3 Reasons the Silver Price Will Explode
The stage has been set for 2020 to be the year for precious metals to make a big bull run. With the potential for conflict in the Middle East, jittery stock markets, and a Federal Reserve that’s engaging in more monetary easing, this year should see increased demand for gold and silver. Many investors remember the great precious metals bull...
Corporate Executives Think Stock Markets Are Overvalued… As They Continue Buying Back Stock
It’s no secret that corporate stock buybacks are one of the primary drivers behind high-flying stock markets in recent years. Over the past decade, corporations have been the largest net buyers of stock, continuing to buy back more and more stock and driving prices through the roof. And even though most corporate CFOs now think that stock markets are...
Global Debt Continues to Soar: Is the End in Sight?
With interest rates having been held at near-zero for nearly a decade, and in Europe and Japan actually being forced into negative territory, it shouldn’t be any surprise that debt issuance around the world has exploded. Total global debt levels are set to hit an all-time high of over $257 trillion. That’s more than triple the world’s entire economic...
The S&P 500 Is Overvalued in More Ways Than One
By now even the most fervent stock market bulls realize that the current valuations of stock markets are way out of whack with underlying market fundamentals. By just about every measure, stocks are trading at ratios that are far higher than their historical averages. Most people look to the price to earnings (P/E) ratio when analyzing stocks. The S&P 500...
New Danger Sign Flashes Warning that Stock Market Collapse Is on the Way
With so much competing financial news out there, investors may have a hard time deciding for themselves whether markets are going to continue to grow, or whether they’re going to completely collapse. Certainly the economy is slowing, industrial production is down, and tariffs continue to hurt American farmers and industry. But stock markets continue to set record highs, oblivious...