By Doug Short (Guest Post) What a difference from last week, when my update title was Major Rally. The seven major world markets I track all finished in the red with six of the seven down anywhere from two to nearly four...
Read MoreBy EconMatters With a stalemate heading into the weekend, the debt drama of the United States is going down to the wire, and when the clock strikes twelve midnight on August 2 (countdown clock at our homepage), the world’s...
Read MoreBy Matt Smith (Guest Post) At a time when we approach the unprecedented potential of a default by the US on its national debt, it is worth acknowledging that there may well be trouble ahead (…and imminently). As we...
Read MoreBy Central Bank News (Guest Post) The week in monetary policy saw 8 central banks announcing interest rate decisions. Of those that changed rates were: India +50bps to 8.00%, Nigeria +75bps to 8.75%, and Colombia...
Read MoreBy Charles Rotblut (Guest Post) Judging by this week’s auctions, the bond markets aren’t too farklemt about the August 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling. Tuesday’s auction for two-year notes went fairly...
Read MoreBy Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) Faye Dunaway had a great line in the movie Chinatown. She said: “I don’t get tough. My lawyers do.”Some of the biggest titans of industry are currently in brawl over a ton of...
Read MoreBy Caroline Corbett & Lance Roberts of Streettalk Live(via Doug Short) (Guest Post) Is a second recession in so short of a time in the offing? It certainly seems that way. The hope for a continued recovery has grown dim...
Read MoreBy Stan Abrams (Guest Post) I have to assume that a lot of government officials here didn’t get a lot of rest of late. There are really only three big news stories floating around, and while they vary in...
Read MoreBy Ashraf Laidi (Guest Post) at ashraflaidi.com As risk currencies become quickly overcrowded and range-bound equity indices remain the territory of traders rather than investors, silver once again appears...
Read MoreBy EconMatters After House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) abruptly withdrew from the debt talks with the White House last Friday, the latest development is the dueling proposals from the Republican leader in the House and...
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