5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – November 3rd, 2023
The More Problems in Sovereign Debt Issue We’re looking at massive worldwide sovereign debt problems. The Bank of Japan decided to stop defending the 1% rate ceiling on its 10-year bond to stop further weakness in the yen. Not to be outdone, the US Treasury announces plans for trillions of dollars of new bond auctions. … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – October 27th, 2023
The Non-Correlated Issue The stock market is falling with the S&P 500 now down more than 10% from its 2023 high. Investors are starting to realize that “higher for longer” now includes inflation and government spending. Bond yields are rising despite the Fed signaling they’re done hiking for now. GDP is high, but misleading. Investors … Read more
Japan is in Trouble – US Treasury Department Trying to Catch up to Them
DKI has been speaking and writing about the financial issues facing Japan for more than a year. When interest rates were ultra-low, Japan took on massive debt totaling approximately 260% of GDP. That crushing debt load should have caused a financial collapse, but didn’t due to the lowest interest rates in recorded history including trillions … Read more
DKI Featured on Stocks for Beginners
I had the chance to talk with Phil Muscatello on the Stocks for Beginners podcast https://www.stocksforbeginners.net/blog/gary-brode-dki Join Gary and me as we dissect the current state of the US Stock Market. Dominated by the ‘Magnificent Seven’ tech companies, the S&P 500 has wiped out all its gains for 2023. We explore the consequences of increasing … Read more