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Avoidance Tactics
Not much action in the markets yesterday…but we don’t have any time to reckon with it anyway.
Gold plunged all the way down to $806. Now analysts are starting to talk about oil below $100 and gold below $750.
Meanwhile, Goldman Sacks predicts that oil will go all the way back to $149 before the end of the year.
Go figure.
We don’t know. The markets can do what they want, as far as we’re concerned.
But what if you have money you have to do something with it. What do you do?
Avoid U.S. stocks. The U.S. market is in relative decline. And it’s just going…
5Sep2008 | Daily Reckoning | Comments Off | ContinuedWorrisome Stagflation Becomes More Real All the Time
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke didn’t use the “S” word – stagflation – but he might as well have.
On Friday, the U.S. central bank chief said that the financial crisis that has hammered the U.S. market is combining with rising inflation to eviscerate American economy. Together, the two forces are making it extremely difficult for the Fed to restore economic stability in the U.S. market.
Bernanke apparently welcomed the recent drop-off in the prices of oil and other key commodities – and says that inflationary pressures will moderate over the next year and a half, but also cautioned that the…
25Aug2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedThe U.S. Economy’s Uncertainty Brings Opportunity for Investors in the Months to Come
With a wheezing economy that’s struggling with housing and credit problems – as well as a weak dollar – it’s clear the United States won’t be in the investment spotlight this year.
But don’t despair. Because a trend that has long been talked about – economic decoupling – is finally starting to manifest itself as other world economies, particularly the so-called “BRIC†markets of Brazil, Russia, China and India, have continued to grow even as the U.S. economy has slowed. That means profit opportunities abound for U.S. investors, despite myriad messes on the home front that include a collapsed housing market,…
7Jun2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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