Tag Archives: geopolitics

Stock Market Poised For A Staggering Decline? The Television Commercial Indicator Says It Very Well Might Be!

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I know what investors will say…’Who is this title insurance guy to be predicting that the stock market is ready to rollover, correct or decline precipitously?’… Is he a high-priced analysts at a hedge fund or talking head on the business news? You know, the ones who will typically say after a big down day in […]

The Credit Suisse Fear Barometer Hits A Record High!

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Summary: With the VIX near its lows why are there two so very different sides to the same coin? For those unfamiliar with the Credit Suisse Fear Barometer it is another metric for gauging investor angst and expectation! Knowledge Is Power – Francis Bacon To the everyday stock market watcher the most commonly used metric for […]

Creative Solutions To Geopolitical Issues: China’s Ghost Cities And Syrian Refugees

The Syrian refugee crisis, in terms of where the refugees will go, has been front-page news with no easy solution! Thinking outside of the box, could relocating Syrian refugees to China’s Ghost Cities on a temporary basis serve as a solution to the humanitarian crisis? The relocation would last until such time when the situation in […]

Will The Fed or Won’t The Fed? Five Reasons It Likely Won’t!

Come the December Fed meeting and after the strong jobs report that was recently released, does the Fed have any choice but to raise rates? The betting in the futures market leans to the side of a Fed tightening, or raising, of rates. But some of the actual economic evidence may seem to indicate that […]

Hey Strategic Planner, What Are Your Projections For The 2016 U.S. Economy?

Summary: Whether real estate, mortgages, law or anything else…For large corporations, small businesses or sole proprietorships, now is the time to start making our best guesses, plans and projections for 2016. What will the state and condition of the U.S. economy be in 2016? For a business owner, department head in a company or the leader of […]

Your Money: Munich Pact Versus Iran Nuclear Deal

Is an Iran nuclear deal now a fait accompli? In light of what appears to be a nuclear deal with Iran that likely will be approved by Washington in one way or another, the adage of ‘if we don’t remember history then we are doomed to repeat it’ immediately comes to my mind! But ignoring for a […]

Iran Nuclear Deal Analogy

A Nuclear Deal With Iran Appears To Be Imminent! Here we (or is it I) go again mixing global politics with business. But, in reality, isn’t business in a linked global economy and geopolitics basically intertwined? After all with Greece facing debt repayment issues and the potential of being forced to leave the EU (My Big Fat Greek Analogy), […]

What a stock market top might look like!

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If you’ve ever heard of or followed technical stock analysis, then the terms ‘Triple Top’ or ‘Higher Highs and Higher Lows’ may be familiar ones! Defined, a Triple Top is the scenario when ‘the price of an asset creates three peaks at nearly the same price level. The bounce off the resistance near the third peak is a […]

US Economic Calendar – Week of March 2, 2015

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The US Economic Calendar For The Week Of March 2, 2015 With the Economic Calendar Edition having been on temporary hiatus since the end of 2014, what is striking is how the more things change the more they seem to stay the same! Interest rates remain low, the US economy muddles along at a disappointing rate […]

Are equity and economic analysts whistling past the proverbial graveyard?

Or will their prognostications for 2015 be spot-on? As we enter 2015 stock market analysts are generally predicting a positive year although not in the double digit range that has been forecast in prior years! Economists also see US economic growth in 2015 moving higher with some actually predicting above 3% for the first time […]