MarketWatch: The “Buffett Yardstick” May Be Signaling the Worst Risk-Reward Setup Ever
In all, long-term investors are risking roughly a 60% decline to try to capture a 0% rate of return over the coming decade in the stock market, one of the worst risk-to-reward setups in history. If this doesn't make you want to give up investing in stocks, it's hard to say what will. After over a year of unprecedented stock...
Chinese Consumer Demand for Gold Up Almost 10 Percent Last Year
While India may be one of the world’s largest holders of gold, with Indian citizens holding an estimated 24,000 tonnes of gold, other countries are catching up. China is one of those, with an increasingly affluent middle class looking for ways to protect its wealth. While stories abound of Chinese looking to store their wealth abroad through purchases of...
MarketWatch: How a “Halloween storm” Could Deliver a Catastrophic Blow to the Stock Market
Unfortunately, a political and market perfect storm is now on the way and may strike as early as Halloween 2019, marking a new "Halloween storm." Get ready. I cannot imagine a better setup for catastrophe. No one ever sees disaster coming. That’s the point. Once again all indicators are pointing to a market collapse towards the end of 2019. We...
MarketWatch: A Recession Shock Could Wipe 30% Off US Stocks, Warns Oxford Economics
But they’ve got a couple of grim worst-case scenarios. One envisages the US economy slowing sharply from the third quarter of this year, then falling into recession as corporate profits [fall], hitting business and investor sentiment. The fallout from this could trigger a 30% drop in the S&P 500 in the third quarter. Within a year the US would be...
Gold Demand Surges in India
One of the vitally important markets in gold is the Indian gold market. Gold has a long and storied history in India, being a fundamental part of Indian religious life from temple offerings to wedding gifts. Many Indian families hold a significant part of their wealth in the form of gold, mostly in jewelry. Some Indian temples that have...
Marketwatch: “Buckle Up!” When Oil and Gold Trade Like This, It Usually Spells Doom for the Market
Only three other times in history precious metals surged while oil plunged! All of them happened during severe bear markets and recessions. Buckle up, folks. When oil starts to drop at the same time gold takes off, it's a sign that the economy is in danger. A slowing economy means less demand for oil, leading to a price drop, while...