce back in stocks and why we are starting to increase our exposure to emerging market bonds. Also, Chris covers the most recent economic data...
Aug 2, 2024 – In today's Smart Macro segment, Chris Puplava dives into the jobs data released today and surveys the major trends we are seeing by state and region. As he points out, California posted the worst numbers in the country...
Jul 23, 2024 – The stock market typically rallies after the last Fed rate hike through the onset of a recession. However, once a recession begins, the stock market has seen declines as little as 9% (1980 recession) to as great as 54% (2007-2009)...
Jul 12, 2024 – US consumer sentiment is declining, and the job market isn't offering relief. Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, analyzes the latest data on jobs, inflation, and consumer sentiment, and shares insights from...
Jun 28, 2024 – Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, warns that we are now seeing a deterioration in US government bond liquidity to levels we haven't seen since 2008. What does that mean and how could this...
Jun 7, 2024 – Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, gives a breakdown of today's jobs data and explains why, given other employment metrics, we are likely to see this number revised downward in the months ahead...
May 24, 2024 – How much have commodities risen this year? Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, details the surprising year-to-date increases in the prices of gold, silver, oil, gasoline, natural gas, aluminum...
May 10, 2024 – In today's Smart Macro segment, Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, explains why it may now be time to be on 'high alert' for the US jobs market. Chris also discusses the data that just came out this week...
Apr 27, 2024 – In today's Smart Macro segment, Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, explains how the largest foreign holder of US Treasuries, Japan, is witnessing a rapid devaluation of its currency and how...
Apr 15, 2024 – The U.S. is on the brink of a financial challenge with nearly $9 trillion of its debt approaching maturity within the next year. This debt will need to be refinanced at interest rates much higher than when it was originally taken on—almost twice as high, in fact...
Apr 12, 2024 – In today's Smart Macro segment, Financial Sense Wealth Management CIO Chris Puplava discusses the rise of the gold vigilantes—large global investors, central banks, and institutions who are increasingly favoring...
