On a day where stocks are soaring and almost everything else on the board is trading on the upside, it appears the central bank put is now in trouble and this will have serious ramifications in 2018.
Central Bank Put Is In Trouble
Here is what Peter Boockvar wrote as the world awaits the next round of monetary madness: While stocks are getting a respite as it bounced like magic off its 20... read more
Jim Rogers, 75, says the next bear market in stocks will be more catastrophic than any other market downturn that he's lived through.
The veteran investor says that's because even more debt has accumulated in the global economy since the financial crisis, especially in the US.
US stocks plunged in another trading session with big swings, as equities remained in a tug-of-war with bond yiel... read more
Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive of Doubleline Capital, said on Wednesday that the "low rate-low volatility" market environment went on for so long that now "the unwind will be turbulent and not over in a couple of days."
Gundlach, who is known as the Wall Street bond king, told Reuters that bitcoin was the "lead horse" of risk assets and its recent plunge has had a cascading effect on othe... read more
Barely a week after it set another record high, the Dow just suffered its worst one-day loss in its entire history.
While the latest turmoil hasn’t reached the crisis level by any means, I’ve been warning about a correction for months.
Warnings about an imminent collapse of developed economy stock markets, especially the U.S. markets, have been everywhere.
Whether you use Shiller... read more
Today the top trends forecaster in the world, Gerald Celente, warned yes, the stock market is convulsing, but this event is what will cause a worldwide crash that will cause the price of gold to surge hundreds of dollars higher.
“The Trends Journal was first to forecast the Trump rally and first to predict a 10-percent market correction.
What’s next?
What will crash the market? “I... read more
With the Dow tumbling and Bitcoin continuing to crash, today James Turk says phase 2 will pave the way for $11,000 gold.
Gold’s Bull Market Enters Phase 2
– Every bull market for each type of financial instrument has three phases:
1) Accumulation of an undervalued asset by so-called “smart money” that recognizes the undervaluation,
2) Growing public participation as the uptren... read more
DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Tuesday he expects commodities to run higher versus stocks.
"While stocks have been doing great, commodities have been doing well, too," Gundlach said on a webcast. There's "quite a lot of high octane [gas] in the commodities vs. stocks tank."
Gundlach said in mid-December on CNBC's "Halftime Report" that his best investment idea for 2018 is commodities... read more
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) now allocate almost a quarter (23%) of their assets under management to alternative investments such as private equity, real estate, gold and infrastructure, shows a new report from PwC.
The report, titled The rising attractiveness of alternative asset classes for Sovereign Wealth Funds, finds that, despite SWFs facing adverse conditions since 2014 when asset gr... read more
Is gold a good investment? Why should you own it?
It’s natural and even prudent for an investor to wonder if a particular asset is a good investment or not. That’s especially true for gold, since it’s an inert metal and doesn’t earn any interest.
But the reasons for owning physical gold go beyond the possibility of its price rising. Gold bullion offers distinct advantages that simply... read more
Jeff Gundlach is warning investors not to misjudge the “dangerous cocktail” of rising interest rates and a weakening dollar.
In a tweet on Monday, the chief investment officer at Los Angeles-based DoubleLine Capital LP said he saw “mania sentiment everywhere” and advised traders to “risk manage mindfully.”
The billionaire bond guru is part of a growing chorus of market pla... read more
