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Michael Snyder: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his annual address to Congress on Tuesday, and he did very little to give lawmakers much confidence about Read more…
Michael Snyder: The cracks in the ice are getting bigger. At this point it is really hard to have much confidence in the global financial system at all. They told us that MF Global was an isolated incident. Well, the horrific financial scandal over at PFGBest is essentially Read more…
Michael Snyder: Global leaders have tried just about everything that they can think of, but the coming global financial catastrophe continues to march steadily Read more…
Chris Vermeulen: The term Stock market predictions is a very controversial topic and does seem to give off a negative/non-credible overtone to most traders, investors and the general public. We all know you cannot predict the market with 100% certainty, Read more…
Michael Snyder: Well, we just had another bad jobs report. The U.S. economy created just 80,000 new jobs during the month of June. Normally, about 125,000 new jobs need to be created every month just to keep up with population growth. Read more…
Chris Vermeulen: Chris Friday’s strong move to the upside caught a lot of traders on the wrong side of the market. Regardless of whether financial pundits refer to it as a short-squeeze or simply panic level buying is largely irrelevant. Time and price are always the final arbiters Read more…
EconMatters: What a difference a year has made! About this time last year, the dollar seemed on the brink of disaster amid the debt ceiling debate at U.S. Congress. U.S. CDS spiked 430% in three months, and S&P downgraded the U.S. sovereign debt credit rating Read more…
Michael Snyder: What is the second half of 2012 going to bring? Are things going to get even worse than they are right now? Unfortunately, that appears more likely with each passing day. Read more…
Michael Snyder: The American Dream is being systematically destroyed right in front of our eyes and most Americans don’t even realize what is happening. In the old days, if you were a hard worker and you played by the rules you could always find a good job. Read more…
Sy Harding: Global markets have rallied for two weeks, which has investor hopes high that the rally marks the end of the market correction that began in March. Read more…
Mike Larson: If it seems like the European debt crisis has been going on forever, that’s because it has! We’re watching a slow motion train wreck, frankly, one that’s continuing to follow a predictable “Crisis, Response, Disappointment, Crisis” (CRDC) pattern … Read more…
Ben Gersten: Recent reports have indicated a downturn in the U.S. economy. Coupled with fears stemming from the Eurozone debt crisis, they’ve fueled speculation about “Recession 2013.” Read more…
Thomas Carreno: The short term technical analysis of the S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP:.INX) suggests that any trading and closing prices at or higher than 1293 Read more…
Richard Rittorno: To say markets around the world took a hit in May would be an understatement. The question now is what are you going to do moving forward? To answer this question you need to determine bull market or bear market Read more…
Michael Snyder: What the Republican Party has done to fiscal conservatives over the past year and a half has been a betrayal so vast that it is difficult to find words to describe it. Read more…
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