This week investors shrugged off even more drama coming out of Washington. Stocks continued to rally and hit record highs, even as former FBI director James Comey testified that, in his opinion, President Donald Trump fired him in an attempt […]
Jim Comey's testimony and the UK's snap election results show that we may be at a breaking point, says Bridgewater's Ray Dalio.
I doubt the Fed hikes three times this year. In fact, I now think the Fed hike cycle ends in June. The next move, after June, will be a cut or a long delay.
It’s a Great Time to Sell and a Bad Time to Buy, they think.
Jim Rickards offers his analysis on a dangerous Chinese economy what to expect over the next year before the Asian giant begins to sink...
Paper money leads to boom/bust cycles, big government… and a debased culture. Brian Maher has more...
Rising short-term interest rates and the unwinding of securities held by the US Federal Reserve may not necessarily weigh on gold prices, analyst Bart Melek of TD Securities said Sunday.
The gold reserves of the world’s biggest public sector investors reached an 18-year high as they hoarded the precious metal after Donald Trump’s election and the Brexit vote added to geopolitical uncertainty.
Steen say's that he's confident predicting a global recession by 2018 - or sooner.
This is the biggest spike in volume since Lehman in September 2008.
Falling interest rates have huge power. With high interest rates, practically nothing that is bought using credit is affordable. This is frightening.
The European Central Bank could be expected to continue its quantitative easing (QE) program into 2019 despite announcing at its most recent policy meeting that the region’s growth prospects now look “broadly balanced”, Societe Generale has suggested.
The Central banks bought a staggering $1.5 trillion in assets in the first five months of the year to keep the economy from imploding while at the same time, capping the gold price. Yes, it’s true…. $300 billion a month of Central bank asset purchases pushes up STOCK, BOND and REAL ESTATE values while it depresses or caps the gold (or silver) price.
Inflation, as this term was always used everywhere and especially in this country, means increasing the quantity of money and bank notes in circulation and the quantity of bank deposits subject to check.
Hedge funds are facing a crisis of confidence and potential lawsuits amid unprecedented fund closures, job losses and — most critically — low investment
One year after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie moved to seize control of Atlantic City, property taxes are down and municipal bankruptcy no longer poses an immediate threat. But the state’s intervention remains unpopular with many in the city.
Is the USA slipping into darkness (aka, a recession)? Bank credit, a primary tranmission mechanism of monetary policy, continues to slow. Real estate loans are slowing, but never got to the growth levels of post-1995. Commercial and industrial (C&I) loans are approaching 0% growth. Automobile loan growth is showing a continued trend of slowing. Students…
The European banking crisis is not over. Just last week, Spain's Banco Popular collapsed & was sold to Banco Santander for 1 Euro. Now, Spain's Liberbank is also teetering on failure. Like Banco Popular, Liberbank's earnings per share (EPS) look like US retailers Macy's, Sears and JC Penney. But online retailers aren't killing Spanish banks.…
The Fed has created many trillions of dollars out-of-thin-air, but consumer prices have not spiraled out of control. Do the same economic laws that have destroyed countless currencies
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