Category Archives: It IS different this time.

Are You Prepared for a US Dollar Collapse?

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist Gold is on fire right now. Actually, scratch that… gold has been on fire for decades. It’s outperformed stocks since 2000 by a wide margin.  Wait, what? You mean to tell me … Continue reading

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Is the Long-Awaited U.S. Dollar Collapse About to Begin?

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist The $USD is in a free-fall. The greenback has collapsed over 10% in the last two months. The driving factor has been investors fleeing the U.S. and its currency in response to … Continue reading

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Is the Fed Trying to Crash Stocks?

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist The #1 mandate for the Fed is to maintain financial stability. That is literally the Fed’s job. It’s supposedly why the Fed was created in 1913. The stock market just experienced one … Continue reading

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By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist The stock market is in a free-fall as Wall Street realizes that the Trump administration is serious about restructuring the global economy. For decades, the dominant theme in trade and macroeconomics was … Continue reading

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Three Areas of Profits That 99% of Investors Are Ignoring

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist One of the key differentiators for investors is your ability to find profits in the markets. It sounds obvious, but you’d be amazed how many people keep staring at the same charts … Continue reading

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Is Inflation About to Come Roaring Back?

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist Has inflation been slain? According to the official data, the answer is “maybe” at best, but most likely “no.” There are three official inflation measures in the U.S. They are: CPI has … Continue reading

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What Does a Trump 2nd Term Mean For Stocks?

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist I hate politics.  Politics are a full contact sport that brings out the ugliest aspects of human nature. And the political environment today is more toxic than at any other time in … Continue reading

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Do NOT Let the Pullback Shake You Out

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist Upon observing the current movement in the stock market, it’s evident that stocks have recently crossed a critical resistance point on a weekly timeline. The market is now backtesting this breakout, which … Continue reading

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Rate Cuts Are Here, Stocks Hit New All Time Highs, But What’s Going on With Gold?

This week’s episode of Bulls Bears and BS is available now. The Fed cut rates by 0.5% last week. Many commentators are seeing this as a signal that the economy is in recession. We completely disagree. In this week’s episode, Chief Market … Continue reading

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By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist The Fed began an easing cycle yesterday. You are going to hear a LOT of people talking about this, saying it’s a sign that the economy is in recession.  It’s not. This … Continue reading

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Why Does This Economy Feel So Weird?!

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist Why isn’t the economy rolling over into recession? Every other week, an economic metric that has historically predicted multiple recessions goes off. Between this and the stock market’s volatility, stock market bears … Continue reading

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The Dark Investing Secret the Bears Won’t Tell You

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist The crash callers and bears just got a major lesson. It’s a lesson that all investors have to learn at some point. Indeed, the only investors who actually make money from the … Continue reading

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I’ve Got A Message For the Crash Callers

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist The Crash Callers are out in full force once again. The problem with calling for a Crash is that you’re wrong 99% of the time. Then, once every few years, you’re correct. … Continue reading

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This is the Only Thing You Need to Know About the Economy Today…

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist If you’re looking for a reason why the U.S. hasn’t slipped into recession yet, the answer is simple… Uncle Sam is propping up the economy. And it’s working… for now Some items … Continue reading

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The “Fix” is In For the Economy

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist The Fed just confirmed my thesis. Over the last week, I’ve noted that Uncle Sam is the economy now.  What I mean by this, is that the U.S. government is spending so much … Continue reading

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If You’ve Got Money in Stocks, You NEED to Read This

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist Yesterday, I noted that Uncle Sam effectively is the economy… for now. What I meant by this is that the government is hiring so many people and spending so much money, that it … Continue reading

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Why Isn’t the U.S. Rolling Over Into Recession?

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist The most important thing for investors to understand about the economy is that “it is different this time.” We’ve already assessed how multiple previously accurate recession indicators (yield curve inversion, Sahm Rule … Continue reading

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If You’ve Got Money in the Markets… You NEED to Read This!

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist I keep warning that “this time really is different” when it comes to the economy. Everyone knows this on some level… but most analysts are refusing to acknowledge it.  Remember, never before … Continue reading

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