I have been a “South Park” fan for as long as I can remember, and while the show isn’t a market guidebook, its brutal satire cuts through nonsense better than many Wall Street commentaries. Just like on the show, characters make absurd decisions and face absurd consequences, which is familiar to investors today. For example, […]
Did you know there is a kind of technical analysis that shares structural similarities with hurricanes, nautilus shells, sunflowers, music, and human dimensions? These examples, along with countless others, follow proportions related to the sequence of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89… This endless sequence of numbers that […]
Silver has been on a tear, rising fourfold in the last few years. The price is driven by the narrative of dollar debasement. Furthermore, there are indications that limited supply, along with growing industrial demand for silver, warrants higher prices. As we have stated in recent articles (Debasement, What It Is And Isn’t & Dollar […]
The Wall Street consensus forecast for 2026 earnings growth is strong by historical standards. Analysts are giddy and projecting another year of double-digit growth in S&P 500 earnings per share (EPS). FactSet’s most recent data showed an expected 2026 earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 of about 15 percent. That is well above the […]
Every January, it happens like clockwork: you drive by gym parking lots that look like a Taylor Swift concert. Go to the store, and the salad aisles are ransacked like there’s a lettuce shortage, and half of your coworkers suddenly start quoting Warren Buffett while buying stock in companies they can’t spell. You got it, […]
How Inflation Affects Your Investments & Ways to Protect Against It Inflation has a sneaky talent; it rarely arrives with fireworks. It shows up in the small stuff first. A higher grocery bill. A pricier dinner out. A “wait, when did flights get this expensive?” moment. Then, if it sticks around, it starts changing the […]
It’s that time of year when every Wall Street analyst posts their forecast for where the S&P 500 will close at the end of 2026. This year, as in every other, Wall Street expects the S&P 500 to post positive returns. As shown below, Bank of America is the most cautious, with a 3% gain, […]
Tax‑Efficient Investing: Keep More of What You Earn Growing wealth is only part of the story. Keeping it, especially after taxes, is where strategy makes the biggest difference. For high-net-worth investors, tax drag can be a persistent leak in performance, especially when taxable income and capital gains stack up inside the wrong accounts. Tax-efficient investing […]
In 2025, the prices of precious metals rose sharply, with silver prices recently surging past $80 per ounce. Of course, when precious metals rise, there is always the same group of commentators (mostly paid newsletter writers and physical metal dealers) to declare that a financial breakdown is underway.