By Michael Snyder, on August 17th, 2015You can stop waiting for a global financial crisis to happen. The truth is that one is happening right now. All over the world, stock markets are already crashing. Most of these stock market crashes are occurring in nations that are known as “emerging markets”. In recent years, developing countries in Asia, South […]
Wikimedia CommonsStock investors are expected to tread carefully next week, as speculation about the timing of a US Federal Reserve interest rate hike adds to concerns about valuations.Since hitting record levels two weeks ago, the US stock market has struggled for direction, and investors said the next several sessions might prove no better. A run of better-than-expected economic figures failed […]
For some time now, Europe’s economy has been traversing rough waters. Economic data has been disappointing and geopolitical tensions have kept investors worried. While an uneasy truce has been reached on Ukraine, Greece debt negotiations remain unresolved. But new economic data and stock market performance indicate that it may a good time to buy into Europe after all.Markets Moving NorthMarkets […]
We love how consistently silly Bob Pisani and CNBC are.CNBC has never, and will never understand trend following as a discipline. Never mind there are dozens of trend following firms with hundreds of billions under management. And never mind there are thousands of individual trend following investors and traders doing perfectly well.We love their silliness because their audience are the […]
Benchmarks ended in the green on Thursday after a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine boosted investor confidence. Moreover, encouraging earnings results including those from Cisco and TripAdvisor helped markets register solid gains. A rally in oil prices also boosted energy shares. However, disappointing economic data on the domestic front eroded some of the day’s gains. The Nasdaq reached its […]
In a repeat of a dynamic that dominated trading early last year, investors piled into stocks Thursday as Russia signed up for another cease-fire deal in Ukraine while negotiations between Greece and the European establishment suddenly became less acrimonious. While no deal has been announced, the bureaucrats have been making noises about agreeing to the outlines of an agreement which, […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Market analysis + CANSLIM stock picks.Thursday was a strong day for indexes as they gapped up at the open and buyers were firm all day. The S&P 500 gained 0.96% and the NASDAQ 1.18%. As expected it seems all those threats from Greece on their debt are falling away as most expected. This has been a pattern for […]
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From Jeff Clark, editor, Stansberry Short Report:Investors have plenty of reasons to be afraid right now…There’s the rapidly falling price of oil… The big decline in the value of global currencies… The Russian military action in the Ukraine… And the possibility of the European Union falling apart.It’s unsurprising that many investors are looking for the stock market to […]
Benchmarks ended Wednesday’s choppy session almost unchanged as uncertainty regarding bailout negotiations between Greece and its creditors dented investor sentiment. Moreover, renewed worries about the Russia-Ukraine crisis also dampened investor sentiment. Meanwhile, another decline in oil prices following rise in crude inventories dragged down energy shares. However, encouraging earnings results including those from Pepsico and Mondelez limited losses yesterday.For a […]
Faber: “Only one way to short central banks and that is to buy gold”.Marc Faber warned at the weekend that 2015 may be the year that investors will lose confidence in central banks and that investors will “suddenly realise what a scam that central banking is”.He is long gold and recently bought more gold and investors should buy gold and […]
