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EconMatters: The ink on our last article is barely dry when its dire prediction actually came true 48 hours later–natural gas price dropping below $2, a level not seen in over a decade. Henry Hub natural Read more…
Michael Snyder: The mainstream media is not telling you the truth about unemployment in the United States. The percentage of working age Americans that are employed is not increasing. In March 2010, Read more…
Martin D. Weiss: I return from a wonderful vacation — beardless, tan, and rested … but also very wary of the unfolding events: Just when everyone thought the debt crisis was over … giant deficits didn’t matter … and the global economy was on the mend … We have witnessed a sudden shift in global events … and Read more…
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Sy Harding: In Europe (NYSEArca:VGK), the euro-zone debt crisis has pretty much faded from headlines. The arrangements that will bail out Greece (NYSEArca:GREK)- at least for now – have been pretty much finalized. Read more…
David Gillie: No matter what happens, Basic Materials are needed for the job. Whether its flak jackets and gun powder for war, agriculture chemicals and pesticides for farming or coatings and ingredients for pharmaceuticals, Basic Materials are needed. Yes, even embalming chemicals and casket materials Read more…
Sy Harding: In 2008 it was a sure thing the bursting of the real estate bubble (NYSEARCA:IYR), the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market, the freeze-up of the banking system (NYSEARCA:XLF), the ravages of the ‘Great Recession’, collapse of the auto industry, bailout of mortgage- insurance Read more…
Wall Street took a beating on Tuesday as stocks plummeted on brisk trade. Four of the five major indices shed over 2.5% on the session. Higher beta issues led the decline. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) and the S&P MidCap 400 dropped a whopping 3.3% and 3.0% respectively. Read more…
American stock markets tumbled in Wednesday trading as severe weakness in the commodity and natural resource sector dragged down a variety of other equities on the day. The Dow Read more…
U.S. equity markets had another strong day as news of Microsoft buying Skype for $8.5 billion created a bullish trend throughout the stock market. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) led the big three, Read more…
American equity markets, which started the day on a high note thanks to a solid jobs report, finished the day markedly below their highs as concerns over the situation in Europe once again Read more…
U.S. equity markets had a very rocky session Tuesday, as gains that had materialized by noon fell by the wayside in afternoon trading, leading to losses for most of the major benchmarks. Both the Read more…
American equity markets initially soared Monday on news that Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan, but lost momentum after lunch and finished the day in the red. The Dow Read more…
Ian Wyatt: The rise for small cap stocks, as measured by the Russell 2000 small cap index, have handily outpaced gains of large cap indices by over 50 percent since the March 2009 lows. Read more…
“As we have been writing for many years, and as we highlighted in our Weiss Global Forum this past summer, key emerging markets are — and should continue to be — greatly outperforming Read more…
“Cycles capture the sum totality of human behavior in the markets via rigorous statistical methods. Today, I’ll cover what’s foremost on readers’ minds: The Dow Jones Industrials Read more…
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