Yellen’s Murky, Misdirecting Congressional Testimony
Fed Chair Janet Yellen's appearance before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday gave spooked market-watchers little info or reassurance.
11Feb
10Feb
Banks, Financial Stocks Reach Recession Lows
Just as housing debt torpedoed banks in 2008, leading to the Great Recession, oil industry debt and sputtering global growth are poised to deliver another one-two punch in 2016.
10Feb
Stocks Slide Globally with No Bottom in Sight
Your riskiest investments just got riskier, with forces from oil to emerging markets to negative interest rates arrayed en masse against the stability of the stocks in your portfolio.
09Feb
If You Thought 2016 Couldn’t Get Any Worse
As the year stops being new, markets worldwide are still roiling, oil's crash is taking jobs with it – and with China ever-shakier, hopes for any good news in 2016 are fading.
09Feb
Who Cares What’s in Your Wallet?
Many experts believe consumer spending is the key gauge of a healthy economy. By that measure, our economy could be the healthiest patient on the critical list.
08Feb
Will Out-of-Control Debt Annihilate the Global Economy?
From Europe to Asia to Washington to our own front doors, living in continuous debt has become a way of life. But is the party ending?
05Feb
Gold and the Lost City of the Monkey God
Sure, life today is complicated – but at least you don't have to compete for women with a giant monkey god. Fortunately, if you were a resident of this lost city you had a lot of gold to work with...
05Feb
Gold Now Outperforming Most Other Assets
Like the fabled tortoise, gold endured scorn, even exaggerated reports of its death, while the cocky hares of the stock market laughed. But who's getting the last laugh?
04Feb
The Wobbly State of Chinese Banks
Chinese business owes more to their banks than the value of the entire Chinese economy. What happens when it all comes crashing down?
04Feb
Size Matters – “Too Big to Fail” Banks Are Bigger Than Ever
As banks grow bigger who wins? They rake in mega-millions and take risks without consequences, meanwhile your savings are targeted by thieves both without and within.