By James Picerno of The Capital Speculator The stock market and the Treasury market’s inflation forecast seem to be going their separate ways. We haven’t seen this movie in quite some time. Is that significant? It...
Read MoreBy Economy Watch Wealthy individuals are thought to have at least $21 trillion hidden in secret tax havens – an amount of wealth equivalent to the combined GDP of United States and Japan. The study, titled “The Price...
Read MoreBy Stan Abrams Everyone knows that China has a huge problem with smoking, and I would guess that many of my readers already know, from first-hand experience, that the health care profession and hospitals are not immune....
Read MoreBy Charles Rotblut Scary-sounding descriptions of the market’s state never cease to surface during periods of uncertainty. The latest term I’ve heard is the “ultimate death cross.” This chart formation,...
Read MoreBy Chris Vermeulen It was just about a year ago today when the S&P was sitting at fresh highs and everyone was enjoying a rather upbeat summer. It was a nice summer, the markets were calm, and there was a surreal sense of...
Read MoreBy Commodity Trade Mantra Gold Prices seem hungry for some news to rise and that news needs to be either fresh U.S. Quantitative Easing or a sharp rise in Inflation. Generally robust economic growth causes inflation, which in no...
Read MoreBy Michael Snyder The U.S. economy is in a massive amount of trouble. There aren’t enough jobs. There isn’t enough money to go around. Business activity is slowing down again. Household wealth has been falling. Food...
Read MoreBy Jen AlicAmidst record-high temperatures and a very anti-climactic 4th of July, power outages have left millions without air-conditioning and even water in rural areas where households rely on electric pumps. At least 52...
Read MoreBy David Smith at Economy Watch EU states lose an estimated EUR1 trillion in potential revenue every year from tax evasion and avoidance activities. Much of this amount, it turns out, has been squirreled away to offshore tax...
Read MoreBy Mike “Mish” Shedlock Let’s take a look at inflation from the standpoint of prices.That viewpoint puts the cart before the horse (my definition of inflation pertains to an increase or decrease in money supply...
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