Forbes Says Gold Has Outperformed Stock Markets And Will Continue to Outperform in 2019
Written by Frank Holmes & originally published Jan 3, 2019 on Forbes.com. The mainstream media is finally coming around to figuring out what we’ve known for years: that gold is a superior investment to stocks. A recent article in Forbes underscores the case for gold, stating that the yellow metal looks to be a solid bet for investors looking for improved...
Fox News: Gold Hits Multi-Month Highs as Stocks Slide
It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that gold is rising in price as stocks are sliding. Gold investors have known for years that gold prices often rise when stock prices fall, as mainstream investors who spurn gold during boom times flock to the yellow metal when market conditions begin to deteriorate. Now gold’s performance is starting to catch...
Will the Fed Keep Hiking Rates in 2019 or Not?
As 2019 begins, many market observers will be watching the Federal Reserve carefully for signs of a change in monetary policy. Markets had been hopeful that the Fed wasn’t going to raise rates in December, but it stuck to its guns. The reaction, predictably, was a huge fall in stock markets. But with the Fed seeming to indicate that...
The Market Is Ending the Year on a Roller Coaster… What Does 2019 Hold?
The actions of stock markets over the past several months have likely contributed to a number of near heart attacks among anxious investors. With unprecedented volatility roiling markets, they’re just as likely to end a trading day down 600 points as they are to end up 600 points. And with the trend tending ever downwards and well off all-time...
Trump Challenged the Fed and the Fed Didn’t Blink… Or Did It?
Markets had been pricing in a December Fed rate hike all year. But with President Trump’s comments expressing his disappointment at the Fed’s hiking of rates this year, and Fed Chairman Jay Powell’s comments attempting to placate both the markets and the President, many on Wall Street were hopeful that the Fed would dispense with hiking rates last week....