We all know that central banks around the world have taken a loose monetary policy stance, providing substantial quantitative easing measures to try and revive the global economy.

As I’ve written before, there are many long-term unintended consequences that could ... Read More

This article Side Effects of Monetary Policy Prove Quantitative Easing Isn’t a Panacea originally published at Investment Contrarians by Sasha Cekerevac

Don’t worry, folks, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is not going to take your money away anytime soon; the stock market is safe.

In his testimony to Congress on Wednesday, Bernanke made it clear that the central bank’s current aggressive ... Read More

This article Is Bernanke Underestimating the Long-Term Impact of Easy Money? originally published at Investment Contrarians by George Leong

Many investors in the precious metals sector have been disappointed with the significant decline in prices this year. Precious metals mining stocks have fared even worse than the commodities, with massive drops in their share prices.

An area where many ... Read More

This article Two Unconventional Precious Metals Investors Should Consider originally published at Investment Contrarians by Sasha Cekerevac

Japan is currently on cloud nine, with exports bursting out of the gate and Japanese stocks flying high. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index in Japan is up a whopping 48% this year.

Fueling the massive climb in the stock market ... Read More

This article Japanese Stocks in a Bubble Again? originally published at Investment Contrarians by George Leong

One of the most interesting debates regarding monetary policy is emanating from the Federal Reserve members themselves. The Federal Reserve’s current monetary policy program includes an $85.0-billion monthly asset-purchase program. Recent comments made by many of the Federal Reserve members ... Read More

This article How the Coming Shift in Monetary Policy Will Affect Your Investments originally published at Investment Contrarians by Sasha Cekerevac

The housing market continues to vault ahead. We are seeing strong housing starts and the flow of building permits in the pipeline. Home prices are also steadily moving higher.

The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, comprising the 20 largest U.S. metropolitan ... Read More

This article Housing Market’s On Fire; Why It’s Not Time to Buy originally published at Investment Contrarians by George Leong

There continues to be mixed data regarding the strength of the economic recovery in America. This is creating an interesting divergence between the level of the S&P 500 and the growth rate of the economic recovery, which is far less ... Read More

This article Divergence Between the S&P 500 and Current Economic Recovery Grows; Are Investors Too Optimistic? originally published at Investment Contrarians by Sasha Cekerevac

All of the talk about the negative impact of the sequestration on consumer spending appears to have some validity.

While the rich consumers are continuing to spend on luxury items, those who are making less money and are influenced by ... Read More

This article Consumers Spending Less; Just Ask Wal-Mart originally published at Investment Contrarians by George Leong

We all know that the stock market has moved up significantly over the past few months. The real question is: is the move up based on the belief that there is enough economic growth available for corporate earnings to continue ... Read More

This article Is Wal-Mart Stock in Danger of a Pullback? originally published at Investment Contrarians by Sasha Cekerevac

There is simply nowhere else to put your money to work, which is why the stock market continues to edge upward to new record highs.

You can earn a yield of 0.23% on a two-year U.S. Treasury, 0.79% for five ... Read More

This article Why This Market Is Reminiscent of 2000 originally published at Investment Contrarians by George Leong