Bull markets have corrections. Specifically, long-term uptrends often hit roadblocks where stock assets may pull back by 10%, 14%, even 19%. Those who may have been holding some cash typically benefit...
Reader Richard wonders if debt forgiveness is the next step in central bank efforts to fight deflation. Richard picked up that idea after listening to an interview with Steven Major, Managing Director...
The Euro is doing nothing more than meandering around versus the rest of its major counterparts, seemingly oblivious to developments at home as (admittedly) more interesting developments take place ...
Oil’s late week surge provided much buying excitement and Mid-East equity markets opened with flashing green numbers across every screen. However, by the close, it was a sea of red with Kuwait, ...
As investors were holding their breath ahead of earnings from Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), CEO Elon Musk attempted to quell concerns by buying up shares of the company as a vote of confidence. ...
There’s no denying that companies were hit hard during the fourth quarter, and we are definitely heading for a year over year earnings decline for the S&P 500. However, earnings estimates are ...
Our GDP-based recession indicator index is now available from FRED, the database maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Source: available from FRED. One use of this series is for a...
Demand for gold will remain strong in the years to come given the demand for jewelry, bars and coins as well as its safe-haven appeal. Yet the gold mining industry is saddled with a number of headwind...
Gold prices soared for a fourth consecutive week with the precious metal rallying more than 5% to trade at 1247 on Thursday evening in New York. The advance to fresh yearly highs comes amid the conti...
Yesterday, we laid out what according to Citi’s Matt King, one of the most insightful and respected credit analysts in the world, is most surprising about the ongoing market selloff: the odd i...