There’s no shortage of savings accounts, but interest payments are nowhere to be found. I face the ugly truth almost every week: yet another email that the yield on my savings account has been "adjusted" (and guess what that means!). It seems I should consider myself lucky to receive a mere 1% interest on my savings. So I wondered: is there a better alternative to the current low interest rates?
... »Fed Up with Low Interest Rates?
November 16 2015
Olav Dirkmaat
Every Investor Should Know This Statistic
November 10 2015
Old market wisdom tells us to "buy the dips." And most say that stock prices usually rise, apart from some unexpected 'shocks.' However, this presents a distorted view of how the markets truly work. What is the truth?... »
Olav Dirkmaat
A Rate Hike Is Imminent, No Matter What
November 2 2015
It looks like the Federal Reserve has put itself in an impossible situation. Yet again, the Fed left interest rates unchanged last Wednesday. And while that wasn't a surprise, the pressure is building up on the Fed's Open Market Committee. Coming December, they'll be more or less forced to raise... »
Olav Dirkmaat
Positive Real Interest Rates for The First Time since 2009: What Are the Implications?
October 27 2015
During many seminars, I point investors to the fact that real interest rates are the main driver behind the gold price. A real interest rate is the interest rate corrected for inflation. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that gold performs well when interest rates lag behind the rate of inflation. What will happen to the gold price now?... »
Olav Dirkmaat
