Category Archives: Diary

Five Reasons Gold is Going to a New High

Gold has been one of the better-performing asset classes this year. And here’s the good news. It’s only just begun. Cut US dollar interest rates the least, and the greenback takes a hit. That is major gold positive. Trapped in a narrow trading range for three years, the yellow metal has suddenly become everyone’s favorite […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Iran War and Your Portfolio

If you are worried about the Israel-Iraq war causing a third oil shock and sending your portfolio to the junk yard, you can rest easy. Only a few Israeli attacks targeted Iranian oil facilities. It helps that there is a global oil glut and widespread tax-subsidized overproduction. The Strait of Hormuz remains open, which I […]

June 11 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the June 11 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Will the LA riots have any impact on the market? A: So far, they have not. The demonstrations have been confined to just a two-block area around the federal building—although on TV, it […]

Here is Your Next Decade Long Play

The urgent question of the day is, WHICH stocks do you buy and forget about for good? The answer is very simple. You buy cheap ones. And what are the cheapest stocks out there? Commodity stocks. My friend, Jim Umpleby, said that we are just entering a ten-year super cycle in commodities. Jim should know. […]