Bitcoin has been on a tear over the last couple of weeks, where it rose almost 60% over this very brief period of time. What goes up that much can also come down a lot as well. Bitcoin investors have been all smiles during April and May, where we have seen the price of bitcoin […]

We’re still waiting for the bear market that many have been predicting for a while to hit us. All-time highs aren’t it, but when this does finally come, we need to ask what we will do. All three major U.S. stock market indexes hit all-time highs last week. While there is plenty of fear out […]

After a horrible 2018, where Bitcoin prices plunged during a massive selloff, 2019 is shaping up to be much better, and the big money is starting to pay attention now. Given how fast the price of Bitcoin shot up during 2017, starting the year around $900 and rising to over $19,000 by mid-December, you just […]

Many people are concerned with how economic growth has evolved of late, with both GDP growth and inflation averaging around 2%, which some mistakenly think is too low. 2018 was a banner year of sorts as far as economic growth is concerned, with the 2.9% that we added being the highest rate since 2005, as […]

The stock market hasn’t shown any real signs of slowing down, but in a survey of money managers, their confidence in the current market is getting a little rattled lately. We might think that this year’s rally, which wiped out the losses that the market suffered in the latter part of 2018, might have money […]

Procter and Gamble’s stock has done very well over the last year, up 43% from where it sat last April. Barclay’s believes that it should go even higher, based upon its solid earnings. Procter and Gamble may not quite be a household name, but many of their products sure are. The company has been making […]

Microsoft has been right up there with Apple as far as the biggest stocks in the world go. They got there from their tremendous rise in stock prices, and are ready to deliver more. Microsoft’s IPO in 1986 has gone down in history for a number of reasons, not the least of which is how […]

Ray Dalio, the owner of the world’s largest hedge fund, is a capitalist if there ever was one. When he says that capitalism is broken and is in need of a fix, that may say something. Ray Dalio isn’t just an expert on macroeconomics, he made his fortune directly from this knowledge, all $18.4 billion […]

With our entering a period of at least global economic slowdown, we need to be aware of the potential for political dissent, and a lot of this anger is directed at the banking sector. We don’t have to go back very far in time to see how economic slowdowns can rile up a lot of […]

Retailer Bed Bath and Beyond has put in a nice rally so far in 2019, after being on a huge slide the last 4 years. Things don’t look quite as promising as we had hoped though. Bed Bath and Beyond has simply been a horrible stock over the last 4 years. For the first half […]