Posts made in December, 2018


Stock picks for 2019

Stock picks for 2019


Posted By on Dec 30, 2018

So what are the stock picks for 2019? Assuming the contrarian view that the stock market rout in December (the worse since the Great Depression) was merely a normal pull-back after a good run? But keep in mind that the recent stock price surge could also be a bear market rally (a sucker’s rally) spurred on by President Trump’s Plunge Protection Team (PPT) and a $64 billion end of year rebalancing out of bonds into stock by...

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Unwinding the everything bubble began in the final quarter of 2018 and it is likely to be a big story in 2019. The central bank’s bubble of everything was financially engineered with nearly a decade of experimental monetary policy. Through a policy known as quantitative easing QE, the major central banks purchased approximately 15 trillion dollars of assets in the market to create the so-called “wealth effect”. The idea, albeit...

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What if protecting strategic industries were the real motive behind US-China trade tensions? A strategic industry is defined as one that a country considers vital for its economic development. Strategic industries cover a wide spectrum, they include the steel industry, important commodities and the techno-driven sector, particularly those active in next-generation technology. So strategic industries are a valuable piece in the game of...

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Blockchain’s disruptive technology could be in its infancy and has yet to be fully explored. Blockchain’s disruptive technology facilitated cryptocurrencies, a digital version of notes and coins completely autonomous and outside the traditional banking system. Blockchain’s disruptive technology converts something digital (codes) into an online global asset, with a unique traceable identity that can be owned, stored,...

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US-China trade war timeout

The US-China trade war timeout could be interpreted as neither side being able to secure what they want but at least avoiding the worst-case scenario, albeit in the short term, of escalating trade tensions. So here are the main points of the US-China trade war timeout that have come from “the most anticipated dinner between the US and Chinese presidents in years”, Bloomberg. The US will leave existing tariffs on $200...

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