In today’s Money Morning, US stocks endure a wild night of trading as inflation data surprises again. Investors need to prepare for more selling but also look toward the positives. Also, one of the biggest contributors to inflation — a broken supply chain — appears to be easing, but it may not matter to the Fed’s ongoing hikes. Find out how to prepare accordingly…
What’s great about the US is that anyone can grow up to be president…or win a Nobel Prize. Donald Trump proved the first point. Now, Ben Bernanke has proved the second.
Despite enormous falls in the US market over the last few weeks, if you’re holding large-cap mining stocks, you’re probably faring pretty well. This was the message I conveyed to readers of The Insider last week. It’s one reason Australia’s leading index, the S&P ASX 200, continues to pivot away from the US S&P 500.
In today’s Money Morning, grappling with the complex world of stocks can be tricky for any investor. But when confusing investments deliver overnight success, it’s easy to feel like you missed out. No asset class is a better representative of this than cryptocurrency. Because while it is still a mystery to many, plenty of people are aware of crypto. And for that reason, you don’t want to be the last to know what crypto has to offer…
Yes, dear reader, it’s a YODO world now. Investors are realising that when they are dead, they are dead forever — no Fed voodoo to raise them from the grave. And it’s the first time for most of them. No chance to practice. No opportunity to learn.
The digital currency medium has a global impact that can be a force for unification but can also be a source of obsessive behaviour, greed, dysfunction, and social disruption. In that sense, cryptocurrencies can undermine confidence in existing currency systems even without displacing them.
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