#WhatYouMissed On RIA This Past Week
Written by Jesse Colombo | May, 24, 2019We know you get busy and don’t check on our website as often as you should. Plus, with so much content being pushed out every week for the RIA Team…
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Watch This Pennant Pattern Forming In Bitcoin
Written by Jesse Colombo | May, 24, 2019One month ago, I pointed out that $6,000 was the key hurdle to watch in Bitcoin. I said that further gains were likely if Bitcoin could close convincingly above that…
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Here Are The Key Levels To Watch In The Market Right Now
Written by Jesse Colombo | May, 23, 2019Market volatility has reared its ugly head once again in recent weeks as the trade war with China took a turn for the worse and global economic data continues to…
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10 Illustrated Truths About Investing & The Markets
Written by Lance Roberts | May, 23, 2019Over the last eighteen months, stocks have whipsawed within a massive trading range as “trade wars,” “tariffs,” and monetary policy actions from the Fed have lit up headlines. Despite the…
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How Tech Unicorns Are Just Like China’s “Ghost Cities”
Written by Jesse Colombo | May, 22, 2019Since the Great Recession, there has been an explosion of interest and activity in the tech startup arena. Tens of thousands of tech startups have been founded in recent years…
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The Corporate Maginot Line
Written by Michael Lebowitz | May, 22, 2019Since the post-financial crisis era began more than a decade ago, record low-interest rates and the Fed’s acquisition of $4 trillion of the highest quality fixed-income assets has led investors…
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5-Things Savvy Investors Should Know About Social Security
Written by Richard Rosso | May, 22, 2019The recent Nationwide Retirement Institute® Consumer Social Security PR Study conducted by Harris Poll queried 1,315 U.S. adults aged 50 and over who collect or plan to collect Social Security…
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The 5-Laws Of Human Stupidity & How To Be A “Non-Stupid” Investor
Written by Lance Roberts | May, 20, 2019This past weekend, I was digging through some old articles and ran across one that needed to be readdressed on “human stupidity” as it relates to investing. The background was…
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Record-Setting Art Sales Confirm Global Liquidity Bubble
Written by Jesse Colombo | May, 17, 2019Art and collectibles prices have exploded in the past decade as a result of the extremely frothy conditions created by central banks. Hardly a week goes by without news headlines…
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The Run For The Roses
Written by Lance Roberts | May, 17, 2019The recent running of the Kentucky Derby marks the time of year of horse racing’s prestigious Triple Crown and everything that goes along with it. Temperate spring weather, increasingly beautiful…
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Obligatory Market Comment And The Myopia Of The S&P 500
Written by Michael Kahn | May, 17, 2019Just a week ago, I was still fairly comfortable with the bullish argument. Note that I did not say that I was a bull, or a bear, or any other…
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New Silicon Valley Stock Exchange Is A Warning Sign For The Startup Bubble
Written by Jesse Colombo | May, 15, 2019For the last several years, there has been a tremendous amount of activity and hype in the tech startup arena. In addition to the tens of thousands of startups that…
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In The Fed We Trust – Part 1
Written by Michael Lebowitz | May, 15, 2019This article is the first part of a two-part article. Due to its length and importance, we split it to help readers’ better digest the information. The purpose of the…
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Opportunity Of Misplaced Inflation
Written by Seth Levine | May, 15, 2019The global economy is apparently facing a significant problem. Inflation’s gone missing! Central bankers can’t seem to stoke it no matter how deftly they act. Neither lowering interest rates to…
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Is Capitalism Responsible For Socialist Sentiment?
Written by Richard Rosso | May, 15, 2019In 2009, I shared 2 words on Facebook that I felt would shape the future of our social and economic discussions: Socialism & Nationalism. Not trying to be a smarta**,…
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Technically Speaking: The Drums Of Trade War – Part Deux
Written by Lance Roberts | May, 14, 2019In June of 2018, as the initial rounds of the “Trade War” were heating up, I wrote: “Next week, the Trump Administration will announce $50 billion in ‘tariffs’ on Chinese…
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Trump Is Asking For A 1999-Style Stock Market Melt-Up
Written by Jesse Colombo | May, 10, 2019Last week, President Donald Trump reiterated his call for the Fed to cut interest rates: President Trump is technically correct in saying that the economy (or, more accurately, the stock…
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Beware Of The ‘Permanently High Plateau’ Fallacy
Written by Jesse Colombo | May, 8, 2019Last week, venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya said that central banks have virtually eliminated recessions through their aggressive monetary stimulus programs such as quantitative easing (QE) and record low interest rates…
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Inflation: The Fed’s False Flag
Written by Michael Lebowitz | May, 8, 2019“Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining” –Clint Eastwood/The Outlaw Josey Wales On April 30, 2019, one day before the Federal Reserve’s FOMC policy-setting meeting, the Wall…
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3-Ways To Be Your Own Financial “Superhero”
Written by Richard Rosso | May, 8, 2019The latest in the Marvel movie portfolio – Avengers: Endgame has blown away every theatre attendance record. The film has earned $1.48 billion on a global level (as of this…
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