Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Gold bugs salivate at the turbo-bullish implications of this recent discovery by two economists of an oddball indicator that investors can compare with the U.S. Commerce Department’s jury-rigged GDP number. Read more…
NYSE:GLD, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:SLV, PHYS
Michael Snyder: What is the biggest economic problem that the United States is facing? Very simply, our biggest problem is that we have way too much debt. Over the past Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Speaking with Financial Sense Newshour’s Jim Puplava on Thursday, Robert Prechter of Elliot Wave Theory fame said he doesn’t think central banks can Read more…
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Martin Hutchinson: Having spent three years there as a child, I have happy memories of Singapore. In those days, most of the locals lived in “atap” palm-frond-roofed huts and bathed by standpipes. Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EWS, NYSE:VWO
“An exchange-traded fund launched in late 2005 designed to track the movement of the euro against the dollar has come nearly full circle, but the ride has been anything but smooth for Read more…
NYSE:FXE
“The massive earthquake that struck Chile will require as much as $30 billion to rebuild devastated infrastructure. Silver linings: The country is an economic powerhouse, and its stock market was Read more…
NYSE:ECH
It was an ugly week and month as the major indexes and all sectors continued their declines for the third week in a row Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:IYR, NYSE:XOP, QQQQ
“There are a plethora of reasons I believe that the Chinese markets are overvalued and vulnerable. The adjusted “Graham-and-Dodd” price-to-earnings ratio—a time-tested indicator of value Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:FXP
“Every piece of economic data will continue to be scrutinized for clues as to whether the private sector is strong enough to cope without the support of the public sector Read more…
NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD
“Right now, iShares Turkey (TUR) is at a crossroads. A six-week slide had left the fund’s momentum weakened and it risked becoming an also-ran emerging Read more…
NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:TUR, RSX
“Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can slice and dice stock markets in a multitude of ways. The latest in single-country ETFs Read more…
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“Emerging market investing is not a fringe area where you can just put 5% of your portfolio in an index fund and go asleep. It is not just about trying Read more…
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“South Korea is the fourth-largest economy in Asia and, along with some of its regional neighbors, is recovering quickly from the 2008 global economic downturn Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:EWY
There’s a lot to like about South America’s biggest economy. Hosting the Olympics and World Cup doesn’t hurt either. Suddenly everyone is talking about Brazil. Read more…
NYSE:EWZ
“Reflecting the stability and maturity of its economy and financial markets, Israel was recently upgraded to developed-market status,” says fund expert Mark Salzinger. In The Investor’s ETF Report, he looks at iShares MSCI Israel Read more…
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