China’s economic outlook is causing global jitters. Photograph: Rolex Dela Pena/EPA
The Chinese government’s heavy handed efforts to contain recent stock market volatility – the latest move prohibits short-selling and sales by major shareholders – have seriously damaged its credibility. But China’s policy failures should come as no surprise. Policymakers there are far from the first to mismanage financial markets, currencies, […]
Gerald Celente of the Trends Research Institute has just gone on the record with a prediction that there will be a stock market crash by the end of this calendar year.If you are not familiar with Gerald Celente, he is one of the most highly respected trends forecasters in the entire world.He has been featured on CNN, The Oprah Winfrey […]
Gerald Celente Is Predicting That A Stock Market Crash Will Happen By The End Of 2015
By Michael Snyder, on August 9th, 2015Gerald Celente of the Trends Research Institute has just gone on the record with a prediction that there will be a stock market crash by the end of this calendar year. If you are not familiar with Gerald […]
ReutersChina’s ruling Communist Party has made it clear that it has a mortal enemy: social unrest.Separately, it has also made it clear that the Chinese people should be heavily invested in the stock market.And so, dutifully, the Chinese people have done just that, spurring the longest bull market in the country’s history — the glorious 100% rally of the Shanghai […]
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National Economy, Stock Market Drive Better than Expected Income Tax Collections Not Tax Cuts
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Both House and Senate budget writers did the right thing by putting the $400 million projected surplus this year towards reserves. This […]
Who is Robert Prechter, and why should investors care that he is warning them to be on high alert for a potential collapse in the stock market?The president of Elliott Wave International, Prechter may not be a household name on Main Street, but he’s widely known on Wall Street as the foremost authority on the Elliott Wave principle, a forecasting […]
Benchmarks ended the first trading day of June with modest gains following mixed economic reports. While reports on construction spending and manufacturing were encouraging, data on consumer spending was disappointing. Investors are keeping an eye on economic data for clues on when the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure […]
by Lars Kroijer, The CFA InstituteThe world equity portfolio is the most diversified equity portfolio available — or as I described it in my last post, “the cheapest, broadest, most tax-efficient index tracker of aggregate world equity markets” an investor can find.In order to get a sense of the overall benefits of diversification in a given domestic market, consider the following chart:Printer-friendly […]
A “Goldilocks” jobs report from the government Friday helped lift markets – by goldilocks analysts have said this was a number that showed growth for the U.S. economy …but not enough to push the Fed to raise rates anytime soon. So the market got the best of both worlds. Futures leaped on the data and indexes stayed firm all day […]
Benchmarks posted solid gains on Monday after weak jobs report raised hopes of a delay in interest rate hike. Friday’s nonfarm payroll data showed job additions slumped to a 15-month low in March. Meanwhile, U.S. service sector growth rate also touched a three-month low last month.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s […]
