So you want to own gold. When is the right time to buy? Should I use gold ETFs to establish (or add to) gold positions? Here is a quick look at a simple but effective strategy to spotting good entry levels for the two biggest gold ETFs.... >> READ MORE...

Boring or exciting, tortoise or hare, bonds or stocks? There are different ways to figure out when to overweigh stocks over bonds or vice versa. This indicator shows the value of bonds relative to the S&P 500 Index.... >> READ MORE...

There is no such thing as a crystal ball. Mortal investors don’t even have access to insider information (unlike HFT computers, Wall Street and politicians), but there are a few tricks to tilt the odds in our favor. Here are three:... >> READ MORE...

More QE is good for big banks and stocks. Rising stocks are good for the Presidents approval ratings. How far will the President go to create a (and repair the Obamacare-damaged) legacy?... >> READ MORE...

Shuffle your money in the market and forget about it has been the best any investor could do since the Federal Reserve started Quantitative Easing. The ‘ignorance is bliss’ strategy has worked well, too well. Will ‘you snooze you lose’ take over soon?... >> READ MORE...

Commercial investors, the ‘big boys of investing’ are considered the smart money on Wall Street. It generally pays to follow their lead. Right now commercial traders are short the Nasdaq-100 to an historic extreme.... >> READ MORE...

Much has been written about the ‘great rotation’ from bonds into stocks. In reality, investors ask themselves every day if there’s more value in stocks or bonds. There’s one accurate measure to determine where’s more value.... >> READ MORE...

A monkey that sits on the ground can’t fall from the tree, and an investor in cash can’t lose money. Is now the time to be ‘on the ground or in the tree?’ A closer look at the S&P 500 provides some interesting clues.... >> READ MORE...

At one point or another over the last few years we’ve all heard about the bursting Federal Reserve Balance sheet (it’s still growing by the way). However, how big is the Fed’s balance sheet in correlation to the total U.S. stock market? It’s big! ... >> READ MORE...

Few companies ever reach the kind of ‘cult’ status Tesla generated in a few short years. At one point, TSLA was up over 450% in 2013 alone, but the stock has dropped almost 30% in recent weeks. Is Tesla the new Apple?... >> READ MORE...