The 2020 U.S. election generates anxiety on Wall Street Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Sep 27, 2019 The next US election will be held on Tuesday November 3, 2020. It’s probably too early to speculate about who will win. But markets will soon start to anticipate the outcome so investors might want to think about rebalancing their investments, especially... Read more
Iran and the U.S. are heading for confrontation Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Sep 20, 2019 The recent bombing of one of the most important oil processing facilities in the world brought everyone’s attention back to the Middle East and Saudi Arabia and the threat of war with Iran. If knocking out 5 million barrels of daily production can be... Read more
China growth rate sputters Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Sep 13, 2019 China’s GDP has overtaken the U.S., measured by purchasing power parity. Economic growth in the Middle Kingdom has outpaced the rest of the world for four decades, since economic reforms were instituted in the early 1980s by Deng Xiaoping. If China’s... Read more
Dr. Michael Burry predicts a crash in passive investments Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Sep 06, 2019 Dr. Michael Burry, the lead protagonist in the movie “The Big Short” and successful speculator during the 2009 Global Financial Crisis, has called out the passive investing fad as a bubble that will end in a crash. He says that “the longer it goes on... Read more