Last night, I posted a new piece explaining what was happening in the silver market. Unfortunately, the morning email with the link didn’t go out. Here’s the article: https://deepknowledgeinvesting.com/heres-whats-happening-with-silver/
At the end of last week, silver rocketed to an all-time high of almost $84. Yesterday, it traded below $71 before recovering to $74 as I write this. That’s approximately a 15% move in under one trading day which is big for a stock and enormous for a commodity. Let’s go through what’s happening in … Read more
Unusually stern disclaimer: I am not a tax or accounting expert. I am not qualified to provide tax advice. In this article, I am telling you how I am thinking about my own tax situation and exposures. You should consult a tax and accounting professional for advice if you have year-end questions. There is … Read more
Overview: There’s been a lot in the news and on Fin-X lately about Japan, record gold prices, and skyrocketing silver. Here’s a quick summary of the situation(s). Japan: I was going to write a long explanation, and then realized I’ve covered this in detail in the past. The short version is Japan ran up … Read more
While trading, when you enter a market order, your broker’s order system will execute the order immediately regardless of price. When trading something highly liquid, that’s often fine. For example, if you’re trying to buy $10,000 of $AAPL, you’ll almost certainly get decent execution with a market order. If there’s news on the tape and … Read more
We got an estimated CPI that shows inflation has slowed. The market loved seeing that, but I still think inflation is too high. Plus, do any of you think the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated a low CPI? Me either. Oil prices continue to fall. Efforts to embargo Russian oil have failed. DKI predicted this … Read more
Overview: Today, we got the November Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 2.7% for the last year. There was no October report due to the government shutdown so there will be no monthly comparisons in this piece. The annual number is down 0.3% from the September report and 0.4% below … Read more
The Federal Reserve concluded its last meeting of 2025 and as expected, lowered the fed funds rate by 25bp (.25%). In an increasingly more common event there was dissent. For years, any Fed Governor dissenting was unusual. Any arguments were held behind closed doors while the committee presented a unified face to the public. Today’s … Read more
