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Global Economic Perspective: September
by Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group of Franklin Templeton Investments, 9/11/15
While the [US] Fed is facing an extremely delicate task ... it is still our belief that the US economy remains sufficiently strong to be able to bear a gradual increase in short-term rates in the coming months.

What Might Tax Liability Mean to You?
by Frank Pape of Russell Investments, 9/10/15
Understanding tax liability and being able to explain it to your clients can be important. Frank Pape provides ways to be more tax aware.

Here’s Your Guide to What the Influencers Are Saying about Commodities
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 9/4/15
A few legendary influencers in investing are making huge bets right now on commodities, an area that’s faced—and continues to face—some pretty strong headwinds. What are we to make of this?

The Many Uses of Gold
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 9/3/15
Gold’s many qualities make it one of the most coveted metals in the world. Not only can it be beautifully shaped and sculpted, the yellow metal also conducts electricity, doesn’t tarnish and is biocompatible (meaning it’s not harmful to our tissue). These qualities make it the metal of choice in a wide variety of industries, including dentistry and medicine, electrical engineering, construction and aerospace manufacturing.

China’s Economy Is Undergoing a Huge Transformation That No One’s Talking About
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 8/28/15
Misconception and exaggeration are circling China’s economy right now like a flock of hungry buzzards. If you listen only to the popular media, you might believe that the Asian giant is teetering on the brink of economic disaster, with the Shanghai Composite Index’s recent correction and devaluation of the renminbi held up as “proof.”

Feeling Old Yet? Incoming College Freshmen Have Always Known Google
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 8/28/15
I use Google every day, and yet I still marvel at how amazing a tool it is. Part of this amazement stems from the fact that most of my life was spent in the dark ages before the search giant changed human knowledge forever. I appreciate it in a way 19th-century, transcontinental travelers must have appreciated steam locomotives’ ability to shave days and weeks from their covered-wagon travel time. Except Google is more like a rocket ship than a locomotive.

Gold Glimmers as Global Market Fear Grips Investors
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 8/21/15
Gold this week broke above its 50-day moving average as a fresh round of negative news from around the globe rekindled investors’ interest in the yellow metal as a safe haven. The Fear Trade, it seems, is in full force.

These Billionaire Investors Just Made Massive Bets on Gold and Airlines
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 8/21/15
I always advise investors to follow the smart money, and two people high on the list are Stanley Druckenmiller and Warren Buffett. Second-quarter regulatory filings show that Stanley Druckenmiller, the famed hedge fund manager, just placed more than $323 million of his own money into a gold ETF, at a time when sentiment toward the yellow metal is in the basement. Meanwhile, Buffett announced this week that Berkshire Hathaway is purchasing aircraft parts supplier Precision Castparts for $32 billion.

Global Economic Perspective: August
by Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group of Franklin Templeton Investments, 8/19/15
We believe sound headline job creation figures point to rate increases by a [US] Fed that would like to begin to ‘normalize’ monetary policy when possible. The US economy is no longer in the emergency room, as it was in December 2008.

Will a Democrat Win the White House in 2016?
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 8/14/15
He might be leading in the polls right now, but Donald Trump is unlikely to be elected president in 2016, if a time-tested election forecast turns out to be accurate.

China Not Immune to Contagious Quantitative Easing and Massive Printing of Cheap Money
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 8/14/15
First it was the U.S. Federal Reserve. Then, in 2013, Japan launched what became known as Abenomics. The European Central Bank (ECB) followed suit in 2014. And now the People’s Bank of China has joined the parade. All of them in some way stimulated economic growth by initiating monetary quantitative easing (QE) programs.

Gold Holds Its Own Against These Media Darlings
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 8/7/15
A recent Bloomberg article points out that the gold rout has cost China and Russia $5.4 billion, an amount that would sound colossal were it not for the fact that U.S. media companies such as Disney and Viacom collectively lost over $60 billion for shareholders in as little as two days this week. Below are the weekly losses for just a handful of those companies. Compared to many other asset classes, gold has held up well, even after factoring in its price decline.

