Markets mirror their environment. In a country and a world that have largely become irrational, markets have slipped their logical moorings as well. America [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] European Stocks Slip as Traders Weigh Rate Outlook: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Dips as Middle East Risks Vie With Outlook for Rates [...]

[Reuters] Taiwan’s new president faces tough time with China pressure, no majority [Reuters] Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s new president-elect, will face [...]

Energy and the Controlled Fiscal Demolition It is a great frustration for HAI to constantly survey the investment landscape for opportunity and repeatedly find [...]

[Reuters] Taiwan voters rebuff China and give ruling party third presidential term [Reuters] Taiwan’s new president-elect will face China’s ire [...]

Monetary disorder played prominently throughout 2023, though most acutely with the fourth quarter upside market dislocation. Speculative leverage went to [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Extend Drop as Bank Earnings Roll In: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Safe-haven gold gains on escalating Middle East tensions [...]

This week we look at gold’s movement over the past weeks.  Even with some downward trends, gold looks to still be sitting in a secure position.  Meanwhile [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Waver After US Inflation: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Climbs as Middle East Unrest Counters Oversupply Worries [Reuters] [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Trade in Narrow Range Before Inflation Data: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Extends Volatile Run as Traders Mull US Stockpiles, [...]

Will 2024 Politics Sway The “Unbiased” Fed? Federal Reserve Leadership Is 10:1 Democrat To Republican I Know, “Let’s Count Debt As An [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slip as Tech-Led Bounce Proves Short-Lived: Markets Wrap [Reuters] US small business sentiment up, but labor, inflation worries [...]

Most of us can recall episodes in life where we worked toward one end but arrived at a very different one. Only 63% of law school graduates from 2015 are [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Edge Lower After Choppy Week; Boeing Falls: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Drops as Saudi Pricing Cuts Counter Middle East Supply [...]

[Reuters] Fed’s Logan: should not rule out another rate hike [AP] Hezbollah, Israel trade heavy cross-border fire as Blinken seeks to prevent regional [...]