Precious metals are apparently waking up. And here is where you can find the best deals.
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Platinum has caught the eye of customers lately given how relatively inexpensive it has been trading compared to other precious metals.Even though throughout history platinum has been cheaper per ounce than gold, platinum experienced a major spike in price from roughly 2000-2008. Since then, platinum has remained less expensive than gold, and this has caused some people to consider it a better potential speculative play versus simply buying gold.
The average price of homes listed for sale went through a steep $500,000-drop between October 2017 ($1.6 million) to August 2018 ($1.1 million), then experienced a partial recovery, only to sag again...
Jan 22, 2020 - 04:32:24 PST
Here we go again. The mortgage lending industry seeks to eliminate debt-to-income rules for home buyers.
The findings are "compelling because the change in CEOs' revenue confidence has proven to be a reliable indicator of both the direction and the level of global GDP growth...
For the better part of a half-year, this sector has neither broken out nor broken down...
Analysts at TD Securities see gold rising over the next months and project it will hit $1,650/oz sometime in the second half of 2020 Key Quotes: “Gold
Risks are just that until they actually trigger. Some risks go away on their own and don’t manifest themselves in a market reaction, some hit out of the blue because they are not taken seriously until they hit. Some risks are unforeseen as they can hit out of the blue. …
Finally, picking up where Dalio left off, here is why Einhorn remains long gold for yet another year:
There is too much debt, too much activity predicated on ultra-low interest rates and too many asset values that have been inflated to allow the major central banks any real scope for withdrawing liquidity or raising rates.
While the general feeling is the Federal Reserve will keep rates steady this year, not everyone is on board with that view.
In the second half of 2020, futures suggest the Fed may need to cut again. Here are some of the key metrics that the Fed will be monitoring as 2020 progresses.
The Federal Reserve injected $90.8 billion in short-term money to financial markets in the form of two repurchase-agreement operations.
Guggenheim Partners' Scott Minerd says the Fed's actions last year are similar to rate cuts from the '90s, which inflated internet stocks.
This could all reverse by mid-year, when the central bank is expected to curtail purchases, said Roberto Perli, a former Fed staffer, and now an analyst with Cornerstone Macro.
The stock market's rapid rise amid low volatility has made some traders cautious about a possible pullback.
Economic Data Shows US Economy On Solid Footing, Gold Prices Hold-Up...Can It Last?January 21, 2020
It keeps looking like a Goldilocks economy: inflation is low, the pace of economic growth is moderate, retail sales and the housing market are solid...
The economy is doing fine now, but eventually it will hit a rough patch and require better monetary-policy tools from the Federal Reserve.