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Is Cash Still King in 2022?
March 25, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Gold, Investment Opportunities
One viewer's question sends me down the rabbit hole, questioning whether the old saying that "cash is king" still rings true. Obviously, it is, but what kind of cash? I go into detail, covering everything from gold and TIPS to buffer exchange-traded funds. Fed-Induced Recession?
March 18, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, News, Trading Strategies
Most market participants knew that the Fed would increase interest rates by 0.25%. What they don't know is if all this is leading to a recession. And if it does, how do you even plan for it? Today, Ted Bauman breaks down the Fed's press release to answer your many questions. It’s the End of the World as We Know It
March 15, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Global Economy, Trading Strategies
Many young investors are only dimly aware of the subprime mortgage crisis and the dot-com bust. They can’t imagine a world with conditions like those. They take recent circumstances for granted. Now there’s another big shift underway … one that could be far more consequential for the economy, our politics and our pocketbooks than either of those two events. I’m talking about the collapse of globalization… The Hidden Risk of Russian Collapse
March 14, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Global Economy, News
Today Ted Bauman and Clint Lee look past the headline hysteria in this week’s Your Money Matters to talk about a potential time bomb in the global debt markets. Namely, the increasing risk of a massive Russian default and how it could send shock waves through the world financial system. The 1st War of the Globalized Era
March 1, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investment Opportunities, News
Would World War II have come as quickly as it did? Probably not. In reality, Germany was already isolated. After 1933, the Nazis moved to make the country self-reliant. Everything went to Hitler's war machine. Germany didn't depend on Europe for anything in 1939, and vice versa. From its spurious historical rationale to its bloodiness, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a carbon copy of Hitler’s invasion of Poland (with one exception: Putin's blitzkrieg appears to be failing in the face of fanatical Ukrainian resistance).And yet, Russian commodities still flow westward. Although Western sanctions have ratcheted up faster than I expected, there are still big carve-outs for Russian energy exports.