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Author: Bill Terrell
Is Gold A Good Inflation Hedge?
A rebuttal to Northern Trust
Reconnect
Reconnecting disconnected markets
Overdue, but not Overdone
The stock selloff we’ve been waiting for weeks for has finally arrived.
Growing A New Government
Elon Musk: Time to break up Amazon. Monopolies are wrong!
Does Gold Belong in a Retirement Portfolio?
Answering Mark Hulbert’s argument.
Stocks Next Leg Down
Return of the bear.
The Key To Endless Prosperity Revealed
The recipe for a free lunch.
Oil Prices Go Negative
The logical extension of negative interest rates?
What is Money?
We use it all the time, but don’t stop to think about what it is.
Getting Back To Normal
When we will get back to normal is far less important than what normal we get back to.
Investing For A Postapocalyptic World
Thoughts from a multihanded economist.
The Biggest Threat To The Economy
In the short run, it’s COVID-19. In the long run, it’s less obvious.
Unemployed, But Not Out Of Work
Are we overlooking a great many job openings?
A Ray Of Hope
Freedom works.
Bull-$#!+
It’s a bear market rally.
The US Coronavirus Relief Package
The Coronavirus Relief Package is signed into law. But it should come with a warning label.
Fed Goes QE Infinity, Gold Explodes
It was only a matter of time…
Calling All Helicopters
Rev up the virtual printing presses.
It’s Not Just Coronavirus
Coronavirus is the catalyst, not the cause, of the current financial crisis.
Treasury Yield Curve Slope Turns Positive
The yield curve fully uninverts.
Black Monday
Another Black Monday.
4, 3, 2, 1 … Deflation!
2008 Redux?
A Bear Market Does Not Start At 20% Down
No, stocks are not on the verge of entering a bear market.
Treasuries Skyrocket
Are you diversified?
The Coronavirus Crash
Some thoughts on the financial implications of the coronavirus plague.
Bad Breadth
Observations of narrowing stock leadership may already be obsolete.
Treasury Bond Prices Approach Record Levels
Will last year’s record bond prices be broken?
It’s Not Coronavirus
Beware pat answers from the financial news media.
Commodities & NonUS Stocks
More about navigating the 2020s.
Are Bonds Even More Overvalued Than Stocks?
More about navigating the 2020s.
Okay, So What Do I Do Now?
More about navigating the 2020s.
Outlook for the 2020s
Handicapping the financial markets for the decade.
Major Trend Review
A review of current major market trends and outlook for the 2020s.
Treasury Market Turns Upside Down
The yield curve inverts from end to end.
Tariffs and Comparative Advantage
Has the free trade paradigm overlooked something?
If I Were Fed Chairman
Towards A New Monetary Paradigm
Why Dividends?
Why do most stocks pay dividends, and why do investors want them?
Yield Curve Slumps
Dark omens from the bond market.
Stock Bear, Bond Bull, Continue
Long term trends remain stable as short term trends gyrate.