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The Dow Jones Gold Ratio

The Dow Jones Gold Ratio

The past week’s market behavior in the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average is significant for a number of reasons, but primarily, the inability for the index to continue pushing for new heights indicates a misalignment between the political promises of a...
Why The 401K Sucks

Why The 401K Sucks

Although the mainline corporate drivel is to promote the virtues of personal savings through government endorsed “defined-contribution pension plans” such as the 401(k), the furor regarding these retirement assets is akin to any other financial bubble...
The Small to Large Cap Correlation

The Small to Large Cap Correlation

Given the emphasis by mainstream news outlets and various government agencies toward the alleged improvement in economic outlook, one would expect to find a strong and consistent correlation between the equity indices that cover the full spectrum of business activity...
Smith & Wesson Reloaded?

Smith & Wesson Reloaded?

Amidst the tragic irrationality of yet another school shooting, this time at Marysville Pilchuck high school in Seattle, Washington, the ongoing gun control debate was again brought front and center to the national consciousness. However, the fervor of the horrific...
Discount Platinum?

Discount Platinum?

As one of the earth’s rarest precious metals, platinum’s mystique extends deeply into the collective cultural consciousness. According to jewelry specialists Flash Manufacturing, all the platinum ever mined in human history would fit inside the space of an...
Delta Airlines and The Ebola Virus

Delta Airlines and The Ebola Virus

A contagion is in the air and for once, we’re not referring to the endless dump of artificial liquidity by global central banks, nor are we discussing the rapid downfall of governmental or societal ethics. It is an odd circumstance indeed for a common metaphor...