Gold’s Shining Moment? Since 1971, the U.S. as global hegemon has followed the same path of deindustrialization that ended the preceding British Empire’s [...]
Thinking Very Big Ahead of the Presidents’ Day long weekend, HAI will be reduced to just a few short comments on the latest week in the wild, wild world of [...]
A Barron’s article last December encouraged readers to “embrace the bubble” in stocks, and prepare for another banner S&P 500 year in 2025. This [...]
The Foothills of Gold’s Eventual Everest The main event in markets this week was news that an obscure Chinese start-up artificial intelligence (AI) company [...]
Expectations for a Messy Stretch This week, HAI would like to join millions of others in welcoming Donald J. Trump back to the White House. He will otherwise [...]
Good for Gold This was another interesting week in the wild world of Wall Street. The big market-moving news surrounded Wednesday’s release of Consumer Price [...]
A Very Interesting Set-Up This week the S&P 500 closed at its lowest level since November 5th. The slide lower in the S&P has now given back all of the [...]
2025—No Room for Error Since the Fed started its latest rate-cutting cycle in mid-September, the results haven’t exactly fallen in line with the typical [...]
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas everyone! If you celebrate the 12 days thereof, you might be due for some calling birds today. HAI adds its customary offering [...]
Merry Christmas to All! This week was a wild one on Wall Street. The main event was a Wednesday bomb-drop by Jay Powell and the Federal Open Market Committee [...]
Risks and Opportunities The tech giants who’ve made 2024 “magnificent” aren’t letting up as the year winds down. The Nasdaq 100 (the [...]
Great Expectations—and the Thinnest of Thin Ice The raucous party on Wall Street continued to rage this week with another 0.96% S&P 500 gain to a new [...]
