What’s Ahead for the Oil and Metals Markets?
The energy market has seen some record breaking moves in 2020. Never mind how the May 2020 crude oil contract went $37 negative, the magnitude…
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Should You Hedge Currency Risk?
Currency prices go up, they go down, and sometimes they crash. And just like other financial markets, currency prices are not immune to volatility. Should…
(Podcast) The $700 Million Man Who Lost His Fortune
What’s hot and what’s not? The chart below shows that U.S stocks (NYSEARCA:SPY) are still outperforming other asset categories like bonds (NYSEARCA:BND), global real estate (NYSEARCA:RWO),…
(Podcast) What’s the Right Way to Measure Your Portfolio’s Progress?
Can you believe it? The year 2015 is already half over. As second quarter investment account statements arrive, now is the time to un-distract yourself…
Don’t Get Hit By a Falling BRIC
A credit bubble (China), inflation (Brazil), and the threat of war (Russia) have made BRICs a dangerous place to invest. Is the worst over? “BRIC”…
Frontier Markets: Investors Double Up on Risk
Money is flowing out of risky emerging market stocks (NYSEARCA:VWO), and guess where it’s going? Into even riskier frontier market debt and stocks (NasdaqGIDS:PMNA). The…
Are Chinese Stocks Really a Bargain?
Chinese stocks are the bargain of a lifetime. That’s what pundits from Goldman Sachs to analysts at major media outlets have been reporting. Are they…
Chinese Stocks are a Wonderful Value Trap
When it comes to properly assessing China’s stock market, are financial experts bad or just blind? Here’s what they’ve been saying: Buck the Trend, Buy…
The First Inning of China’s Bear Market
Never mind China’s reputation for cooking the books; its raw uncooked economic data is sagging. China’s unexpected drop of 18.1% for February exports was the…
Russia Isn’t Only Trouble Spot for Emerging Markets
As if war between Russia and Ukraine wasn’t bad enough, emerging market stocks (NYSEARCA:BKF) are still dealing with two other major problems: China’s unfolding credit…
China’s Busted Bank Loans Hit 2008 Crisis Levels
Depending on whom you believe, China is either on the verge of economic utopia or a major economic shock. And the data is leaning toward…
Emerging Market Stocks: Bargain or Value Trap?
I was recently lectured on Twitter by a Wall Street strategist about why emerging market stocks (NYSEARCA:EEM) are a raging buy. Among his top arguments…
Will Shadow Banking Take Down China?
To China, shadow banking has been both a blessing and a curse. It’s been a blessing, because it’s created an immediate steroids like impact on…