What started as a crude oil driven selloff in the equity markets has quickly evolved into fears around the global banking sector. Why? Here are some trends that help explain the situation. 1. Bank jit...
The jubilation of the Super Bowl has come and gone, and financial analysts, traders and investors are left with the grim reality that commodities prices are likely going to endure multiple years of...
The global stock selloff is intensifying without input from China, closed for the week for New Year’s. Concern over the failure of OPEC to reach a deal to boost oil prices is the ostensible trig...
Yesterday’s tumble in US equities fueled another leg down in Treasury yields. As the bear market in stocks rolls on, the crowd continued to rush into the safe-haven trade, pushing the 10-year yiel...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged through the psychologically important 16,000 mark in yesterday’s sell-off, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slid 2% and 2.3%, respectively. But in Ja...
Yesterday, shares of Biocryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX) tumbled by 71% after the company had announced that the phase 2 trial failed to produce statistically significant results. The phase 2 trial, known...
After a day to forget for the European and US stocks which saw major indices in Europe lose more than 3% and US more than 1.8%, the Asian markets followed in the same path. Japans Nikkei is down 5.41%...
After a meltdown in Asia, the global capital markets are stabilizing in Europe. The US S&P managed to recoup about half of its losses before the close yesterday, but this gave not comfort to Japa...
Picking gold and silver equities in a stagnant price environment is a stock picker’s game that requires a particular thesis—and a fair portion of patience, says Joe Reagor, an analyst with ROT...
The U.S. equities market is nearing recession status in 2016, with the S&P 500 down 8% on the year and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq following suit with 7% and 12.87% declines, r...