What Airlines Can Teach the Energy Sector about Adversity
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 8/7/15
If you’ve studied psychology, and specifically behavioral finance, you might be familiar with the concept of adversity quotient (AQ), which measures how well someone is able to face and cope with, well, adversity. It looks at how we use the tools given to us in order to survive and recover from setbacks.

Gold on Sale, Says the Rational Investor
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 8/1/15
The leveraged gold futures derivatives market is knocking down the precious metal, yet in massive contrast, this drop has ignited a shopping frenzy according to gold coin dealers. I spoke with several friends and industry experts this week who confirmed the record sales numbers for the month. In fact, American Gold Eagle sales reached 161,500 ounces in July, the highest monthly figure since April 2013. What gives?

3 Reasons Why Gold Isn’t Behaving Like Gold Right Now
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 7/25/15
The last time the metal descended this quickly was 18 months ago, on January 6, 2014, when someone brought a massive gold sell order on the market before retracting it in a high-frequency trading tactic called “quote stuffing.”

Does Your Muni Bond Fund Own Puerto Rico’s Bad Debt?
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 7/24/15
While the media and investors are focused on Greece, Puerto Rico is having a debt meltdown of its own. The U.S. territory owes lenders over $70 billion, $5.4 billion of which is due in the next 12 months. But without some form of debt restructuring, says Governor Alejandro García Padilla, it will be unable to meet its obligations. Countless municipal bond fund investors—many of them unaware they have exposure to the Caribbean island—could be affected.

Crude Oil Is the Best-Performing Commodity of 2015 So Far
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 7/17/15
The widest expansion this year was made by none other than crude oil, the worst-performing commodity of 2014. As of June 30, oil posted gains of over 11 percent, rising to $59.47 per barrel. After falling more than 50 percent since last summer, though, it had little else to go but up. That oil claimed the top spot just highlights the reality that commodities are in a depressed state right now.

China’s Market Correction in Three Easy Charts
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 7/15/15
The sheer size and importance of China’s equity markets cannot be overstated. Second in size only to the New York Stock Exchange, the combined value of the Asian country’s stock markets is $14 trillion and change. Or at least it was, before they fell 30 percent, wiping away nearly $2 trillion in value. To put this in perspective, the gross domestic product (GDP) of debt-troubled Greece is around $200 billion.

Global Investors: You Should Be Paying Attention to this Economic Indicator
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 7/11/15
In addition to our own macro models, BCA Research , a highly respected independent research company, pointed out that PMIs in developing economies have plunged to new lows. The International Monetary Fund also revised downward its global growth forecast for 2015. On this account, bad news is good news, as central bankers are scrambling to stimulate economic growth.

Home of the Free, Land of the Entrepreneur
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 7/2/15
Where else but in America can a startup such as Uber be valued at $50 billion, higher than 80 percent of the companies in the S&P 500 Index, only six years after its founding? Where else but in America can someone reach billionaire status by inventing a new type of hosiery, as Sara Blakely did with Spanx? Before her now-ubiquitous undergarments were worn by women—and now men—all over the globe, Blakely was so broke that she had to write her own patent without the help of an attorney.

Investors Take Shelter as Greek Referendum Nears
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 7/2/15
American industrialist J. Paul Getty once said: “If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem.” And when the amount is $1.73 billion, it’s everyone’s problem. Greece is officially in arrears for missing its scheduled payment Tuesday to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Expecting this, American stocks had their largest one-day drop of 2015 on Monday. Market volatility, as measured by the VIX, spiked sharply.

$8 Trillion Alternative Energy Boom Is a Win for Copper
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 6/27/15
As the world’s population continues to grow, and as more people in developing and emerging countries gain access to electricity, the role alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and geothermal play should skyrocket. Between now and 2040, a massive $8 trillion will be spent globally on renewables, about two thirds of all energy spending, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Solar power alone is expected to draw $3.7 trillion.

Gold and Health Care Stocks Get a Clean Bill of Health
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 6/19/15
Even though the Federal Reserve announced this week that it would wait a little longer to raise rates, spooked investors fled to gold bullion, helping to drive prices above $1,200 an ounce. It was the greatest single-session surge by percentage in nearly a month and a half for the yellow metal, widely seen as a safe-haven investment. As I told MarketWatch yesterday, $1,200 is an important threshold for gold miners because it helps increase profitability and spur production.

