UBSGross domestic product never went negative in 1987 — even with crazy stock-market drop.The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged a shocking 508 points — or about 22.6% — back on October 19, 1987.But as scary as that drop was, US economic growth was resilient, and gross-domestic-product growth never went negative.If you’re thinking about the 1987 crash in the context of […]
Janet Yellen has a crystal ball. And she sees trouble ahead…Yellen warned the investing public yesterday that stocks and bonds look risky in this ultra-low interest rate environment.But as you’ll see, Ms. Yellen’s crystal ball is notoriously foggy…and we might even make our money by ignoring her fortunetelling…“In a conversation with Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary […]
Today marks the five year anniversary of the Flash Crash, the day in 2010 when the US stock market fell drastically in a matter of minutes then recovered most of the losses.Unlike sharp declines in the past, the Flash Crash happened for apparently no reason. Since then the government has launched multiple inquiries into what happened and recently charged a […]
Echoing the grave concerns of no lesser ‘maestro’ of manipulation than Alan Greenspan, Wells Capital Management’s Jim Paulsen notes that while the U.S. stock market has risen by about 3 times from its crisis low in March 2009; much of this advance has been against a backdrop of disappointing productivity gains… should productivity growth remain subpar, stock market risk […]
Russian Bear Rattles Stock Markets, but Plunge Protection Team Rides to the RescueStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 14, 2014 – 11:10 PM GMTBy: Gary_DorschInvesting is an inherently risky business with lots of uncertainties. At any given moment, the bullets can fly from any direction, and at a bare minimum, the investor hopes to emerge unscathed from the battlefield. But of […]
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A week ago Wednesday, the S&P500 hit another new all-time high, continuing an incredible five-and-a-half-year run of average gains.
For former Fed chief Alan Greenspan, the surge will have to end at some point. Appearing on Bloomberg’s “In The Loop with Betty Liu,” Greenspan warned :…the stock market has recovered so sharply for so long you […]
U.S. Stock Market Analysis and ForecastStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 07, 2014 – 04:28 PM GMTBy: SubmissionsGary Tanashian writes: The following is an excerpt from NFTRH 298′s 38 pages of hard hitting, no b/s market analysis, which also included extensive work on the precious metals along with commodities, currencies, global markets and market sentiment.Stock Markets – USHappy Independence Day America! […]
Good Reason for Stock Market Doom and GloomStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jun 10, 2014 – 05:24 AM GMTBy: Casey_Research
By Doug French, Contributing EditorPredicting the future, like getting old, ain’t for sissies. Questioning the bull market is even more treacherous.Howard Gold, writing for MarketWatch, makes fun of seers who made what he calls “the four worst predictions […]
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by Frederick Sheehan / on 22 December 2013 at 18:47 / Frederick J. Sheehan is the author of Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession (McGraw-Hill, 2009) and “The Coming Collapse of […]
