Greetings from a rather chilly Chicago! A decidedly pleasant 5 degrees and slightly warmer than my visit in January!!! The profits have flowed from that research – our clients have been banking profits – have you? Since then we have been able to bank a profit, for our active clients, and I hope you too […]
Inflation – the double edged sword. Is a Recession just around the corner?
As a consumer driven society, we just want to earn more money so that we can buy more products and live a more lavish lifestyle. To earn more money, we need to charge more for our goods and services. By doing so, the price of goods and services rises, and it then costs us more. […]
Your New Years’ Investment Resolution for 2015 … to make money!
Easier said than done right? If your Christmas/New Years break was anything like mine, I over indulged in food and drink, spent a lot of time catching up on chores around the house, and spent plenty of time at the beach and visiting friends and family. The week and a half between Christmas and New […]
Iron Ore Miners
What a year 2014 has been for Iron Ore miners. The heroes of the Australian economic boom times are now licking their wounds, and even teetering on the edge of profitability leading into 2015. Just think back to the beginning of 2014 where Iron Ore was trading at $130 plus. All major iron ore miners […]
Last year, we expected to see Gold lower and we were right.
Gold is an asset which crosses so many boundaries, in terms of its definition – from raw material and precious metal, through to financial asset and safe haven in times of crisis. However, in today’s financial markets and investors universe, where does the yellow metal now sit? Investors have been desperate for yield As an […]
3 reasons why the stock market could crash in 2014 – And how you can try to avoid it.
Doom and Gloom views of the stock market are always an easy sell. Fear is an exceptionally strong emotion, not as predominant as Greed (which influences investors to hold stock even when they are on losing positions), but certainly an instigator for investors to panic sell stock holdings. Especially at the most inappropriate time, and […]
US Economic Outlook 2014 – pick your side of the fence!
Continuing our Outrageous market predictions with the US Economic Outlook 2014 President Harry Truman once stated “Give me a one handed economist … All my Economists say ‘on the one hand, on the other’”. Nearly 5 years after the GFC (Global Financial Crisis), the US economy has failed to improve to a level that reflects […]
Australian Economic Outlook 2014
Our most anticipated outrageous predictions; the Australian Economic Outlook 2014. There is no question that 2013 has been a year of contrasts, changes and a great platform from which to build into 2014. As such, our forecast for 2014 is far more optimistic than at this point last year. Generally speaking there is a higher […]