Yes, it’s a race to the bottom. I’m not talking about the market. I’m referring to interest rates. After a couple of wild weeks, stocks — as measured by the S&P 500 – are trading by only about 3% below their recent highs and are up 16.7% for the year. Interest rates, meanwhile, have continued to rush lower. #-ad_banner-#Just a week after the U.S. Federal Reserve executed its first interest rate cut since the Great Recession, three Asia-Pacific central banks surprised the market with an aggressive rate-cut move of their own. On Wednesday, August 7, Thailand, New Zealand and India… Read More

Yes, it’s a race to the bottom. I’m not talking about the market. I’m referring to interest rates. After a couple of wild weeks, stocks — as measured by the S&P 500 – are trading by only about 3% below their recent highs and are up 16.7% for the year. Interest rates, meanwhile, have continued to rush lower. #-ad_banner-#Just a week after the U.S. Federal Reserve executed its first interest rate cut since the Great Recession, three Asia-Pacific central banks surprised the market with an aggressive rate-cut move of their own. On Wednesday, August 7, Thailand, New Zealand and India all acted to lower their countries’ respective rates. On the very next day, the Philippines joined them. The developing countries now join the developed world in the rate-cutting process. Central banks in developed countries have already largely lowered rates to record levels, resulting in negative-rate policies in Europe. The ECB first ventured into the negative-rate territory five years ago, and the deposit rate now sits at a negative 0.4%.  Just a year ago, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield was approaching 3% (2.92% on August 8, 2018) and investors were talking about selling bonds due to the inevitability of rates rising… Read More

The market is always driven by either fear or greed. Right now, fear holds sway. There is a global flight-to-quality underway that has investors seeking shelter in government bonds, the safest of all harbors. As we know, bond prices move inversely to yields. So, payouts have fallen off a cliff… 3%, 2%, 1%. Look out below. Current bond yields are so low they would be laughable – were they not jeopardizing the retirement of hard-working people. —Recommended Link— Paragon Trading System Brings Gains of 2,500% Kept under wraps for 30 years, Jim Fink is finally… Read More

The market is always driven by either fear or greed. Right now, fear holds sway. There is a global flight-to-quality underway that has investors seeking shelter in government bonds, the safest of all harbors. As we know, bond prices move inversely to yields. So, payouts have fallen off a cliff… 3%, 2%, 1%. Look out below. Current bond yields are so low they would be laughable – were they not jeopardizing the retirement of hard-working people. —Recommended Link— Paragon Trading System Brings Gains of 2,500% Kept under wraps for 30 years, Jim Fink is finally revealing his Paragon trading system to the world. It’s the same system that let Jim walk away from Wall Street with a $5 million fortune at just age 37. And now, a select group of investors are following in his footsteps. We’re so confident in the system, that we will guarantee you the opportunity to turn $5,000 into $125,000. ​​Click Here Now. My premium newsletter, High-Yield Investing, has been around for fifteen years. When the newsletter was launched in July 2004, decent payouts were plentiful. The 10-Year Treasury yield stood at 4.7%. And AAA-rated corporate bonds… Read More

By the time you read this, you must be well aware that something went wrong with the stock market rally.  Over the last week, the trade war escalated, with the slapping of new tariffs on Chinese goods and reports of China asking state-owned companies to suspend imports of U.S. agricultural products. China’s weakening of the yuan (below the closely watched 7 yuan-1 dollar exchange rate) to the lowest level in more than a decade has reignited currency-war fears as well. August 5 was the worst day of the year for the stock market, with the S&P 500 ending the day… Read More

By the time you read this, you must be well aware that something went wrong with the stock market rally.  Over the last week, the trade war escalated, with the slapping of new tariffs on Chinese goods and reports of China asking state-owned companies to suspend imports of U.S. agricultural products. China’s weakening of the yuan (below the closely watched 7 yuan-1 dollar exchange rate) to the lowest level in more than a decade has reignited currency-war fears as well. August 5 was the worst day of the year for the stock market, with the S&P 500 ending the day 5% lower than its July 12 peak, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 dropping almost 3.5% in just a day. —Recommended Link— Finally Released: The Strategy Behind Jim Fink’s $5 Million Fortune Master Trader Jim Fink has finally released the details on the system he personally used to walk away from Wall Street with a $5 million personal fortune. The first time we opened this system to the public, spots filled as fast as our team could process the requests. Don’t miss out on your chance to turn $5k into $125k in the next 12 months. Read More

Today, I want to start by looking at some basic facts:  1. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates.  2. The Fed’s mandate is to “promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates.”  Given those two simple facts, logic tells us that the Fed must have cut rates because unemployment is rising, prices are rising too rapidly, or long-term rates are deterring investment and capital purchases.  But that’s not why the Fed cut…  —Recommended Link— Professional Investor Reveals Shocking New Pot Opportunity If you’ve ever thought about investing in… Read More

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