Sol Palha

Articles by Sol Palha

After trading as low as $27.56 oil reversed course and headed higher, it is now in a transition phase; moving from a down trending phase to a bottoming phase.  Oil did not close below $30 on a monthly basis, so the outlook has not...
India has had many aspirations to overtake China, but this is more of a pipedream than reality. India’s corruption makes China’s corruption seem non-existent.  Add in the traffic jams, and filth one has to deal with in parts of Mumbai...
A Market crash can be viewed as a monumental tragedy or a splendid opportunity depending on what side of the fence you sit on. If you decided to pour all your money into the market close to the top, then it would be viewed as a tragic...
QE for the people was actually proposed by Jeremy Corbyn last year in Britain…and it did not sit too well with central bankers. Mark Carney Governor of the Bank England had the audacity to state that QE for the people would remove “fiscal...
While crude oil price continues to drop, there is one sector connected to the oil market that is doing rather well.  It is the oil tanker sector -- and while oil is trading at 11-year lows, many stocks in this sector are already...
China is still a mess in the short-term -- and the reasons are all but obvious.  Greed and stupidity fuelled the bubble that popped back in June of this year.  Some estimates put the number of individuals opening new accounts...
We have seen the same song sung over and over again by the Doctors of Doom; the markets are going to crash, the world is going to come to an end, or some other pretentious title.  Let’s cut to the chase, the markets are not going...
When it comes to investing, the first rule thing you need to learn is effective management of your emotions.  It is impossible to eliminate the impulse to act when euphoria or panic are in the air. While you cannot eliminate the...
The trend in bonds was bullish for a long time, and one can see how bonds ran up during that time frame. Currently, its neutral and that also has to be viewed through a bullish lens as it should have turned negative given the run-up. Bonds...
Doctor copper, can no longer be viewed as a leading indicator, in fact, a name change might be in order. A change of name from Dr Copper to deadbeat copper might in order, given its dismal record over the years.  After the financial...

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