Martin D. Weiss: Nearly two years ago, we downgraded JPMorgan Chase to a Weiss Ratings of D, implying grossly excessive risk taking by the bank. And virtually every chance since, we repeatedly published this warning about JPMorgan in Money and Markets Read more…
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Michael Snyder: With each passing day, the banking crisis in Europe escalates. European banks (NYSEARCA:EUFN) are having their credit ratings downgraded in waves, bond yields are soaring and billions of euros are being pulled out of banks all across the eurozone. Read more…
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Michael Snyder: If you enjoy watching financial doom, then you are quite likely to really enjoy the rest of 2012. Right now, red flags are popping up all over the place. Corporate insiders are selling off stock Read more…
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Martin D. Weiss: My family and I have been tracking speculative bubbles and busts for 80 years. We’ve personally witnessed 12 recessions, two depressions, five stock market crashes, three real estate busts, three bank failure epidemics, and two of the most vicious inflationary spirals of all time. Read more…
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Michael Snyder: The economic crisis in Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) continues to get worse and eventually it is going to unravel into a complete economic nightmare. All over Europe Read more…
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Jack Crooks: There are all sorts of reasons I could list to explain why the euro (NYSEARCA:FXE) will disintegrate. You have heard a lot of them before. But as this crisis continues to drag on, I think many Read more…
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Jared Cummans: With the second quarter underway, investors will be glued to important economic data from around the world to get a feel for how markets could behave in the coming three-month span. One thing that many will hope for is the continued radio silence on European issues that dominated headlines Read more…
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J.R. Crooks: I’ve spilled much ink on the subject of why central banks are hazardous to our financial health. And it seems more and more people are arriving at similar conclusions. But that doesn’t seem to thwart the efforts of central banks. Short-term gain is masking long-term pain, insofar as central bank policy Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Trends Research Institute Founder Gerald Celente forecasts a pop in the much-heralded U.S. recovery. The U.S. consumer cannot continue to borrow and lead the U.S. out of its economic woes, he added. The consumer bubble, he said, is about to pop, “soon.” 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…
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Russ Koesterich: In recent months, the Federal Reserve (Fed) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have been lowering — or maintaining low — interest rates in an effort to support growth. One unintended beneficiary of the aggressive easing by the developed world’s central banks: Gold. Read more…
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Monty Agarwal: A 10-page document prepared by analysts in the so-called “troika” of international lenders (the European Central Bank, European Commission and International Monetary Fund) — marked “strictly confidential” and dated Feb. 15 — was meant for only the top brass of the troika. Read more…
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JT Long: Opportunities abound across the spectrum of precious metal equities, which remain undervalued as bullion prices continue their upward trends. That’s the word according to Charles Oliver and Jamie Horvat, both senior portfolio managers at Sprott Asset Management. In this exclusive interview with Read more…
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Mike Larson: Just a few days ago, I had the privilege of speaking to several hundred people at the World MoneyShow in Orlando. The gist of my presentation? Read more…
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Sy Harding: Kudos to central banks. The eurozone debt crisis produced two years of fears that it would result in financial collapse and a severe recession in Europe (NYSEArca:VGK) that would spread Read more…
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