Author: Dian Chu

By Kelsey Liebert You don’t need an easel or modeling clay to create art. Some of the coolest, most original art is made out of everyday objects. Money origami is the perfect example — it’s a way of taking...

By Frank Holmes As China’s appetite for commodities slowed this year, much of the world’s copper demand went with it. Despite this softening in demand, Macquarie Research thinks the red metal could see a rebound in...

By Chris Vermeulen Typically, the week before Christmas, stocks and commodities drift higher due to the lack of participants. Light volume favours higher prices, which is why stocks want to rise going into the holiday season....

By Bruce Krasting Two headlines. Similar stories. The first from Switzerland: The United States authorities have offered to lift the threat of legal action against 11 Swiss banks in exchange for information, a Swiss paper...

By EconMatters We took some of the best comic illustrations and made them into a slideshow to share some holiday humor. (h/t Dr. Mike Haywood’s Banking Crisis Digest) The slideshow highlights the following 2011 main global...

By James Picerno of The Capital Speculator New filings for unemployment benefits dropped again the week of Dec. 17 falling 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 364,000. That’s a relatively modest decline, but it’s...

By Ellen Brown The campaign to “move your money” has gotten a groundswell of support. Having greater impact would be to “move our money” — move our local government revenues out of Wall Street banks...

By Tim Iacono Checking in on the housing bubbles in Australia, Canada, and China… Word came in this report this morning from The Age in Australia that Economist Steve Keen of Debt Deflation fame is garnering new respect...