Tom Kool

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 21 Mar 2018

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• The Euro Continues To Slip Against The Dollar

  Published 03 May 2018 | viewed 1,966 times

  The euro was the best performing major currency in 2017, appreciating 12 percent against its great nemesis, the American dollar, and hitting a 6-year high.…

• The EU’s Trillion-Dollar Post-Brexit Gamble

  Published 02 May 2018 | viewed 1,960 times

  Cuts and higher member contributions have the European Union locking horns with Hungary and Poland as the bloc tries to fill a massive 14-billion-euro gap…

• $21 Trillion Debt Could Trigger Treasury Bond Selloff

  Published 30 April 2018 | viewed 1,982 times

  The first quarter of 2018 saw the U.S. economy grow faster than expected, even though GDP was lower than the previous quarter, but what should…

• Earnings Beat: 10 Stocks That Crushed Expectations

  Published 27 April 2018 | viewed 2,672 times

  The first quarter of 2018 hasn’t seen any positive excitement until the earnings deluge, which has been characterized by a series of surprises and expectation-beating…

• Why Silicon Valley Is Ditching Wall Street

  Published 26 April 2018 | viewed 2,154 times

  Initial public offering (IPO) volume in the U.S. pales in comparison to what it was in the mid-1990s, and it’s not just red tape that’s…

• Meet The Hedge Fund Billionaires Club

  Published 19 April 2018 | viewed 3,610 times

  If you feel you aren’t making enough money, this won’t help: The top 25 hedge fund managers in the world earned a total of $16.8…

• Global Debt Hits 225% Of GDP

  Published 18 April 2018 | viewed 7,861 times

  The world is now 12 percent of GDP deeper in debt than it was at a peak debt cycle during the financial crisis in 2009,…

• Investors Bullish As Earnings Season Kicks Off

  Published 17 April 2018 | viewed 1,953 times

  The first round of earnings reports has impressed investors who have been shaken by the correction and are now looking for much more than revenues…

• A Sanctions War Could Cripple U.S. Corporations

  Published 16 April 2018 | viewed 2,697 times

  In the wake of a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russia, the Kremlin is in the market for revenge, and the specter of one…

• 3 Stocks to Watch This Earnings Season

  Published 15 April 2018 | viewed 2,145 times

  Stocks were trading up early on Friday and then mixed later in the afternoon, but one thing most analysts agree on is that expectations are…

• Apple: The World’s Most Underappreciated Stock?

  Published 12 April 2018 | viewed 2,130 times

  Apples shares on a tear today, with one analyst putting a $235 price target on the company, implying a 36-percent upside and a $1.19-trillion valuation.…

• Wall Street Says It's Time To Load Up On Bonds

  Published 10 April 2018 | viewed 5,933 times

  The bond markets have been almost as choppy as the flailing S&P 500 and the Dow, which is something of an anomaly because bond prices…

• Buy The Dip Or Brace For A Crash? Top Investment Banks Weigh In On Markets

  Published 09 April 2018 | viewed 2,042 times

  The market is fickle and eccentric, and that emotional combination has led to extreme vulnerability to interpretations and reinterpretations of U.S. economic growth and toxic…

• Is the Yieldco Market Finally Maturing?

  Published 05 April 2018 | viewed 2,172 times

  Yieldcos have been, in theory, great tools for financing clean energy projects with cheap stock market capital from a wide pool of investors; but then…

• The World’s Top 5 Cities For The Super Rich

  Published 04 April 2018 | viewed 2,164 times

  Wealth, investment, and connectivity is what defines the top 5 cities that draw in the world’s ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Holding strong as the number one wealth…

• Commodity Winners and Losers So Far In 2018

  Published 02 April 2018 | viewed 2,519 times

  Encouraged by growth in global economies and weakness in the U.S. dollar, a couple of commodities had a slight advantage over their declining brethren in…

• Warren Buffett Secures $125B In Real Estate Deals

  Published 30 March 2018 | viewed 2,429 times

  Residential brokerage HomeServices of America, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has grown to become the second-largest real estate brokerage in the U.S., trailing only Realogy…

• Robots Are Taking Over Personal Banking

  Published 29 March 2018 | viewed 2,456 times

  It's an open secret that many people are not particularly fond of banks, with 25% of Americans considering them as being outright incompetent. But at…

• Luxury Automaker Partners With Google In Driverless Car Race

  Published 28 March 2018 | viewed 2,721 times

  Waymo isn’t just planning to be the first company to offer fully autonomous ride-hailing services in the world, and to beat Uber at the self-driving…

• These Sectors Are Seeing Record S&P 500 Growth

  Published 24 March 2018 | viewed 2,672 times

  The market may be having trouble holding on to gains amid trade war fears and volatile sentiment every time the Fed opens its mouth about…