As the markets continue to break new ground, astute investors have noted one potential warning sign: the ratio of the Dow Jones index relative to gold prices recently hit a multi-year high. The so-called Dow gold ratio has been a useful tool to assess the relative...
The most hated bull market in history continues to astonish the bears and proponents of sound, economic principles. After flirting with a critical psychological barrier, the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average finally popped over the 23,000-point benchmark on...
The mainstream media has had no shortage of criticism for Bitcoin and the blockchain markets. Accusations that the cryptocurrencies have entered into an unsustainable bubble are a dime a dozen, with new iterations merely being reshaped arguments. In a nutshell, the...
On the morning of July 11, the Dow Jones Industrial Average took a turn for the worst, briefly dropping 129 points from the open before climbing back up. The benchmark index eventually closed the session at parity from the prior session. Normally, such incidents would...
The U.S. financial markets couldn’t offer a bigger picture of contrasts. Despite two major incidents of international terrorism in western Europe, Russia threatening to shoot down our fighter jets in an escalating Syrian conflict, and homegrown political...