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Shah Gilani
Wall Street superstar and former hedge fund manager Shah Gilani is the Chief Investment Strategist of Manward Press and at the helm of the Manward Money Report newsletter and the Launch Investor and Alpha Money Flow trading services. He’s a sought-after market commentator and has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business and Bloomberg TV. He’s also been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post, and he’s had columns published in Forbes.
In 1982, he launched his first hedge fund from his seat on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He worked in the pit as a market maker when options on the S&P 100 Index first began trading… and was part of a handful of traders who laid the technical groundwork for what would eventually become the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX). He also ran the futures and options division at the largest retail bank in Britain. Shah gained notoriety for calling the implosion of U.S. financial markets (all the way back in February 2008) AND the mega bull run that followed.
Now at the helm of Manward, Shah is focused tightly on one goal: To do his part to make subscribers wealthier, happier and more free.
Grab This Inflation Killer and Score an 11.9% Yield
Wednesday’s release of the Fed minutes made it pretty clear the central bank has no intention of pivoting until inflation is more under control, and recent inflation numbers show little change from what we’ve seen in the past few months. At this point, without any significant change from the Fed or inflation numbers, I see […]
Bank Earnings Will Lead the Next Big Market Moves – Here’s What to Look For
With big banks kicking off the all-important third quarter earnings season this Friday (as in tomorrow), what they report – top line, bottom line, and everything in-between – really matters. Put simply, they’re the best market bellwether right now. Here’s why: The state of big banks – where they’re making money or why they’re not […]
Cracks in Bond Markets Won’t Scare Off the Fed – Here’s What to Do
The almost 6% rally U.S. stock markets enjoyed Monday and Tuesday this week was based on the belief that the Fed would soon have to “pivot,” stop raising rates and start lowering them. Pivot talk worked its magic on stocks this time because investors believed the Fed could not ignore scary cracks in global bond […]
The Fed Wants the Stock Market to Drop – Here’s How to Protect Yourself
Barring some kind of existential crash that knocks 50% off equities in a matter of days or weeks, the Federal Reserve’s not coming to rescue the bear market from itself. So, we’ve got lower to go. The reason why centers around a phenomenon called the “wealth effect,” and the Fed knowing that what worked on […]
This Stock’s 13% Dividend Is an Inflation-Killer
The August CPI numbers didn’t provide any real comfort as far as inflation is concerned, with headline inflation remaining above 8%, where it’s been for months now. Though fuel prices have fallen somewhat, shelter, food, and medical care indexes were through the roof last month. We’re paying over 13% more right now for groceries compared […]
ICYMI: The Toxic Stocks You Need to Ditch Right Now
There’s no doubt about it – we’re on the cusp of what may be a huge market crash, thanks to the Fed’s continued raising of interest rates. But if you’ve been following me a while, you know I’m fond of saying that every market, bad or good, has opportunities to make money if you know […]
This Inflation-Beating BDC Is Rocking Double-Digit Yields
Over the past two months, I’ve covered several of my favorite inflation-beating investment ideas, everything from floating rate investments to master limited partnerships (MLPs) and real estate investment trusts (REITs). Today I want to bring our focus back to business development companies, also known as BDCs for short. A business development company is an organization […]
What the “Fear Index” Is Telling You to Do Now
The often referenced and too often misunderstood measure of the stock market’s volatility, the CBOE Volatility Index (ticker symbol “VIX”), is important because it tells you something about traders’ and investors’ psychology – mostly how afraid they are. That’s why the VIX is also known as the fear index. The VIX is calculated from prices […]
The Easiest Way to Beat Inflation Right Now
Last week, stocks broke a three-week losing streak, with the S&P 500 closing the week at 4067.36. Frankly, I’m happy for last week’s rally, but it came after significant volatility that rocked everyone’s portfolios through the summer. Case in point, June saw the market (as represented by the S&P 500) drop as much as 12.94% […]
The Scary Stock Market Volatility Accelerator You’ve Never Heard Of – Until Now
Some of the crazy volatility we see in the stock market happens because stocks and the stock market are now derivatives of a derivatives market; and no, I didn’t get that backwards. Most people have no idea this has happened, happens, will happen again and again, or how it happens, what it does to market […]