It’s not the VIX at 50+. It’s the fact that after-tax corporate profits tracked by the Federal Reserve in the national income data has not gone up in 7 years (including Trump’s ill-timed tax cut) by the way. So what’s going on here? It’s simple,
Super Tuesday March 3 is the big primary kick-off for candidates in the democratic leadership race where about one-third of delegates are decided. With Buttigieg dropping out Sunday night (and Steyer on Saturday), it appears that the motivation was to help Biden on Super Tuesday. DJT
I’ve read several research reports in the past weeks about the COVID-19 impact on supply chains and the human toll. We are all guessing—educated guesses, but guesses nonetheless. We learn a valuable lesson from Nate Silver’s book The Signal and the Noise about prediction of
Activist investing often sees large pools of money taking major stakes in companies and seeks to get representation on boards to effect change in the C-Suite. A new type of activist investing is really gaining momentum in the ETF world and that is the environmental,
For the 8th year running, I’m coming to you from the largest ETF conference in the world in South Florida. It’s a no brainer conference to attend for anyone interested in ETFs and it’s South Florida in the Winter (LOL). This conference brings together the
Make no mistake, the broad markets are in a melt-up phase and there is very little value in most sectors. This is not likely because we are about to embark on a strong period of economic growth or even that trade tensions have cooled. This
Two measures of valuation for US equities are off the charts. Price to Sales and Enterprise Value to EBITDA. And according to consensus estimates, corporate profits likely dropped in Q4, dragging down annual earnings growth to the smallest in three years. A lot of investors
The added geopolitical tensions in the Middle East add yet another reason to keep gold exposure in your portfolio in 2020. As we listen to the gaggle of former central bankers in recent months now admitting that monetary policy is less effective and can’t do
The tradition on Berman’s Call has been for me to use my last show of the year to forecast what I expect for the coming year and address any mea culpa for bad Berman Calls in 2019. I got the volatility outlook for 2019 all
What inspired this week’s topic was in part what I saw at the hotel I was staying at in Nanaimo, BC. Biodegradable cutlery made from plant starch!!! The other thing is that I spent the week in the beautiful sea and sky views of BC