The S&P 500 plunged nearly 3% again today. Today’s selling was driven primarily by the news that the ‘yield curve’ has inverted. As long-term subscribers are well aware, we have been watching the yield curve for over a year now, and had posted a number of blogs on it such as here and here. For […]
The markets crashed today and for a lot of reasons. The Fed disappointed the markets last week with its suggestion that the .25% rate cut was not likely the start of a series of cuts. Then Trump slaps a 10% tariff on another $300 billion of Chinese goods. Today, China retaliated. First, they announced that […]
The planet’s rich and famous took time out of the busy schedules to meet in Sicily to ‘talk’ about climate change and see how they can save the planet. We should all feel a great deal of gratitude that these very important people took the time to meet and ‘talk’ about how we all should […]
We continue our series of publishing timely questions with our answers so that we can share with all readers. Today’s question is on the US dollar. Q. I simply do not understand why the US dollar is rising against all other currencies even after the Fed cut rates. Can you explain? A. The simple answer […]
An aging population will always have needs that are specialized and unique, and there is every indication that new technologies will be developed to meet those needs in innovative new ways. Baby Boomers were the largest population bulge up until 2016, and now their numbers are starting to dwindle, being slowly eclipsed by Millennials. However, […]
As the S&P 500 crosses the key 3000 resistance level we want to remind investors of how in our the April 28th issue of Trend Letter we alerted subscribers to the ‘megaphone’ or ‘broadening’ pattern that was forming with the S&P 500. Megaphone patterns show the potential for both higher highs and lower lows. Here […]
Update: July 29/19. On Saturday Martin was the featured guest on the Money Talks investment radio show. In the interview Martin warned that we are in the “final innings of this 10-year bull market” and said that “it is time to get prepared for the melt-down”. Here are some of the key points from the […]
We get many questions and rather than respond to each one individually, we will select the most popular or interesting questions and share the answers with all readers. Today’s question is on real estate. Q. Given all the talk of recessions and the debt crisis that you are forecasting, what will be the impact on […]
With the threat of trade war tariffs companies like consumer electronics giant Apple are gearing up to diversify some of their manufacturing out of China. This movement is so common now it has a name… China Plus One. Due to these tariffs, many American companies doing business in China have been forced to come up […]
On Thursday, according to CNN, US President Donald Trump claimed that US Navy assault ship, the USS Boxer, shot down an Iranian drone that had come within about 1,000 yards of it in the Strait of Hormuz. “The Boxer took defensive action against an Iranian drone, which had closed into a near distance, approximately 1000 […]