Money Printing and Dealing with Inflation! Where to Stop?
Now that Governments have discovered QE (money printing) do we really think they will put this tool back in the box & never use it again? I don’t. Nor does Fed Chairman Powell. As I’ve mentioned before, in a testimony to congress earlier in 2022, he was asked what the Fed’s response would be to the next proper recession? He instantly More...
ARKK: Are Some Investors Finally Losing Faith in Cathie Wood’s ARK?
The story of Cathie Wood and the ARKK fund would present a fascinating study of various types of cognitive bias. Everybody wants a story. It’s kryptonite for humanity. They just don’t stop believin’. She More...
Is Freedom of Choice Really an Illusion?
Do we really have a choice? 11 mega-conglomerates and the brands that they own. These companies — Nestlé, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Danone, General Mills, Kellogg’s, Mars, Associated British Foods, More...
Retail Industry Getting Squeezed As Credit Insurers Take Fright!
by Paul Scott A recent Sunday Times article had worrying news in the business section, revealing that a leading trade credit insurance company, Atradius, has cut cover on AO World. It says this could lead to cashflow More...
Is Slowing Inflation Good News for Growth Stocks?
The Fed is slowing its rate hikes — but investors should hold their horses. The question now is how high rates will have to go before they start coming down again. Satori Fund founder Dan Niles told CNBC last More...
Historic Collapse in USA Jobs in April!
· U.S. nonfarm payrolls plummeted by 20.5m in April, largely erasing the 23m gain from the ten-year expansion. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) estimate of the unemployment rate jumped More...
Coronavirus: Facing the Third Wave
Mixed news: After initially missing the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Hubei region (wave one), China resorted to drastic measures in February. It has reportedly managed to arrest the surge in cases in Hubei and More...
Brexit: Trading Opportunities
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union on June 23, 2016 (aka as Brexit) sparked an unprecedented wave of volatility in UK markets. The pound immediately plunged to its lowest in 30 years and has since More...
5 Events Leading to Potential Trading Opportunities in 2017
In 2016 the currency markets experienced a lot of volatility, as many different geo-political events had an impact on separate currency values. There was the shock Brexit vote in the UK, Donald Trump’s victory More...
How the EUR/GBP has Started 2017
It’s fair to say that the EUR/GBP currency pairing experienced a tumultuous year in 2016. The start of the year wasn’t so bad, but when the UK’s EU membership referendum was announced, and then More...