Let me ask you a question. Suppose you have the ability to invest in any stock market in the world. One of the largest markets has lagged badly for many years now….
Tag: money and markets
Time to Take Profits from Corporate Bonds?
Back in May of 2009, I wrote an article here in Money and Markets called “Time to Start Nibbling on Corporate Bonds.” As the name implied, I argued that investors looking for…
Telling Trend Reversals: The Dollar and Bonds
In last week’s Money and Markets column, I wrote about Bernanke’s quantitative easing policy. The goal of the policy is to create higher stock and housing prices by pushing the dollar and…
Is there anyone left we can TRUST?
How safe is each one of YOUR stocks, mutual funds and ETFs? Do you have a firm basis for knowing if they’re likely to outperform the market? If they’re already overvalued and…
Bernanke QE2 Program Backfiring! Global Money War Intensifying!
The reviews are coming in fast and furious — and they’re downright terrible! I’m not talking about the latest romantic comedy or action movie. I’m talking about the reviews of the Federal…
4 ETFs Beating the Dow by a Mile
by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. Martin here with a quick update on four of our favorite exchange traded funds (ETFs). >From the first trading day in May through this past Friday, November…
Bernanke’s Monetary Policy Is Doomed!
Last week Ben Bernanke wrote an article for The Washington Post to justify the Fed’s decision of another round of quantitative easing. Here’s his core argument: “Easier financial conditions will promote economic…
Treasury Bond Bubble about to POP!
Financial history shows that interest rates — and hence bond prices — have risen and fallen in long-term trends spanning decades. The following chart shows the 10-year Treasury since 1953. As you…
G-20 Meeting FAILS To End Currency Wars! Plus, Four Other Powerful Forces About to Impact Financial Markets
Tomorrow is your last day to see the extremely timely presentation about the strategies and investments to be used in Martin’s $1,000,000 portfolio, starting THIS week. The reason it’s so timely? Because…
Mortgage Mess Comes Back to Haunt Bankers … Again
Halloween is right around the corner. So it’s only appropriate that — just like some bad horror movie character — the mortgage monster keeps coming back to haunt bankers. Indeed, major financial…