February 2016
“Gut-Wrenching, Multi-Day, Triple-Digit Bloodbaths”
Was January’s cardiac-inducing stock market volatility an anomaly, or the shape of things to come for a long time?
The Lid on the Silver Price is About to Pop
When is eighty-four cents a big deal? When it lays bare the machinations that govern – perhaps even artificially suppress – prices in a multi-billion dollar industry.
Japan Goes Negative
Negative interest rates sound like an oxymoron, but they're real and they're sweeping the globe. Could they sweep away what's left of your savings?
Underfunded Retirement: A Lonely Road with no Destination
Once an esteemed and educated professional, at age seventy-nine she never imagined she'd be forced to wander the country in search of work, and choose between eating or paying her bills.
Economic Growth Slowed to a Crawl in 2015 and Still Dragging…
The malaise was evident even in the holiday month of December – and it turns out that nagging feeling was right. U.S. economic growth virtually ground to a halt, and 2016 is shaping up to be even more sluggish.
Germany Wants its Gold Back!
For years hundreds of tonnes of German gold was stored securely in Paris and under the streets of New York. But as financial crisis looms in the EU, the reserves have come home.
January 2016
The Gold Glimmer Behind Market Storms
2016 has been a monster of a year and it's not even a month old. But for one stealth asset the clouds are parting, vindicating longtime proponents.
Wall Street – Rise of the Machines
When speed is the name of the game in trading stocks he who has the most machines wins. But how much do you lose?