When you receive a paycheck, who do you pay first?If you're like most Americans, you're probably paying everyone else first-your rent/mortgage, groceries, utilities, car payment, insurance, etc. Once you're done paying all those bills, you stick whatever you have left (if anything) into savings-that's the classic "paying yourself last" scenario.And like most people, you then patiently await your n...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger muses on the forces at play on the markets and precious metals, and also mentions uranium. Back in the 1960s, from time to time, many of my elementary school classmates would have great difficulty paying attention to the teacher. It would usually take the form of doodling with a pencil, drawing prepubescent renditions of monsters or hot rods or animals. The polite...Read More
Read the latest articles at Peak Prosperity: https://www.peakprosperity.com/Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stoc...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized ecoanomist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWeek, Tim...Read More
Democrats plant to pass the most extreme gun-control legislation in decades when they take over the House majority next yearContinue...Read More
With real estate starting to crack in Australia, Harry Dent returns for his latest tour earlier than expected. Declining numbers across the country is a very big deal for several reasons which Harry details in his latest video...*If the volume isn't working, click the volume icon located in the bottom right hand corner of the video playerHarry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor...Read More
At Alhambra Investments we seek to create informed portfolio strategies that, like the Alhambra, stand the arduous test of time. We are best known for our in-depth research and Continue...Read More
Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St interviewed first time guest, forensic accountant and transparency reporter at MarketWatch.com, a Dow Jones publication, Francine McKenna http://retheauditors.com/. Francine's Market Watch articles can be found here https://www.marketwatch.com/topics/jo... and they also routinely appear in the Wall Street Journal.Francine has over 25 years experience working in...Read More
Nov 12, 2018 Guest(s): Rob McEwen The large-cap miners have dissuaded investors from entering the mining sector space with their lackluster performance and shrinking production profiles, said Rob McEwen, chairman of McEwen Mining. "The majors haven't done any favors to the sector. They've gone out and they've sold off production so their growth curves have a negative slope to them. They got rid...Read More
First developing countries blew up. Then real estate topped and started to roll over. Now oil has entered what CNBC just called its "longest losing streak in three decades.” The oil rout just became a bear market for U.S. crudeIn a volatile turnabout, the U.S. crude benchmark fell into a bear market Thursday just five weeks after hitting a nearly four-year high.West Texas Intermediate crude...Read More
The leftists have figured out a way to tax wealthy even more by taxing their ability to flee Illinois.Continue...Read More
In today's update we look at yet another 'Punch and Judy' American election farce which once again ignored the 'Elephant in the room' - the inevitable U.S. $121.7 trillion debt crisis and the coming global $250 trillion debt crisis.We briefly look at the outcome of the elections, how markets have reacted in the short term and more importantly the long term outlook for markets and the dollarWe ex...Read More
Michael Sheetz| @thesheetztweetzPublished 6 Hours AgoUpdated4 Hours AgoCNBC.com show chapters Kovacevich: Market will react negatively if Fed doesn't hike rates in December 4 Hours Ago |05:28 This is a comparison of Thursday's FOMC statement with the one issued after the Fed's previous policymaking meeting on September 26.Text removed from the September statement is in red...Read More
This free e-book offers options basics for any trader.It's essential for every trader to occasionally take a step back, and consider their long-term trading goals.Some traders aretrying to fund a child's college education, augment their own retirement, or leave the daily 9-to-5 grind once and for all, while others are seeking a way to smooth out crazy market volatility and whipsaw swings in their...Read More
Ignoring select Vanguard funds can help investors make 226% more than the average Vanguard investor.With more than 180 funds to choose from, most every Vanguard investor needs advice on which funds are best for them to own. Trouble is...Vanguard tells investors to buy funds no one should own, while hiding some of their strongest funds.Wealthy investors are some of the most demanding people out the...Read More
This afternoon the Federal Reserve concluded this month's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Immediately following the conclusion of today's meeting, the Fed released a statement. There was no press conference held after the meeting. However, Chairman Powell has stated that next year every meeting will conclude with a press conference. "The labor market has continued to strengthen and...Read More
BloombergFed Chairman Jerome Powell The Federal Reserve on Thursday held interest rates steady while signaling that it will stay the course and move rates up at a gradual pace in coming months. As expected, the Fed kept its benchmark target for rates unchanged in a 2% to 2.25% range. In November, the central bankers left the core of its prior, upbeat, policy statement unchanged. With jobs gains "...Read More
Oil prices fell for a ninth straight dayAfter Wednesday's post-midterms rally, U.S. stocks took a breather today. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) surprised no one by standing pat on interest rates, and said it "expects further gradual increases" to rates. Energy stocks, in particular, took a beating, as oil prices fell into bear market territory -- down 20% from their October high -- and...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For years, U.S. military veterans were more likely than other Americans to be self employed. But that trend has reversed over the last generation and on Thursday a report by the Federal Reserve suggested one reason is that they are less likely to get the financing they need.The report’s authors said the data for the first time provided “substantial evidence”...Read More
(Reuters) - Democrats have gained a net 32 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after elections on Tuesday, with only seven races still undecided, according to the latest projections by media outlets and data provider DDHQ.The Democratic Party needed to pick up only 23 seats to wrest control of the chamber from the Republican Party.Following is the latest tally of seats that will change part...Read More