By Kurt Cobb (Guest Post) Many automobile enthusiasts believe that the electric car is the wave of the future that will help save the environment while expanding the availability of private transport to the world’s...
Read MoreBy Michael Pettis (Guest Post) Creditors nations are worried. Their obligors seem determined to take steps, they claim, to undermine or erode the value of their obligations – at the expense, of course, of the creditors. Chart...
Read MoreBy Prieur du Plessis (Guest Post) As wage talks between South African mines and labour have become deadlocked, the mood among mine workers and labour in general is for strikes and I doubt it will be averted. Last year’s...
Read MoreBy Frank Holmes (Guest Post) Gold Market For the week ending July 15, spot gold closed at $1,593.55 per ounce, up $49.40 per ounce, or 3.2 percent for the week. Gold equities, as measured by the Philadelphia Gold & Silver...
Read MoreBy Ilene (Guest Post) Excerpt from Stock World Weekly Our bearish outlook heading into this week proved accurate as U.S. equities traded sharply lower. We caught a glimpse of “No Mo POMO†in action. Not surprisingly, without...
Read MoreBy Chris Vermeulen (Guest Post) The dollar is and has been in a strong down trend for many years and I feel as though it’s getting close to another major land slide. It could take place any time in the next month or so...
Read MoreBy Stan Abrams (Guest Post) That seems to be the question a lot of folks are asking following the release on Monday of a company survey by AmCham Shanghai and Booz Hamilton. The survey is definitely interesting, and some of the...
Read MoreBy Frank Holmes Many people missed the market’s enormous appreciation during the latest equity bull market because they were late to the game or chose to sit on the sidelines. The sideline is a crowded place these days as...
Read MoreBy Ellen Brown (Guest Post) Why aren’t banks lending to local businesses? The Fed’s decision to pay interest on $1.6 trillion in”excess” reserves is a chief suspect. Where did all the jobs go? Small...
Read MoreBy EconMatters Despite a big 4.4% drop off from energy prices in June following a 1.0% fall in May, the latest BLS data showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June was still up 3.6% year-over-year. The core CPI (less...
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