Financial Sense

By Callum Thomas By Callum Thomas – Three quickfire charts on US bond market sentiment…some of these sentiment charts are clearly at an extreme – and that’s usually when you go looking for contrarian signals. But then I look at a lot of charts on the bond market… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Chris Puplava – Buffett is full of pithy quotes. One of my favorites is, “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” In the realm of investing, the tide of liquidity (or the amount of money (or the amount of money circulating… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – The Fed is set on a rate-raising trajectory, largely because of burgeoning inflation. Jim Bianco with Bianco Research, who recently held a conference call titled Regime Shifts Are Not Pretty, takes a look at how… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Josh Nunn By Josh Nunn – A few weeks ago, we discussed estate taxes and changes to the state exemptions with the recent passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. With the recent doubling of the federal exemption from… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Patrick O’Hare By Patrick O’Hare – Market participants were literally and figuratively jolted this week when it became known by way of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) that the number of job openings in April exceeded… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Adrian Ash By Adrian Ash – Gold and silver fell Friday lunchtime in London, dropping back to $1289 and $16.95 per ounce respectively as the White House confirmed new tariffs on an extra $50 billion of China’s annual exports to… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Independent Institute By Independent Institute – By and large, Americans support spending more money on public education and schools. That general rule of thumb comes, however, with a caveat. Americans expect that when they give public schools… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Patrick O’Hare By Patrick O’Hare – The US dollar has been strong this year, particularly in the second quarter. The US Dollar Index, which measures the value of the US dollar against a basket of six foreign currencies, increased… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Jeffrey D Saut By Jeff Saut – On CNBC last Friday, we stated that we have been in a stealth bull market. Indeed, after anticipating the stock market’s bottom in early February, the stealth bull market emerged. So what’s a stealth bull market? …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Chris Puplava By Chris Puplava – Over the last year, we have progressively seen global equity markets undergo significant declines from their highs while U.S. markets have remained resilient. This is likely due to the tax stimulus passed last year as well as record corporate… …read more From:: Financial Sense