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?
This weekend's video topic is U.S. Treasury Bonds–Not Always Safe Investments. 3EDGE Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and CEO and Chief Investment Officer Steve Cucchiaro discuss: How even supposedly risk-free U.S. Treasuries may not always be a risk-free investment. Why may a 60/40 stock/bond portfolio that has worked so well over the most recent decades may not work as well in the future? How should investors think about positioning their portfolios at this point?
This weekend, Fritz Folts, 3EDGE Chief Investment Strategist, and Steve Cucchiaro, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, explain the concept of financial disintermediation and how it might impact markets in the coming months.
In our weekend video, Until Something Breaks..., Fritz Folts, Chief Investment Strategist, and Steve Cucchiaro, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, discuss the recent developments in the banking sector.
In our past Week in Review videos, Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and CEO Steve Cucchiaro have discussed the possibilities of hard and soft landings by the Fed. Well, we're 2 months into 2023 now, so where is this landing?
In this special edition of our Week in Review series, 3EDGE Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts is joined by our Chief Technology Officer, Bob Phillips, to discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence technology–specifically the explosively popular ChatGPT–and how it might be utilized for investment processes.
While the market is in a risk-on mood, the risks haven’t gone away. Despite this week’s downturn, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 2.18% this year, the S&P 500 is up 6.54% and the NASDAQ has soared 11.96%. So, what’s behind this rally in equities?
As they 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.
3EDGE Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and CEO Steve Cucchiaro discuss the possibility of an "echo bubble" occurring in the markets.