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What We’re Paying Attention to Following the Paris Attacks
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 11/21/15
A week ago today, 129 lives were brutally cut short when assailants affiliated with the terrorist group ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, stormed Paris in a series of coordinated attacks. Along with the rest of the world, we were shocked and saddened as the tragic news unfolded, worsening as the night progressed. Our thoughts are with the victims’ families and friends.

5 World Currencies That Are Closely Tied to Commodities
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 11/20/15
For more than a year now, commodity prices have been under pressure from the strong U.S. dollar and slowing global demand. This has made a huge dent in the balance sheet of many net exporters of resources, in turn weakening their currencies.

Global Economic Perspective: November
by Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group of Franklin Templeton Investments, 11/19/15
While China’s manufacturing sector—which drove China’s rise to its place as the world’s second-largest economy—has been losing steam, it is being supplanted by a domestic, consumer-led economy propelled by a rising middle class with growing income. Other Asian countries are on a similar trajectory.

The Bullish Case for Aussie Gold
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 11/13/15
There’s a gold bear market here in North America, where the yellow metal has plunged to a six-year low of $1,083 per ounce on the strong U.S. dollar. But when priced in the weaker Aussie dollar, the precious metal is sitting at $1,520. As recently as last month, it touched $1,642.

Get Ready for Commodity Liftoff: Global Manufacturing Just Made a HUGE Move!
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 11/7/15
As Donald Trump might say: This is going to be huge.

Have Commodities Reached an Inflection Point?
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 10/30/15
This week the Federal Reserve announced that it would delay the interest rate liftoff yet again, but while everyone seems concerned about nominal rates—the federal funds rate, in this case—real rates have already risen about 5 percent since August 2011. This “invisible” rate hike is much more impactful to commodity prices and emerging markets than a nominal rate hike, which is simply the “tip of the iceberg.”

Global Economic Perspective: October
by Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group of Franklin Templeton Investments, 10/23/15
Overall, while there are plenty of ‘problem children’ in the emerging-market space, there are undoubtedly assets and currencies being beaten down by broad-brush assessments of economic prospects that merit renewed attention.

The “Oprah Effect” and Gold
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 10/23/15
Many short sellers of Weight Watchers no doubt felt too down to look in the mirror this week after company stock unexpectedly ballooned nearly 170 percent. You can thank (or blame) Oprah.

Follow the Leaders: Learning from ETFs, BCA and the New PM
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 10/23/15
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending an intensive daylong ETF conference in Austin, just up the road from our office in San Antonio. Hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald, the conference was designed for institutional investors.

Will Gold Finish 2015 with a Gain?
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 10/20/15
After its stellar performance last week, gold might do something it hasn’t done since 2012—that is, end the year in positive territory. You can see past returns for yourself in our perennially popular Periodic Table of Commodities Return.

Will Gold Finish 2015 with a Gain?
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 10/17/15
After its stellar performance this week, gold might do something it hasn’t done since 2012—that is, end the year in positive territory. You can see past returns for yourself in our perennially popular Periodic Table of Commodities Return.

Three Ways to Help Reduce Capital Gains on Investments
by Frank Pape of Russell Investments, 10/14/15
Frank Pape provides simple ways to be more tax aware with help understanding capital gains and how they may impact investments.

How these 12 TPP Nations Could Forever Change Global Growth
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 10/10/15
The current members include Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.After nearly seven years of negotiations, the TPP promises to deliver unprecedented free and fair global trade among the 12 participant nations.

The 10 Most Competitive Countries in the World
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 10/3/15
No new countries have entered or exited this exalted list, and there was very little rank-shuffling. For the seventh consecutive year, Switzerland is the most competitive country. For the fifth straight year, Singapore is number two. The U.S. comes in at number three for the second year. And so on.

India Issues Its First Sovereign Gold Coin… to Curb Gold Imports October 1, 2015
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 10/2/15
Gold tends not to leave India once it enters. As the world’s largest importer, the country consumes massive quantities of the yellow metal—it’s on track to take in 900 tonnes of the stuff this year—where it remains in private families’ coffers, mostly in the form of jewelry and decorative heirlooms. It’s estimated that less than 10 percent of all Indian gold demand is in bars and coins.

How Will These Leaders of 4 Billion People Change the World?
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 9/25/15
This week the U.S. played host to three prominent and illustrious leaders to billions of people: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pope Francis. Among them, they lead—either politically or spiritually—nearly 4 billion people worldwide, more than half of everyone living on the planet right now.

Here Are Two Ways Investors Can Take Advantage of the Fed's Uncertainty
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 9/19/15
Although interest rates could still be hiked in one of the two remaining times the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets this year, I’m inclined to think they’ll stay near zero until at least 2016. The decision is a welcome one for both gold demand and new home purchases. When rates rise, gold becomes less attractive for some investors, who are encouraged to exchange their no-yielding gold for income-producing assets.

New Study: We're Nowhere Near Peak Coal Use in China and India
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 9/16/15
Resource investors, take note: By 2025, just 10 years from now, energy consumption in Asia will increase a whopping 31 percent. A whole two-thirds of that demand, driven largely by China and India, will be for fossil fuels, most notably coal.

Life Is Uncertain and So Are Interest Rates
by Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors, 9/12/15
Right now, a lot of investors are wondering about the uncertainty of rising interest rates—the causes, effects and possible ramifications. Many people have been saying for weeks and months now that a rate hike is imminent and that September is the anticipated takeoff. I’ve been skeptical of this, and now a chart from highly-respected market analyst Jeff deGraaf confirms my skepticism.

Earnings Surprises...Are You Kidding Me?
by Frank Caruso, Vincent Dupont, Adam Yee of AllianceBernstein, 9/12/15
In the game called the quarterly earnings season, positive surprises have become so commonplace among US large-cap stocks that they’ve nearly lost all meaning. We wonder why investors keep playing along.

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.
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