The Major Problem With A Buy And Hold Strategy

The problem with a “buy and hold” strategy — and it is a HUGE problem — is that it is likely to result in...

Financial Market Prices Are Driven By Emotions Of Fear And Greed

Since human psychology does not change, patterns in financial prices can be used to determine critically important…

The Market And Economy Are Very Vulnerable As Fed Has Few Tools Left

There aren’t many “stimulus” tools left in the Fed’s tool box, which leaves the market and economy very vulnerable…

Create Wealth By Compounding High Returns In Bull And Bear Markets

Our approach to investing can help investors retire decades earlier than traditional investment approaches because…

The Most Important Fundamentals For Profiting In Stocks

When investing in individual stocks, it is important to focus on fundamentals, including quantitative financial and…

Economist Ludwig von Mises Explained Cause Of Boom And Bust Cycle

Austrian economist L.v. Mises: "the boom can last only as long as the credit expansion progresses at an ever-accelerated pace...”

This Is The Most Important Determination An Investor Can Make

Based on history and our experience, the highest probability of generating strong investment returns is to make...

This Change In Margin Debt Signals Trouble Ahead

This year, margin debt growth exceeded 70% and has declined recently. The decline signals a possible shift towards…

Focus On The Most Important Drivers Of Inflation

Here are the three key reasons why we believe high inflation could become much more than just a “transitory” problem...

These Asset Classes Will Likely Be Impacted By Slowing Money Supply

This significant deceleration in money supply growth is a major concern for these asset classes, given the extreme…

Here Is What A Proven Stock Market Trend Indicator Is Telling Us Now

One of the most important technical indicators we use to determine the trend of the stock market and the economy is...

Manipulating Interest Rates Higher Leads To An Economic “Bust”

In the “boom and bust” cycle, artificial raising of interest rates leads to a necessary economic “bust” because…

Bearish Fundamentals, Sentiment And Trend Indicators

What happens when a credit crunch meets extreme investor bullishness and very narrow market breadth?...

How To Protect Your Wealth From The Evils Of Inflation And Deflation

In order to protect your hard-earned savings from the wealth destruction forces of inflation or deflation, you need to…

These Are The Most Important Moving Averages We Use

The moving averages we typically use for long-term, intermediate-term and short-term trend assessment are...

Economic And Financial Cycles Are Strongly Influenced By This Factor

Cycles in the economy, stocks, commodities and virtually all other economic phenomena are all strongly influenced by…

The Economic Theory That Explains The Recurring Business Cycle

Austrian Business Cycle Theory, which best explains the recurring and destructive “boom and bust” business cycle, is…

The Six Months That Generate The Highest Stock Returns

Historically, these six months of the year generate more than four times the return of the other six months of the year…

What Distinguishes Stock Bear Markets From Bull Markets?

Stock bear markets are driven by negative investor psychology and slowing money supply growth, which leads to…

These Signals Are These Most Important For Investors To Act On

As with any investment, the most important signals for US stocks that investors should act on are…