Gold in the Age of Soaring Debt
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 6/19/15
Ever wonder how much gold has ever been exhumed in the history of the world? The GFMS Gold Survey estimates that the total amount is approximately 183,600 tonnes, or 5.9 billion ounces. If we take that figure and multiply it by the closing price on June 16, $1,181 per ounce, we find that the value of all gold comes within a nugget’s throw of $7 trillion.

Breaking from the Gold Standard Had Disastrous Consequences
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 6/12/15
About 100 years ago, in his testimony before Congress, banking giant J.P. Morgan famously stated: “Gold is money, and nothing else.” At the time, this was true in every sense of the word “money,” as the U.S. was still on the gold standard.

U.S. Economy Turns on the Afterburners-Is a Rate Hike Next?
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 6/12/15
So when will rates be raised again? Next Wednesday the world will tune in to see if Fed Chair Janet Yellen can answer that question. Though it's anyone's guess what she'll say, there's no denying that many of the economic indicators the Fed is keeping an eye on have sharply improved lately.

Billions and Billions Pour into India and China
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 6/8/15
It’s been a little over a year since Narendra Modi took office in India, and so far the results have been mostly positive for the South Asian country and the surrounding region. Among other achievements, Modi’s government has managed to enact important policy reforms, increase public investments in infrastructure, lower food inflation and generally open India up to business on a global scale.

Billions and Billions Pour into India and China
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 6/5/15
It’s been a little over a year since Narendra Modi took office in India, and so far the results have been mostly positive for the South Asian country and the surrounding region. Among other achievements, Modi’s government has managed to enact important policy reforms, increase public investments in infrastructure, lower food inflation and generally open India up to business on a global scale.

These Self-Made Billionaires Prove Piketty Wrong about Wealth
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 6/4/15
Many of us are aware that 400 billionaires appear on Forbes’ list of the wealthiest Americans. But if you had to guess what percentage of them is self-made, what would you say? A quarter? A third?

Behold the Power of Buybacks and Dividends
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 5/31/15
Buybacks and dividends. The mere mention of either one is often enough to make some investors’ hearts race with excitement and embolden them with confidence that company management is being a better steward of capital.

What America Can Learn from China’s Infrastructure
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 5/27/15
As one of the greatest nations on the planet, the United States excels in a number of areas, innovation and entrepreneurship foremost among them. But something you might be hard-pressed to find at the top of anyone’s best-of list is infrastructure—specifically roads, rail and mass transit.

Rate Hike Ahead? Here’s How to Get Your Portfolio Ready
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 5/23/15
Many experts and analysts believe a June rate hike seems very unlikely, but today, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen hinted that one might happen as soon as the end of this year.

Wall Street Underestimates the Great American Earnings Machine
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 5/16/15
With a little over 90 percent of S&P 500 companies having reported, it looks as if the index has risen a modest 2 percent for the first quarter. That might not seem significant, but as LP Financial Services Chief Investment Officer Burt White points out in a recent Barron’s piece, “given the steep uphill climb that corporate America faced due to the twin drags of the oil downturn and strong U.S. dollar, this is actually a good result.”

“Wrestling with Something Else”: Why this Gold Bear Market Is Different
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 5/15/15
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure to appear on Jim Puplava’s Financial Sense Newshour radio program and discuss the state of the gold market. Along with my peers John Doody of the Gold Stock Analyst and Ross Hansen of Northwest Territorial Mint, I shared my thoughts on how we arrived in the current bear market, what factors might help us get out of it and the role real interest rates play in prices.

Follow the Smart Money: How the Pros Are Trading Right Now
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 5/8/15
No matter what profession you’re in, no matter what sport or hobby is important to you, chances are good you keep track of what the top professionals are up to. More often than not, they’re the smartest ones in the room. They’re the innovators, the thought leaders, and it pays to keep up with their decisions, behavior and opinions.

