Market Commentary
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – September 8th, 2023
Lots of interesting news this week where we address these important questions: Is the disinflation story done now? Can the Japanese yen recover? Are we finally about to get a Bitcoin ETF ($GBTC)? How much trouble can we expect for Disney ($DIS)? Is the employment situation better than we thought last week? Ready for the … Read more
Boredom Can Be Great
When I started Deep Knowledge Investing, I received a lot of questions about the number of ideas subscribers would get. In 2020, there were a ton of them as we played the recovery trade. We bought cruise lines, casinos, banks, and other stocks that had gotten crushed during the Covid lockdowns. The next year we … Read more
Portfolio Update – It’s Not Disinflation
Normally, I don’t provide updates on daily market action, but there’s something important happening today. Saudi Arabia and Russia have extended production cuts for several additional months. The US has tried to buy a tiny amount of oil to begin to replenish the strategic petroleum reserve (SPR), but that keeps pushing oil prices higher. Oil … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – September 1st, 2023
The Employment Issue Lots of interesting news this week where we address these important questions: Is the labor market cooling as quickly as some believe? How long can housing prices continue to rise? Is the trend towards services spending and away from goods continuing? Will anyone be able to get a job next year? Is … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – August 25th, 2023
The R-star and Shoplifting Issue Lots of interesting news this week where we address these important questions: Jerome Powell is again more hawkish than the market expected or hoped. Rates to 6%? More bank downgrades. One bank index shows no shareholder value creation in 25 years. Nvidia ($NVDA) has a fantastic quarter and the stock … Read more
Guest Post – Putting Today’s Interest Rates in Perspective – by Ryan Sullivan
I’m pleased to provide a guest post from Ryan Sullivan. Ryan began his career as an engineer, and recently started his own financial advisory practice. In my conversations with him, I was impressed with his knowledge of investing and his desire to try to help his clients outperform. Many financial planners spend all of their … Read more
Deep Knowledge Investing Featured on The Last Trade
I was pleased to be the guest host for last week’s episode of The Last Trade. We discussed Sovereign debt problems, the dangers of holding only fiat, gold, energy, and Bitcoin. Check it out here:
