Switzerland has a central bank that operates as a hedge fund. They seek profit. Over the years, they aggressively bought US equities and profited greatly. It seems as though in the 4th quarter of 2018,

There are many influential companies in the world. Financial companies tend to have the tallest buildings, the most collusion with government, and the ability to withstand any form of reduction in their

Look around the world and you see particular trends. Debt is up, tensions are high, and everything seems to be upside down. There is one persistent trend in recent years and that has been to offshore

Debt continues to get worse as time goes on, there’s no denying that. What we have seen recently is that mortgages are not in the same situation they were during the subprime crisis but nearly every other

In a turn of events, it looks like foreign investors have sold off a record amount of US treasuries. There has never been this many sold off in a month. It was certainly unusual to see, however, we will

It’s important to find out what countries are buying and selling. Keeping an eye on the economic indicators at this levels gives us an understand of what’s really happening. We can see which countries

Now that the Fed has decided to ensure that the stock market receives enough liquidity and the government will backstop any major corporate failures, we can look to the eternal sunshine and lay down our

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Warren Buffett is everyone’s favorite investor. They watch his every move. Constantly looking to Buffett to see which stocks are ok to buy. If he bought it, surely it’s good to add to my portfolio. Well,

If you track the the performance of certain fund managers you see a wide variance in between those who are successful and those who are not. Those few who have done well over a long period of time are

Europe is falling apart. If the plan was to have the Euro succeed, this was a massive failure. Just look at the economies of this group. It’s just getting worse every year. Banks are failing. Money is

Expenses are rising in virtually every corner of the world. Year over year, that which we need to buy becomes more expensive and yet wages have remained flat at best in real terms. Statistically, you won’t

The amount of people in debt today is at a record high. It’s their student debt, mortgages, and even car payments. But it doesn’t stop there, the government is heavily in debt and that has once again hit

Investors have actually been selling equities. They’ve been holding cash. A lot of it. But the U.S. stock market has risen quite a bit this year. So who exactly bought the shares? Well it seems that stock

The Federal Reserve was supposed to keep their QT program going for years. Then they backed off and said we’ll go slow and will definitely have more than what we had before QE1. Then they began taking

Where is all the money going? There is much contradictory information today. This is particularly evident since the last few trading days in 2018. With the Fed signaling that they will continue to pursue

The stock market follows patterns. Those patterns can be tracked to see what the result of current events will have in the future. Nothing is a perfect indicator but some have proven time and time again

Italy is making waves in the news for those who are paying attention. First they made it very clear that they don’t like their central bank. Then they decided to explicitly mention Italy’s gold belongs

What are the best ways to make money online in 2019? Well it’s pretty obvious. Amazon, Shopify, and affiliate marketing. Each have pros and cons. But they’re all worth mentioning.

2019 may be a defining moment for the markets. After seeing just about everything rise throughout 2017, investors were in sheer disbelief after watching nearly every asset fall in 2018. Today we have seen