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Rise of the Zombies - Precious Metals Supply and Demand Last week, the prices of gold and silver fell $35 and ¢70, respectively. But what does that mean (other than woe unto anyone who owned silver futures with leverage)? The S&P 500 index and the euro was up a bit, though the yua...

By Kevin Flanagan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy After at least a month-long delay, fixed-income investors have finally been receiving economic data. With a number of government agencies closed due to the recent shutdown, 2019 began with a data vacuum, but now it looks like we are making u...

With the month of February now officially in the books, we can take a look at our long-term monthly indicators to see what they are telling us now. Is the bull market back? That's the answer we all want to know. Each week on RIA PRO, we provide an update on all of the major markets for t...

Even with Kim pulling off a switcheroo on President Trump in Hanoi last week, the stock market had very little negative reaction. A failed nuclear summit that had a lot of potential to ratchet down tensions on the Korean peninsula is disappointing, but the stock market took it like a champ. ...

Over the last decade, how many times did you see various analysts and traders call for the end to the bond market? For many years, many were calling for the end to the bond market almost weekly. And, as we know, until 2016, they were continually wrong. However, on June 27 th 2016, I wrote...

While still a professor of Economics at Princeton, future Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was also a Research Associate for the NBER. In 1999, in his capacities with the latter organization, Bernanke advocated for widespread adoption of inflation targeting. At that time, only a few centr...

The market has been back in risk-on mode but with some strange internals as well as an ongoing disconnect with fundamentals. It has priced in a joyous cornucopia of Goldilocks assumptions: A return to global central bank liquidity and price supports A reversal of China's deleveraging ca...

President Trump stated in January 2017 that he wanted a weak U.S. dollar. The primary reason Mr. Trump wanted a weak U.S. dollar was to reduce the country’s trade balance. In January 2017, it took about $1.07 to purchase one Euro. (It took just above $1.04 to buy a Euro in Decem...

Yield Curve - Understanding All The (Conflicting?) Messages The shape of the yield curve and the various rates on Treasury bonds provide the most comprehensive outlook on growth, inflation, Fed policy and more across various time frames. Many analysts either dismiss the yield curve and the T...

It may be time to add exposure to inflation-protected U.S. government bonds ((TIPS)). Why? The Fed has confirmed its intent to be patient with its next rate move and may let inflation temporarily breach its 2% target. Along with a slowing but growing economy , we believe this makes TIPS an at...