by Lance Roberts | Sep 8, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Since the beginning of the year, economic data has continued to defy the recession calls of 2022. Therefore, it is unsurprising that economic data surprised analysts’ more dire predictions last year. Of course, given the underestimation of the economy previously, the...
by Bloomberg.com | Sep 8, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy
Strategists would sell any rally to position for hard landing Yield gap between equity and bonds is lowest since 2000 The rising threat of interest rates staying higher-for-longer is likely to dent prospects of a soft landing for the US economy and drive a selloff in...
by BusinessInsider.com | Sep 7, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy
China’s central bank added 29 tons of gold to its reserves in August, marking a 10th straight increase. The country’s stockpiling of the safe-haven asset coincides with its efforts to move away from its reliance on the dollar. China recently cut its...
by Lance Roberts | Sep 5, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Mega-cap stocks continue to dominate the market in 2023. The question is, why? After all, many other great companies have arguably much better valuations and fundamentals. Yet, those companies continue to lag the market’s overall returns as the bifurcation between the...
by Bloomberg.com | Sep 5, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy
He tells David Rubenstein 95% of his money is in a foundation Co-founder of GMO says most pressing issue is climate change While many on Wall Street have stopped obsessing about a recession, Jeremy Grantham has not. That should shock no one who has followed the career...
by John Mauldin | Sep 1, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Look up the word “cycle” in a dictionary, and you’ll find something like this: “A regularly recurring sequence of events.” Sounds simple, but that definition leaves a lot of ambiguity. Zoom in on the “regularly recurring” part. A recurring event is one that happens...
