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 Kurt Kallaus By Kurt Kallaus – This week the markets are dealing with the fear of an Italian political crisis if Italy leaves the Eurozone and defaults on its debt, adding yet another layer of uncertainty into the markets beyond China, NAFTA, North Korea, and Iran. Stocks are unlikely… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – FS Insider recently interviewed Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, to discuss the bonanza in stock buybacks by US companies, why risks are brewing for emerging markets, and how we now see an inversion… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Adrian Ash By Adrian Ash – Gold prices held above $1300 per ounce in London trade Friday, erasing half of last week’s 2% drop even as the Dollar rose again on the FX market amid fresh tensions between Nato members Turkey and the US plus… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Urban Carmel By Urban Carmel – It’s true that equities fall before the start of most recessions. So why bother following the economy; why not just follow the price of equities? “Market corrections” occur every 20 months, but less than a third of these actually becomes… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – We’re likely to see two or three more rate hikes this year and the continuation of quantitative tightening, through which the Fed is on course to drain $420 billion dollars of liquidity from the markets. At the same time, recent data shows that… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – FS Insider recently interviewed Don Coxe at Coxe Advisors on the large number of storm fronts that are converging upon the financial markets, whether in the disruption to the fundamental pricing mechanism that dictates corporate valuations… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Matthew Kerkhoff By Matthew Kerkhoff – Recent talks over this past weekend have helped make it clear that both sides are interested in reaching an agreement. China has already agreed to increase its imports of U.S. products, and on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Our Financial Sense leading economic indicator (LEI) peaked in October 2017 and has experienced six months of consecutive declines. It is still in positive territory—meaning the risk of a recession over the next six months is quite low—but weakening… …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