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Don Miller: Based on recent performance from the sector’s biggest names, it’s easy to argue that financial stocks are making a comeback. Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF) is up 27% in 2012. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) is up 29%. Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) is up a whopping 59%. Read more…
Peter Krauth: No one knows the machinations of the day-to-day silver price better than Ted Butler. Ted publishes bi-weekly commentary at www.butlerresearch.com, with a special focus on the silver Read more…
Frank Holmes: After prices fell 10% in December, many investors wondered if the bull market in gold was running out of steam. That was before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke swooped in with a “red cape” and fired the bulls back up. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Equity markets have been on a bullish streak all week as positive economic data on the home front coupled with encouraging developments overseas have helped to restore investors’ Read more…
David Zeiler: As the grim bank earnings roll in over the next couple of weeks, beginning with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) tomorrow (Friday) morning, don’t fall into the trap of thinking the financial sector’s woes in the last quarter reflect a sinking U.S. economy. Read more…
Jeff Nielson: Arithmetic is a harsh mistress. Irrespective of how badly the banking cabal wishes to suppress the prices of gold and silver, and irrespective of how much brute force they are able to apply to the market over the short term with their (illegal) manipulations; the inexorable pull of supply and Read more…
Peter Krauth: Silver prices soared as high as $50 an ounce last year before experiencing a brief correction that took it back below $30. However, despite this blip, mounting inflationary pressures, a weakening dollar, and emerging market demand will see silver retest its record highs in 2012. In fact, this Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: In 2008, reckless credit default swaps nearly obliterated the global economy. Now comes the next crisis – rehypothecated assets. It’s a complicated, fancy term in the global banking complex. Yet it’s one you need to know. 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…
Money Morning staff: The Eurozone debt crisis has replaced the U.S. financial crisis as the disaster du jour. But make no mistake: U.S. taxpayers will be paying the tab for the U.S. crisis for years. 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…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: Do you want to know the real reason banks aren’t lending and the PIIGS have control of the barnyard in Europe? It’s because risk in the $600 trillion derivatives market isn’t evening out. To the contrary, it’s growing increasingly concentrated among a select few banks, especially here in the United States. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: There was a time when bank stocks actually looked like good investments. And many, having racked up big gains over the past two years, proved to be just that. Read more…
Money Morning: Silver is better than gold. In fact, it’s poised to be the “Greatest Trade Ever.” I know that’s a big statement. I’m certain that it grabbed your attention. Perhaps you’re even considering arguments that would shoot it down. Read more…
Larry D. Spears: Failure to reach a compromise on a U.S. debt ceiling increase could result in an unmitigated economic disaster – one so unprecedented government and private analysts can’t even accurately pinpoint all the potential consequences. Read more…
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