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Monty Pelerin

Retired Financial Executive
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Monty Pelerin is a pseudonym. The man behind the pseudonymn has a Phd is Finance and Economics, having degrees from the Duke University, the University of Chicago and Syracuse University. My interests are politics, economics, finance and the decline of our country and culture. Recently I have ...more
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Fed Carnage Continues
Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:21 PM EDT
Fed carnage continues to drive most markets down. The table below shows four key categories and how they have performed since July 26, the day before the Fed’s first rate hike.
In this article: QQQ, DIA, GLD, TLT
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Especially Exciting Week In Markets
Monday, November 7, 2022 3:24 PM EDT
The week ending November 4 was especially exciting. The markets appeared to ignore Chairman Powell's announcement with an initially powerful move upward. Powell’s post-presser drove them down dramatically.
In this article: GLD, TLT, DJI, QQQ
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Are Inflation Expectations Changing?
Sunday, October 23, 2022 3:59 PM EDT
For the last few months, I have tracked market performance using four key assets. Results this week produced conflicting outcomes. Do they reflect the first indication of inflation expectations changing?
In this article: QQQ, GLD, TLT, DJI
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Davos
Sunday, June 19, 2022 4:56 AM EDT
The World Economic Forum, often referred to as that annual meeting in Davos, is provided favorable press coverage around the world. The group is top-heavy with Statists, both those elected but mostly those unelected.
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Doubts Are Rising Over The Coronavirus
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 5:20 PM EDT
Doubts are rising over the coronavirus. Clearly, there is a lot of confusion and fear. Much of that is media and government generated.
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The Safety Of Gold And Gold ETFs
Saturday, January 25, 2020 7:44 PM EDT
Gold is a hedge against government theft, i.e. inflation. Over the long history of civilization, gold has always been used for such purpose and generally performed properly. It is also used to hedge against economic or geopolitical uncertainties.
In this article: GDX, GDXJ, GLD
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Investors Should Be Scared
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 11:53 AM EDT
Optimism based on the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates or administering more QE may provide some with comfort, but it should not.
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Trump Bashing — Free Trade
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 2:07 AM EDT
A free trade agreement is a simple thing. It requires only one sentence: Goods shall pass between nations absent the effects of any penalties, subsidies or quotas.
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Diversification, Momentum And Risk
Monday, February 18, 2019 7:09 AM EDT
High volatility and high drawdowns, can be dampened by diversification. Often this diversification is costly in terms of what it does to returns.
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Momentum Investing — A Path To Wealth?
Thursday, February 14, 2019 5:46 AM EDT
Momentum investing is predicated on corrections in pricing taking longer than the “instantaneous” adjustment predicted by EMT.
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Stock Market Analysis
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:51 AM EDT
Technical analysis provides a practical means to outperform markets, at least for the present. However, any simple means to outperform markets should not be expected to last forever.
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Market Returns - Simple Improvement
Friday, February 8, 2019 2:43 PM EDT
A market filter is something that tells an investor when he should be in the market and when he should be out. A filter adds a mechanical aspect to trading.
In this article: SPY, VTSMX, GE, VEURX Also: META, AAPL, AMZN, NFLX, IBM
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Portfolio Diversification Part II
Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:00 PM EDT
One way to improve portfolio performance is to use more assets or to try to get assets that don’t correlate highly with each other.
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Portfolio Diversification
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:58 AM EDT
Portfolio diversification deals with holding more than one asset or mutual fund in a portfolio. It generally reduces the risk and the returns.
In this article: BND, GLD, VNQ, VTI, IWM, SPX
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Market Returns
Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:27 PM EDT
Stocks generally produce higher returns than bonds. But they also produce larger losses.
In this article: VTSMX
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The Arithmetic Of Wealth
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 10:30 AM EDT
Understanding the arithmetic of wealth is critical to acquiring wealth. It is your passport to wealth.
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