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
Category Archives: US Markets
One Man Cannot Change the Flow of an Ocean
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
The Wild, Wild West…aka the Internet
I believe we will look back one day at the innovations that changed our lives (within our lifetime) and shake our heads. I believe massive regulation will change the Internet. I believe it has to. Just like in the 1800s, when the freedom of the American West became the breeding ground of legends, it did … Continue reading
Have you kept your powder dry?
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
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)
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
Don’t take wooden nickels
The old proverb “don’t take wooden nickels” has been around for ages. It is something that you say when someone leaves to tell them to be careful and to take good care of themselves. It serves as a warning to the unsuspecting and naïve, that when something sounds too good to be true: Beware. The … Continue reading