“Gold is Now an Interest Bearing Asset” While stock indices, oil markets, and currency markets figure out their place in our ever-changing world, more attention has been turned to Gold as a safe-haven. April 2016 Futures are up about 19% on the year. Consider this short white paper from one…

Six Reasons Why Volatility is Ahead We are in an odd market climate these days regarding volatility.   The market continues higher while the dollar strengthens. And it seems the world is on edge waiting for some little word from the Fed indicating when they will raise rates. In the meantime,…

Swiss Un-Pegged Swiss-Franc In a surprise move, the Swiss National Bank un-pegged the Swiss Franc (CHF) from the Euro, a policy that had been in place since 2011. This unexpected decision from SNB President Thomas Jordan caused severe volatility in the middle of the night (US time) on Thursday, January…