Taking a Break—Sort Of This author has been moving his family into a new dwelling over the last couple of days. We are incredibly excited for our next new [...]
Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark This week was all about the Federal Reserve FOMC decision to initiate the new rate cutting cycle with an aggressive [...]
No Wonder Gold is Flying This week, after nearly succumbing to a vision of economic gloom, equity traders convinced themselves that growth and higher stock [...]
Moment of Truth This holiday shortened week was a volatility sandwich. Tuesday started with a bang as stocks sank and the VIX volatility index shot higher by [...]
Q2 2024: Just the Start For the precious metals sector, Q2 2024 was one for the record books. According to the World Gold Council, gold demand was at record [...]
Not Buying It Due to late summer plans with in-laws this week, HAI will be brief. The market news of the week primarily revolved around a curiously large [...]
Ahead of the Game This week markets got a big dose of economic data. Ultimately, however, that data didn’t change the overarching narrative. Debt has become [...]
Minsky Moments and the Butterfly Effect Three weeks ago, on July 16th, the S&P 500 closed at an all-time high within spitting distance of a truly [...]
Piercing the Veil In November of 1943, speaking to Joseph Stalin during the Tehran conference, Winston Churchill remarked that, “In wartime, truth is so [...]
Man of Steel? With many thanks to Danielle DiMartino Booth for last week’s interview, lets pick up where she left off and address some of the implications [...]
A Chat with Danielle DiMartino Booth HAI has a rare treat for readers this week. Danielle DiMartino Booth may be the closest thing to a rock star the “dismal [...]
Still Dancing In July of 2007, Citigroup CEO Chuck Prince laid out his strategy for running Citigroup amid a growing recognition of risks on the eve of what [...]
