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Michael Snyder: Debt is a “soft” form of slavery. In America today, it is not legal to bind people up with chains and force them to work for you, but that doesn’t mean that there are not millions upon millions Read more…
Michael Snyder: The Democrats, the Republicans and especially Barack Obama promised that something would be done about the too big to fail banks so that they would never again be a threat to Read more…
Shah Gilani: Speculation is running rampant about what really happened to the markets last week. In case you missed it, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was chatting up Congressional clowns last Wednesday morning, Treasury bond prices collapsed in one minute flat, and gold dropped 3.73% in less than Read more…
Jeff Harding: We need to follow Greece because their default and withdrawal from the eurozone (NYSEArca:VGK) would set off major consequences to the European Monetary Union, and thus the EU, Read more…
Michael Snyder: The people out there that believe that the U.S. economy is experiencing a permanent recovery and that very bright days are ahead for us should have their heads examined. Read more…
David Zeiler: We’ve told you before that the U.S. Federal Reserve puts Wall Street’s interest above that of the American public. And yesterday (Wednesday) the central bank proved it… again. Read more…
Ian Wyatt: At first glance, the third quarter was a booming success for U.S. banks (NYSEARCA:XLF). The $35 billion in profits U.S. banks was the highest total since before the recession, and was nearly 50% higher than the same quarter a year ago. But those profits were pretty hollow. Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: World markets got a nice tailwind yesterday (Wednesday) on news that the U.S. Federal Reserve is stepping into the fray along with other central banks to boost liquidity and support the global economy. Read more…
David Zeiler: When the Volcker Rule regulations go into effect next year, its restrictions could slam the revenue of the fixed income trading operations of several major U.S. banks (NYSE:XLF) by as much as 25%. Read more…
Sara Nunnally: Late yesterday, one of the greatest modern-day innovators passed away. Steve Jobs died Wednesday, one day after the latest version of the iPhone was announced. Read more…
Andrew Snyder: There is a new type of inflation. We’ve never seen it before, but it could be far more dangerous than most experts imagine.
I hope I’m wrong about this Read more…
Jared Cummans: The past few weeks have seen violent behavior in equity indexes as a slew of negative news and data led to some of the most volatile trading days since the 2008 crash. The problems largely began with the debt debate that took longer than expected, while the solution Read more…
“U.S. stock-market analysts are pointing to a growing divide between banks, with regional players especially vulnerable to blow-ups in commercial real estate, as illustrated by the latest round Read more…
“A popuar exchange-traded fund tracking the financial sector has jumped ahead of the market to start the year, but the parade of key earnings reports from major banks will put the budding rally to the test Read more…
“A popular exchange-traded fund tracking the financial sector has jumped ahead of the market to start the year, but the parade of key earnings reports from major banks will put the budding Read more…
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