Financial Sense

By Josh Nunn Joshn Nunn – One of the biggest challenges that we face as financial planners is the expectation that we can predict the future. We’re not talking about predicting the winning numbers for tonight’s Powerball, but about the expectation… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Adrian Ash By Adrian Ash – Gold prices failed to hold a rally above $1190 per ounce for the second day in a row in London trade Wednesday; dropping back as the US dollar rose and world stock markets fell again amid fresh worries over Italy’s government… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff – Tariffs, geopolitical troubles, and concerns over US-China trade wars have provided a short-term tailwind to gold as a risk hedge. Though it has yet to break out into a new bull market, CPM Group’s Jeff Christian explained what they see taking place… …read more

FS Staff – The Federal Reserve and other central banks lowered rates to such dramatic levels after 2008 that we ended with the lowest levels in 5,000 years of recorded history. Since then, the Fed now realizes that it needs to normalize not because the economy… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Patrick O’Hare By Patrick O’Hare – Why would stock investors be interested in owning short-term Treasury securities when this bull market has yet to be slain by the matador (that would be Fed Chair Powell by the way). If investors hold Treasury securities to maturity, they don’t… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – The past five to ten years have seen many technological breakthroughs that hold an extreme amount of promise for a wide range of commercial, military, and industrial applications. Unfortunately, the world’s current telecommunications… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Oil Price By Oil Price – Saudi Arabia pumped over 100,000 bpd of crude oil more in May, with daily production reaching 10 million bpd, officials from the country’s oil industry said, as quoted by the Oil and Gas Journal, adding that plans… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Kurt Kallaus By Kurt Kallaus – The Atlanta Fed estimates a whopping 4.7% GDP growth in the 2nd quarter of 2018 and ISM manufacturing backlogs are near three-decade highs. The current order backlog logjam and extreme small business… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Surprise! Fat is actually good for you and also a necessary part of a healthy diet. So writes Nina Teicholz, an investigative science journalist and former vegetarian of 25+ years, in her must-read book, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat, and… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Matthew Kerkhoff By Matthew Kerkhoff – China and the US slapped $34 billion worth of levies on each other’s exports last Friday, and the markets said, “yeah, whatever,” and marched higher. The question is, why? Market moves often baffle… …read more From:: Financial Sense