This piece was originally published on September 21th, 2023. After oil prices rose to their highest level this year, the sell-side decided to raise price targets. Bank of America thinks crude prices could go above $100 this year. Brent crude is already up from the low $70s to almost $94 today. JP Morgan is “predicting” … Read more
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
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:
This post originally appeared on April 3, 2023 Market Giving Up Friday’s Gains: Yesterday, we published a piece concluding that the market may have misinterpreted Friday’s PCE report. The NASDAQ, which is more sensitive to interest rate changes than other major indexes, has given up half of Friday’s gains as of the time of this … Read more
Most of the analysis we do at Deep Knowledge Investing is detailed and complicated. People often ask me how long it takes to write a post. The answer is it typically takes 1-3 hours to write something and days/weeks/months of research to know enough to have confidence in my conclusions. Sometimes, things just seem obvious…In … Read more