Category Archives: US Markets

Interest Rates: A Race to the Bottom?
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Interest Rates: A Race to the Bottom?

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This month’s move by the Federal Reserve Bank to lower interest rates for the first time in a decade may prove to be a “boondoggle”. This was done on the backdrop of all the economic indicators in the U.S. posting continuously showing record employment, rising wages, all time historic high stock index prices, and record … Continue reading →

Trump’s 12 Days of Christmas – A Look at the Proposed Appointees for Cabinet by Trump
Business / Capitalism / Economics / Leadership / US Government / US Markets / US Presidential Election / Wealth

Trump’s 12 Days of Christmas – A Look at the Proposed Appointees for Cabinet by Trump

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In the latest instalment of the Film series “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”, the character Jake Moore (the idealistic stock broker son-in law) asks one of the Billionaire Investors “What’s your number?” Perplexed, the Billionaire asks for clarification. Jake replies “How much is enough, how much money is enough ….what’s your number?” The Billionaire smiles … Continue reading →

One Man Cannot Change the Flow of an Ocean
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One Man Cannot Change the Flow of an Ocean

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A recent Huffington Post Comedy Video boasts of United States’ President Obama’s recent victories, which were decided in the U.S. Supreme Court including keeping intact his landmark health bill, and winning new trade agreements. It continues this week with the opening of Cuban embassies and the subsequent resumption of relations after 50 years of isolation, … Continue reading →

Have you kept your powder dry?
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Have you kept your powder dry?

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If you have followed our two years’ worth of predictions (read Grace Century press release in 2014 and Grace Century press release 2013), you have profited well and were prepared for the recent pull back in the markets. Any time a market, any market, moves more than 8% in a year to the upside it is exceptional. … Continue reading →

Sometimes, you don’t need a crystal ball
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Sometimes, you don’t need a crystal ball

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As investors and professionals alike argue when the Fed will finally taper their bond-buy program, the culprit of artificially low-interest rates, please understand that the market waits for no one. Even though the Fed hasn’t budged on their message or actions, the market has begun to move in anticipation of the inevitable. In the summer … Continue reading →

Pillars of Society crumbling…and it comes down to Turkey (the bird)
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Pillars of Society crumbling…and it comes down to Turkey (the bird)

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I have wanted for some time to write about what I see as our foundations, and not just in the U.S., crumbling before our eyes. I always thought it was too far out there…too religious…too judgmental…”just too something!” As with any great society, the Americans believe that things will stay the same forever and they … Continue reading →