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Michael Snyder: Are we rapidly approaching a moment of reckoning for the global financial system? August is likely to be a relatively slow month as most of Europe is on vacation, but after that we will be moving into a “danger zone” where just about anything could happen. Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: As outlined in a popular October 2011 video on the European debt crisis, we are well aware of the serious nature of the problems facing the financial markets. However, our market models have been telling us, and continue to tell us, to be open to ongoing Read more…
Karen Roche: With a perfect storm brewing on the horizon, investors should be building their cash cache and running for cover, warns Harry Dent, author of The Great Crash Ahead. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Dent explains how central bank Read more…
Michael Snyder: If you were hoping for a recession in 2012, then you are going to be very happy with the numbers you are about to see. The U.S. economy is heading downhill just in time for the 2012 election. Retail sales have fallen for three months in a row for the first Read more…
Chris Vermeulen: As mentioned last Friday just before things took a dive on the weekend, a look at the major market indices did not look promising. If we take an even longer term look and examine the monthly charts we can see that the S&P 500 Index Read more…
The benchmark S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP:.INX) closed right at the edge of two key technical support levels yesterday, and a breakdown below that pivotal convergence of support levels in today’s session could easily lead to a sharp move lower in the near-term. Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: As we update the current picture of the S&P 500 Index, we find that not much has changed from last week’s mid-week update, at least in terms of the “Bear Flag” Trendline Boundaries. Read more…
Jeff Harding: This week’s data builds a further case for a declining economy and likelihood of the Fed doing another round of QE. These data hit all of the Fed’s marks for action: joblessness and unemployment, declining industrial production, low price inflation Read more…
Chris Vermeulen: It was just about a year ago today when the S&P was sitting at fresh highs and everyone was enjoying a rather upbeat summer. It was a nice summer, the markets were calm, and there was a surreal sense of optimism. Then, in the matter of a few days Read more…
Shah Gilani: Maybe you didn’t know that the rogue trader at UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) who lost $2.3 billion last year was trading exchange-traded funds (ETFs)… or that Jerome Kerviel, another rogue trader at Societe Generale SA (PINKADR:SCGLY) who lost Read more…
Michael Snyder: Is the U.S. economy in a recession right now? Has the next recession in the United States already begun? Unfortunately, there are a lot of economic numbers Read more…
Ed Carlson: Certain sectors of the market are known as being market leaders; financials, technology, small caps, etc. Technicians have long-known that without participation by those “market leaders”, rallies in the broader averages won’t be able to sustain themselves. Read more…
Michael Snyder: The U.S. economy is in a massive amount of trouble. There aren’t enough jobs. There isn’t enough money to go around. Business activity is slowing down again. Household wealth has been falling. Food prices have been rising. Many state and local governments Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: We’re hearing much talk about the potential Bear Flag pattern on the S&P 500 Daily Chart. Read more…
Michael Snyder: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his annual address to Congress on Tuesday, and he did very little to give lawmakers much confidence about Read more…
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