Power Hedge is an independent stock research and analysis firm with a passion for macro- and microeconomic analysis. The company was founded in 2010 by Daniel E. Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs has a very interesting background. He graduated summa cum laude from the Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in ...
morePower Hedge is an independent stock research and analysis firm with a passion for macro- and microeconomic analysis. The company was founded in 2010 by Daniel E. Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs has a very interesting background. He graduated summa cum laude from the Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in finance and entrepreneurship. He then went to work at the Travelers as an Information Systems Consultant. He spent many years in this role, using most of his paychecks to invest in dividend-paying stocks, primarily in the energy industry. He left this position to start up Powerhedge, LLC, which had managed to obtain a contract with an asset management company in Pennsylvania to be their primary provider of research. Mr. Gibbs has since expanded the company into private equity and investment banking, which is illustrated by it being behind the largest real estate deal in Pittsburgh in 2016. The company today operates as both a boutique investment bank and a stock research firm focused on dividend investing.
Power Hedge focuses our research primarily on dividend-paying, international companies of all sizes with sustainable competitive advantages. Power Hedge is neither a permabear nor a permabull. However, we believe that, given the current structural problems in the United States, the best investment opportunities may lie elsewhere in the world. The firms strategy is primarily buy and hold, but will stray from that strategy on occasion. Our ideal holding period is forever, however we realize that both internal and external forces can impact an investment. For this reason, we believe that it is vital to keep a close eye on all of your investments. We do not believe in changing an investment based on short-term market swings.
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Gold And Pork Bellies
Gold and silver are the only real currencies out there. Everything else is just a "promise to pay."
Both gold and silver are very undervalued too, so buying some is a smart move.
Bond Guru Gundlach: 80% Chance Of Making 10% In Gold
I've really liked gold for a while. By pretty much any measure, it's significantly underpriced. Silver is even more so.
What Killed The U.S. Consumer, In One Chart
Obamacare did nothing to reverse the trend of healthcare inflation...
This Rarely Seen Chart Signals A Raging Silver Bull Market...
I'm thinking that silver is a better investment than gold at this point. That ratio is one reason why... the other being that demand for physical silver will likely increase much more than gold going forward.
The Great Exodus From The U.S. Dollar Has Begun
I've been writing about this myself for the past few years. Several emerging nations, led by Russia and China, but also including Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and several others have been actively moving steadily away from the US Dollar. China now wants to do much of their foreign trade in yuan or Russian roubles.
China is now Saudi Arabia's biggest trading partner, not the United States. Eventually, the Saudis themselves might switch away from the U.S. dollar (they've already taken a few steps towards this end) and that could finally kill the dollar as the reserve currency... particularly if the USA doesn't get its spending under control and continues to interfere in world affairs (which has been angering a lot of foreign nations).
Great American Economic Growth Myth
Very well said. Not too many people realize that American GDP growth over the past 30-odd years has been due to debt expansion.
GDP = Velocity of Money x Debt
The velocity of money has been falling since the early 1980s and currently sits at lower levels than it had in the Great Depression. Therefore, all economic growth over that time period was due to the increasing debt load.
This Company’s Stockpiling Gold — And You Should Too
I remember an interview with Nathan Rothschild where he was asked what his portfolio was invested in. He said 1/3 was in gold. If you can't trust a Rothschild to know what to invest in, who can you trust?
The Labor Market In The U.S. Is Strong, But How Does It Compare Internationally?
I disagree that the labor market in the US is strong. If you look closer at that headline number, you see that all the jobs created went to workers over 55. The 25-54 age group actually saw employment decline was 35k, while men in that age group declined by 119k. In addition, the number of full time jobs in the US is just now reaching the levels that it had in December 2007 and that's excluding the fact that the population is now larger.
"US Debt Is 3 Times More Than You Think" Warns Former Chief US Accountant
This has been well known for a while and David Walker has been discussing this for several years. It has just never been covered extensively and policymakers seem content to ignore the problem rather than actually do something about it.
Russia Could Cause Another Financial Crisis In Response To Sanctions
Not only that, but increasingly it appears as though China is actively allied with Russia and both nations (along with several other BRICS nations) are actively working to supplant the U.S. dollar as the reserve currency. Unfortunately, a large portion of the American economic system depends on the US dollar remaining the reserve currency as it allows the U.S. government and companies to issue debt for much cheaper than they otherwise would and keeps domestic inflation lower than it would be were the dollar treated as any other currency by the world markets. This is a worrying situation.