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Bill Luby: As action in the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX ST ETN (NYSEArca:TVIX) heats up again today (up 15% on 21 million shares traded), I gave some thought to who might be trading what I called in this space over a year ago “day trading rocket fuel.” Read more…
Michael Snyder: Do you want to see what a 21st century economic depression looks like? Just look at Greece. Once upon a time, the Greek economy was thriving, the Greek government was borrowing Read more…
Michael Snyder: When most people think about America’s debt problem, they think of the debt of the federal government. But that is only part of the story. The sad truth is that debt slavery has become a Read more…
Michael Snyder: If the global economy is not heading for a recession, then why is global shipping slowing down so dramatically? Many economists believe that measures of global shipping such as the Baltic Dry Index are leading economic indicators. In other words, they change before the overall Read more…
Toby Connor: Friday’s big rally on the better than expected employment report has now generated the kind of euphoria that often creates intermediate degree tops. This coming week will be the 18th Read more…
Michael Snyder: Have you ever watched a football game or a basketball game where one team dominates the other team so badly that calling it a “blowout” would be a huge understatement? Well, that is what China (NYSEArca:FXI) is doing to the United States. China is absolutely destroying Read more…
Larry Edelson: Everyone is up in arms because, as I pen this column, gold (NYSEArca:GLD) has rallied above $1,700 … silver (NYSEArca:SLV) has jumped as high as $33.79 … and the broader stock markets (NYSEArca:SPY) have risen to the top of the resistance ceiling I’ve previously cited at the Dow Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Suddenly the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a key index that economist watch for signs of expansion or trouble ahead for the world economy, has collapsed. Because two Read more…
Toby Connor: I figured out early in my career that arguing with the market more often than not ends up costing one money. If you are one of those people who are unable to change your mind, this Read more…
Michael Snyder: Everywhere you turn these days, someone is proclaiming that the economy is improving. Barack Obama is endlessly touting the “improvement” in the economy, the mainstream media is constantly talking about “the economic recovery” and an increasing number of Americans seem Read more…
Michael Snyder: Over the past couple of weeks, George Soros, the IMF and the World Bank have all issued incredibly chilling warnings about the possibility of an impending economic collapse. Considering the power and the influence that Soros, the IMF and the World Bank all have over the global Read more…
Michael Snyder: When it comes to government debt, it is not just new debt that is the problem. Every single year, governments around the world must “roll over” gigantic mountains of debt that Read more…
Michael Snyder: If you increased your credit card spending by a couple thousand dollars per month would your lifestyle improve? Of course it would. By going into large amounts of debt, it is possible Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: The first 10 years of this new millennium were dubbed “The Lost Decade” for investors. 2011 was no different, ending flat for the year. So are the troubles we see so difficult that Read more…
Michael Snyder: The warning signs are all around us. All we have to do is open up our eyes and look at them. Almost every single day there are more prominent voices in the financial world telling us that a massive economic crisis is coming and that we need to prepare for the worst. On Wednesday, it Read more…
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