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Chris Ciovacco: Monday night’s nationally-televised addresses by party leaders did little to clear the air in the debt-ceiling debate. Once some form of resolution is born (good, bad, or indifferent), the early reaction, especially in terms of market leadership, will be important. If commodities can Read more…
Kevin McElroy: I’m forcing myself to turn away from the obvious debt ceiling story that’s playing out right now. For the record, I don’t believe that the debt ceiling will have any long term effects that won’t be completely superseded by the fact that our debts are already much too high. Read more…
Przemyslaw Radomski: Recently, there has been much distrust of the political process in the U.S. where politicians are Dancing on the (debt) Ceiling, as the Lionel Ritchie song goes. Negotiations to raise the U.S. borrowing limit have continued to show little signs of progress, even as ratings Read more…
Andy Crowder: On Thursday I discussed one of my favorite options strategies for making consistent income. Today, Ian and I have put together Part II of this series. Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Underweight REITs Relative to the Financial Sector – This week, my call focuses on REITs. With yields low and likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future, everyone is searching for income wherever they can find it. One of the biggest beneficiaries of this “stretch-for Read more…
Tim Seymour: Is the Reserve Bank of India the only central bank in the world that is truly an inflation hawk? The recent interest rate move is pretty strong evidence. Read more…
David Zeiler: If Washington lawmakers don’t beat the debt ceiling crisis deadline, we’ll see plummeting stocks, soaring interest rates, a slumping dollar and a severe shock to the weak economy. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: As a young British banker in the inflation-ridden 1970s, I got used to carrying large amounts of German deutsche marks, Swiss francs and Japanese yen in my wallet – to have some security against the lousy performance of the British pound sterling. Read more…
Tim Seymour: Despite complaints about how “weak” demand for Spanish and Italian debt pushed borrowing costs up in this morning’s bond auctions, there are still encouraging signs behind the headlines. Read more…
Kerri Shannon: Anyone who thought the silver bull-run ended with the metal’s recent price slip should think again, because there’s a silver price rebound about to take off.
Silver prices dipped more than 20% in May after testing $50 an ounce, but Washington’s lack of Read more…
Although the global economy remains shaky to say the least, commodity prices have been soaring as worries over the U.S. dollar continue to dominate the market. Oil prices have held up especially well considering the possibility of a reduction in demand in the foreseeable future and are currently Read more…
On June 23, 2011, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust announced the scheduled liquidation of the two ETFs (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) listed below. Read more…
US equities closed down on Monday on mixed trade. All five major indices ended the day in the red. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) realized the biggest loss as it fell just over 1.1%. The S&P MidCap 400 shed 0.8% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA) fell 0.7%. Read more…
US stock futures point to a higher open Tuesday despite the ongoing Washington Circus. Politicians care more about what they say on record vs. the good of the American people. The longer this goes, the less credibility we will salvage on the Read more…
George Maniere: Yesterday was a very interesting day. All of the stars were aligned for a perfect storm as Asia had sold off 3%. Europe’s market was selling off on fears of a further spread of contagion due to what they perceived would be a bad day in America and the nagging feeling that Read more…
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