Americans Take 3-Trillion-Mile Road Trip, Dollar Corrects and Commodities Rebound
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 5/8/15
The busy summer travel season is at our doorstep, starting this Mother’s Day weekend, and with that comes stronger fuel demand.

Show Me the Stocks, Not the Cash, Say Optimistic CEOs
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 5/3/15
In early March, I made the case that there’s no greater vote of confidence in a company’s growth prospects than when its top officers put some skin in the game and buy their own company stock. Among the examples I used were Warren Buffett, who owns millions of shares in Berkshire Hathaway; Elon Musk, who purchased over $100 million worth of Tesla stock in 2013; and myself, the largest shareholder of U.S. Global Investors. Another example of how bullish an executive is on his own company is when he chooses to forego a base salary entirely and instead be compensated in company stock.

Yes, the Top 1 Percent Do Pay Their Fair Share in Income Taxes
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 5/1/15
In January 2014, I posted what has unexpectedly become one of my most widely-read articles, “What Does It Take to Be in the Top 1 Percent? Not as Much as You Think.”

Growth Is Becoming More Valuable
by Frank Caruso, Christopher Kotowicz of AllianceBernstein, 4/27/15
Precious gems, Old Masters artwork and certain brands of scotch: scarcity makes them more desirable and adds to their value. The same can be said of organic growth. As the economic cycle matures, we expect the stocks of companies that have it—and can maintain it—to become increasingly prized.

Airlines Report on Q1 Earnings
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 4/27/15
A recent Deutsche Bank report projects a total airline industry first-quarter pretax profit of $3.5 billion, up from $700 million this time last year—a 400-percent improvement.

Junior Mining Companies Have Taken a Senior Role
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 4/17/15
For the past decade, junior mining companies have outperformed senior miners at finding new mineral deposits and generating wealth for investors.

Finding Value in Declining Commodity Prices
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 4/16/15
I’m going to begin with a bit of good news. Below is our China Region Fund (USCOX). As you can see, not only has it broken above its 50- and 200-day moving averages, but it’s also trading at four-year highs. And since this chart was created early last week, the fund has climbed even higher, to $9.53 as of this writing.

Finding Value in Declining Commodity Prices
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 4/11/15
So what’s the deal with Chinese equities right now? After all, China’s economic growth for the first quarter of the year cooled to a six-year low of 7 percent. The market surge is mostly attributable to monetary easing and government policy changes such as housing stimulus and modernization of the country’s financial structure. But there’s more at work.

China to Take the Reins in Funding Regional Infrastructure Projects
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 4/1/15
This Tuesday marked the last day that countries could submit their applications to become founding members of the new China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). As of this writing, a little over 40 nations have either already been approved or have applied for membership, including strong U.S. allies such as Britain, Germany and Australia.

A Tale of Two Economies: Singapore and Cuba
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 3/27/15
It would be nearly impossible to find two world leaders in living memory whose influence is more inextricably linked to the countries they presided over than Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, who passed away this Monday at the age of 91.

Why This Airline Just Landed in the S&P 500 Index
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 3/26/15
For the first time in its 84-year history, American Airlines was cleared for landing in the S&P 500 Index.

Global Economic Perspective: March
by Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group® of Franklin Templeton Investments, 3/18/15
IN THIS ISSUE: United States Prepares for Interest-Rate Hikes; But Much of the World Is Still in Monetary Easing Mode; European Outlook

The Airline Industry Ascended to New Records in 2014
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 3/17/15
Just as the U.S. economy is in full-recovery mode, so too is the airline industry. It’s lately made an impressive about-face from only a decade ago and, in 2014, soared to several new benchmarks.

The Airline Industry Ascended to New Records in 2014
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 3/14/15
Just as the U.S. economy is in full-recovery mode, so too is the airline industry. It’s lately made an impressive about-face from only a decade ago and, in 2014, soared to several new benchmarks. This industry is flying high again.

India the Best-Performing Emerging Market
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 3/5/15
India had an incredible banner year. The world’s largest democracy, home to 1.25 billion people, was the best-performing emerging market in 2014, delivering over 29 percent. It was followed by the Philippines in second place and Indonesia in third.
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