By The Weiss Ratings Team On September 8, 201708:00 AM Eastern
As the floodwaters recede from Hurricane Harvey, what’s left behind in Houston and the Texas coast is devastating in both scale and cost: Hundreds of thousands of homes damaged or destroyed, a...
By Mike Larson On September 8, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Last week, I wrote about Hurricane Harvey. I suggested investors could “do well by doing good” by investing in companies whose products will help fuel the rebuilding and recovery process in Texas...
By Gavin Magor On September 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Devastating, and expensive, the damage in Texas from Hurricane Harvey will fall mainly on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as I said last week. Catastrophe funding will also kick in for...
By Mandeep Rai On September 6, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The market is getting buffeted by two powerful forces: The geopolitical fallout from North Korea’s aggressive nuclear test and worries over major economic and insurance losses tied to Hurricane...
By Sean Brodrick On September 5, 201712:54 PM Eastern
Last week, I recommended you buy two gold-leveraged names. That was because I expected gold’s bull run to continue. And that’s happening today. Gold’s big bull cycle is helped along by North...
By Remi Lukosiunas On September 5, 201707:00 AM Eastern
As the clean-up begins in earnest after Hurricane Harvey, the storm’s financial impact inevitably comes to mind. Customers have loans and deposits with banks in the region, and they may worry...
By Sean Brodrick On September 1, 201709:49 AM Eastern
It’s time to make some changes to your portfolio to get better position for the next leg higher in gold and to exit what’s not working out.
Action #1: Sell QID
First, one that isn’t working...
By Mike Larson On September 1, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The floodwaters are starting to recede in Texas and Louisiana, and the remnants of Hurricane Harvey are finally clearing out of the Gulf region. Now, the long recovery process can get underway.
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By Gavin Magor On August 31, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The scenes in Texas are as shocking as they are heartbreaking. We’re seeing once again that flooding caused by storm surge and heavy rain can be much more devastating during hurricanes than the...
By Mandeep Rai On August 30, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The second-quarter earnings season is largely behind us, and by the yardsticks of sales and earnings, things looked pretty good. More than 98% of S&P 500 companies have already reported, and among...