Oil

Stocks Rise on CPI of “Only” 8.5%

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Introduction: Today’s inflation report came in at 8.5% which was slightly below the 8.7% that the market expected.  The thinking is that now that inflation has come down from the 9.1% from last month and was below the expected number, we’re closer to Federal Reserve rate cuts and that’s why the market was up today.  … Read more

Down Goes the Petrodollar

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We have warned, and warned and warned that the design of the anti-Russian sanctions are impairing the value of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.  In particular, we have been concerned about the status of the petrodollar.  The US made a deal with Saudi Arabia in the 1970s where in exchange for the US … Read more

DKI Interviewed at the Institute for World Politics on Anti-Russia Sanctions

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Gary Brode, Founder of Deep Knowledge Investing, discusses “The Strategic and Economic Implications of Anti-Russian Sanctions,” as well as how U.S. policy is failing to protect the dollar’s reserve currency status and its effect on American consumers. This event took place on June 29, 2022 as a part of The Institute of World Politics’ lecture … Read more

First Half Headlines are all Terrible Unless You’re a DKI Subscriber

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At this point, you’ve probably read at least a dozen headlines explaining that the first half of 2022 is the worst for the market in over 50 years.  The headlines and commentary we’re seeing are apoplectic.  This came from Barron‘s last night: The first half of the year was terrible. Worst in decades for stocks. … Read more

Invested.dk Interviews DKI on Oil, Gold, Fx, and Portfolio Hedging

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My Ravn of Invested.dk interviews Gary Brode of Deep Knowledge Investing on oil, gold, currency, and portfolio hedging.  We’d like to thank My, the Invested.dk community, and our Norwegian friends who joined us for this interesting webinar on current market issues.

Special Guest Post – How the Petrodollar System Restored, Then Ruined, America’s Economy

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Tree of Woe does the kind of deep-dive analysis that gets our attention here at Deep Knowledge Investing, and also has the funniest subscription page I’ve ever seen actually offering “moments of true woe and deep despair”.  The recent “Running on Empty” series exploring the origins and effect of the petrodollar system is the best … Read more

The Depth Report – A Basic Guide to Hedging for the Amateur/Intermediate Investor

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Overview: We’ve been getting a lot of important questions recently from amateur investors regarding some of the more advanced topics we discuss at Deep Knowledge Investing.  Many people have been taught about things like diversification and dollar cost averaging, but don’t really understand things like hedging, offsetting different kinds of risk, or shorting stocks.  That’s … Read more