South Africa (EZA) Update
Back on June 20, 2017, we published a bearish article on the South African economy and the stock market. We took this stance because the Zuma government is restructuring the…
Will Cheniere Energy (LNG) Suffer the “Big Chill”
Cheniere Energy, Inc., (ticker, LNG) is a specialty energy company, engages in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) segment of the oil & gas business. The company is organized into two…
Frontier Investing
Before a country is known as an "Emerging Market", they develop as a "Frontier Economy" or "Frontier Market." Wikipedia defines a frontier market as a market that is a type…
Happy 4th of July
Here are some interesting and a few little-known (and some well-known) facts about Independence Day. The July 4th holiday celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, which…
Gap Stores (GPS) Update
It is no secret that retail is one of the toughest places to invest right now. This kind of challenge also comes with opportunities. As the retail landscape changes to…
Jim Grant Explains the Gold Standard
Here at TOE, we seek to educate as we present our analysis of the economy, markets and trade ideas. At the same time, we go in search of those with…
Fed’s Yellen expects no new financial crisis in ‘our lifetimes’
The statement of public figures tells us a lot about conventional wisdom. In our views, government and regulatory bodies are "consensus" entities. That is to say, their statements have more…
Precious Metals Update
The precious metal complex is probably the most frustrating asset class in the marketplace today. Both the bulls and the bears would make the case that the price action of…
The Week Ahead – 06/26/2017
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Oil, Oil Everywhere
Oil has been in the news once again the past few week. Or more accurately, the price of oil has been in the news. Representatives from OPEC countries, financial journalists,…
GDP Watch: US Economy Chugging Along Just Fine
Investors, journalist, investment strategists and market commentators talk about and analyze the economy as part of their investment decision-making process. They do so on the premise that if the economy…
“To Hedge or Not to Hedge” That is the Question
In early May, we recommended investors sell an appropriate amount of in the money call spreads (16-June-2017, 144/138) on IWM to hedge some of the downside risks in their portfolios…