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Rate Hike Cycles, Gold, and the “Rule of Total Morons”

MishTalk

In response to Janet Yellen’s everything is OK speech following today’s balance sheet reduction notice by the FOMC committee, I received an interesting set of comments from Pater Tenebrarum at the Acting Man Blog regarding rate hike cycles, gold, and stock market peaks. That is no coincidence.

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Rate Hike Cycles, Gold, and the “Rule of Total Morons”

MishTalk

In response to Janet Yellen’s everything is OK speech following today’s balance sheet reduction notice by the FOMC committee, I received an interesting set of comments from Pater Tenebrarum at the Acting Man Blog regarding rate hike cycles, gold, and stock market peaks. That is no coincidence.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

In June 2017 the board “retired” Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. During Immelt’s tenure, GE’s stock market value fell by about half. So far in 2017, GE is the worst-performing stock on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Then it wasn’t. Comstock is out.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

That deal sent the price of Brent crude oil to above $70 a barrel in January, after the industry that had suffered through $54 per barrel oil on average in 2017. The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets.