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Sponsored: Marcel von Pfyffer Announces Two New Retail Funds Available to Retail Investors
28 September, 2016
Geldzug: HOW THE NEXT PRESIDENT’S “FISCAL SHIFT” WILL MOVE INVESTORS
22nd September 2016
On 21 September the US Federal Reserve decided not to raise interest rates, but fourteen of the seventeen board members indicated that they expected one more rate rise in 2016. This has pretty much telegraphed to financial markets that, so long as economic statistics remain reasonable, the Fed will go for a rate rise at its December meeting.
This December is an excellent time for a rate rise, regardless of the state of the US economy, because it is a period of low public scrutiny. It has the advantage of being after November’s Presidential election but before the inauguration of the new President on 20 January 2017. Hence a rate rise at this time is much less controversial: the Fed is unlikely to attract criticism from either the lame-duck incumbent or his not-yet-installed replacement… [see more]
Geldzug: FRACK-TIONALLY LOWER OIL PRICES
15th September 2016
It is now two years since oil prices halved in the second half of 2014. The chart below reminds us that this fall was far less severe than the oil price collapse during the GFC, when prices recovered very quickly. Why aren’t prices beginning to recover now?
The causes of the two price falls were very different. The 2008 collapse was triggered by factors outside the oil market – specifically, the GFC’s liquidity crisis which shut down bank lending and trade finance, followed by lower demand as a result of the recession in developed countries. But when central banks pumped up liquidity, global oil demand recovered… [see more]
Geldzug: EXPENSIVE MARKETS = DANGEROUS MARKETS
31st Aug, 2016
Our proprietary metrics indicate that the US and Australian share markets are very expensive at present. Although we are confident of the sound statistical basis of our metrics, it is reassuring to know that we are in good company: in recent months several very successful global investors have warned that US equities are over-priced, or have stated very clearly that they have taken out portfolio protection. For example:
- Legendary hedge fund managers George Soros and Paul Tudor Jones have both increased their short positions on the S&P500.
- Carl Icahn said in June, “I don’t think you can have zero interest rates for much longer without having these bubbles explode on you.”
- In late July Jeff Gundlach, founder of DoubleLine, said, “Sell everything. Nothing here looks good.”
- Only this month Paul Singer, who manages USD$28 billion, warned that “the ultimate breakdown (or series of breakdowns) from this environment is likely to be surprising, sudden, intense, and large.”… [see more]