March 23, 2017

What the Fed Means For Your Portfolio World markets are facing a major change, as interest rates have begun a multi-year uptrend. U.S. and foreign economic data continues to improve.  On many fronts, including employment, capital spending, salary increases, backlogs of orders, housing demand, retail sales of home-related items, and Read more…

January 12, 2017

How China Could Boost Commodities In mid-2014, China’s foreign exchange reserves peaked at nearly $4 trillion.  Since then they have been declining as China defends its targeted exchange rate against the U.S. dollar, and increasingly against a trade-weighted basket of its trading partners’ currencies.  Reserves now stand at slightly more Read more…