July 07, 2016

Market Summary The Brexit vote and the rise of anti-E.U. parties in Europe show that big changes are underway. Europe The coming changes will be more pronounced in Europe than in the U.K., although the U.K. will also suffer volatility and aftershocks as negotiations to start the withdrawal get underway.  Read more

June 30, 2016

Brexit — What Does It Mean?  The British electorate has chosen to leave the European Union.  This will not be instantaneous, but will take a few years to be completed. Some people view this as a political issue: Britain is tired of strange bureaucratic regulations from Brussels.  Others see it Read more

June 24, 2016

Gold, oil, stocks, and the return of stagflation:  where to find profits in the current environment.  What investments have the potential to perform well under the economic and market conditions that are taking shape around us?  From many different angles, the concept of “secular stagnation” suggests that we are in Read more

June 16, 2016

Polls, Polls, Everywhere, and Not a Drop of Certainty Markets are possessed by Brexit fears.  The market selloff that began last week may have been prompted by dramatic poll data showing the “leave” vote pulling  ahead of support by Brits to remain in the European Union.  That’s prompting existential fears Read more

June 09, 2016

Time For Bargain-Hunting In Europe?On Sunday and Monday we heard about two new polls in the U.K. — both showing the “leave” vote pulling ahead of the “stay” vote in the contest to determine whether Britain will remain in the European Union.  The momentum was visible also among the U.K.’s Read more