Recent Market Commentary
As we do at the beginning of each month, Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and Deputy CIO Eric Biegeleisen bring you the latest View From the EDGE®. They review our outlook for the global capital markets and various asset classes and how that guides our investment decisions.
It's been a good year so far for gold – up almost 9%, narrowly beating the S&P 500. So, this weekend’s video topic is The Case for Gold. 3EDGE’s Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and CEO/CIO Steve Cucchiaro discuss:
Why might investors consider holding some gold as a long-term strategic investment?
How has gold as an asset class performed versus other asset classes over an extended period?
Given today’s environment, how should investors think about including gold in their portfolios?
As if other concerns were insufficient, investors also worry about a debt ceiling fight looming in Washington. So, this weekend's video is about the Debt Ceiling Impasse (What Could Go Wrong?) 3EDGE’s Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and CEO/CIO Steve Cucchiaro discuss:
• What is the government debt ceiling and how does it work?
• What might it mean if Congress doesn’t agree to raise the ceiling in the next few months?
• Examples of past debt ceiling impasses
• How should investors think about positioning their portfolios at this point?