If we focus on placing good trades, our trading can build mindfulness, intentionality, and resilience.

Not taking a bearish stance; simply acknowledging the uncertainty related to the current profile. Plus a look into Ray Dalio's portfolio.

There is no more recent example of the many theoretically apparent pitfalls of socialism coming to life than in Venezuela.

The December retail sales report was so terrible that it implies a recession is coming soon if the data is accurate. There’s always a chance the data is incorrect because these results are revised.

China will reduce the Value Added Tax on 21 rare disease treatments to 3%, starting March 1. Plus: an IPO, financings, licensing, funding rounds.

Pot stocks staged a nice comeback at the start of this year on the renewed appeal for riskier assets, and because investors are capitalizing on the huge potential of the global cannabis industry with some beaten-down stocks.

If we do ever fix our political system, I believe we could see similar or even better growth rates than China. America has unmatched entrepreneurial spirit, but too much of the economy has been directed into wasteful government efforts.

Understanding a publicly-traded company's value proposition – as reflected in its products or services – is crucial to the fundamental analysis of a potential stock for the self-directed investor.

The yield on the 10-year note ended February 15, 2019, at 2.66% and the 30-year bond closed at 3.00%.

Market pricing is the sacred cow of modern day investment theory and economic order—and performance.

This data follows the retail sales data released yesterday which drove down nowcasts of GDP.

America has chosen an unfortunate decade to make it cool to be stupid. Submarining the Amazon HQ in NYC is the latest example.

According to many economic experts and commentators, an effective way to generate economic growth is through the lowering of taxes.

A recent interview of Berkshire-Hathaway veteran Charlie Munger demonstrates the value of experience and wisdom.

Prices for U.S. imports declined 0.5 percent in January and 3.1 percent over the last 3 months. Prices for U.S. exports decreased 0.6 percent in January, after falling 0.6 percent in December and 0.8 percent in November.

If you take the numbers at face value, the Canadian manufacturing story looks negative.

A review of today's trading in the agriculture markets.

The S&P 500 closed Friday up 1.09% from Thursday and up 2.50% from last Friday. The index started the week flat and jumped throughout the rest of the week.

After decades of profligate spending since we abandoned the Gold backed Dollar, the fear of a debt crisis has grown with each recession.

TIC will tell you so much more about the global economy and the changes taking place within it than the Establishment Survey and unemployment rate could ever hope to.