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...during the financial crisis of 2008. 9 of the 20 largest single day declines in stock market history happened that year, but 9 of the 20 largest single day increases in stock market history also happened that year.
There is so much confusion out there. On the days when the Dow goes down by several hundred points, lots of people pat me on the back and tell me that I "nailed" my call for the second half of this year.
Not only is there too much supply, but demand for oil has been sluggish.
Earlier today, we said that we would "keep a close eye on today's Comex update to see if JPM reverses this "adjustment" and adds at least a few more tons of deliverable gold to its vault."
Reader Tim Wallace sent in a spreadsheet on the total number of banks.
Global stock markets had a strong day of gains yesterday. Bloomberg reported that the Dow rose 390 points – or 2.4% – "on optimism over China." We're amazed.
USDA plays games with definitions to create fraudulent scare. 'Food insecure' is the new hungry.
That outcome? The financial world has been waiting with feverish anticipation for "the big day" when the Federal Reserve finally raises interest rates - a quiet move big enough to shift economic tectonic plates.
Why did we focus so much attention yesterday on a post in which the IMF confirmed what we had said since last October, namely that the BOJ's days of ravenous debt monetization are coming to a tapering end as soon as 2017 (as willing sellers simply
Most folks think when stocks are up, it's good, and when they're down, it's "volatile"-but you don't get up-a-lot markets, big moves fast, without abundant gyrations.
By late 2002, the national currency of Brazil (known as the "real") was practically in free fall.
Peter Schiff considers the U.S. Dollar may indeed trade down even if the Fed raises interest rates next week.
U.S. stocks rose, after the Standard & Poor's 500 Index's second-biggest weekly retreat this year, after a late rally in Chinese stock markets led global equities higher.
Janet Yellen has the fixed-income market just where she wants it: ripe for the first increase in U.S. interest rates since 2006.
Economist Paul Krugman thinks Donald Trump's presidential campaign actually gets a few things right.
GUALFIN, Argentina - September is here. As expected, market volatility is increasing. The Great Zombie War is intensifying. And investors are getting scared.
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Nope, nothing to see here. And now that this dead cat bounce is underway, surely there will be no more commodity deflation or global economic slowdown or worldwide currency war or historically unprecedented bond bubbles to worry about, right?
Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he's working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars.
This enactment is beloved by many: students, clergy, journalists, most academics. The present essay is my attempt to interject some basic economics 101 into the discussion.
USA Watchdog's Greg Hunter interviewed investment expert Jeff Berwick on the ominous signs headed our way in the near future, and in particular, in the month of September.
Editor's Note: The stock market has always been an illusion sitting on top of an elephant on a balancing ball in a circus act… now the Federal Reserve is once again acknowledging that it will intervene at any and all costs
The destruction of honest financial markets by the Fed and other central banks has created a class of hedge fund hot shots that are truly hard to take.
Lagarde is pushing a continuation of theft from you, the common man and woman
Investors suffered financial losses in recent weeks as stocks globally came under pressure in August and had their worst month in the last three years.
In an article that first appeared in Fortune magazine on December 10, 2001, Warren Buffett penned a great letter about falling prices:
There is a growing sense across the financial spectrum that the world is about to turn some type of economic page.
The U.S. stock market is integral to the global financial system in two ways. Now that investment banks, pension funds, insurers and multitudes of 401K retirement plans are dependent oncurrent equity valuations, a crash would impair virtually the ent
Wall Street opened lower on Friday as investors assessed August jobs data, which showed that fewer-than-expected jobs were added to the economy even as unemployment rate dropped to its lowest in more than seven years.
Participation Rate Stuck at 38-Year Low for 3rd Straight Month
