By Thomas J. Connelly, CFA, CFP 1) Physical gold demand was not the problem, and has actually increased substantially since April. Indeed, the gold futures market is telling us there is a severe shortage of the metal at this time. The buyers are Asian...
By Thomas J. Connelly, CFA, CFP Eventually, sooner rather than later, newspaper headlines will trumpet a new record high for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index. At 14,029, the Dow is just a 1% rise from its record closing high of 14,164.53 set...
By Matt Dundas Technology and lax regulations have transformed the stock market from an honest, capital-allocating machine into a smoke-and-mirrors carnival game – at least that’s what Michael Lewis claims in his latest book, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt. Lewis’...
Why Emerging Markets Make Great Investments Part 2 : Precedent By Thomas Connelly (Click for Part 1) The sudden explosion of economic growth over the past few hundred years is a fiercely debated subject today, with underlying geographical, political, institutional,...
(Click for Part 2) (Click for Part 3) By Thomas Connelly “In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain, and consequently, not culture of the earth, no navigation, nor the use of commodities that may be imported by sea, no...
