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Jim Trippon: On the last trading day in June, the Shanghai Composite Index rose smartly with a 29.59 point surge to hit 2,25.43. The 1.35 percent increase on the day for the trading average was a bit of good news in a market that has been desultory for much Read more…
Michael Snyder: What happens when debt-fueled false prosperity disappears? Just look at Spain (NYSEARCA:EWP). The 4th largest economy in Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) was riding high during the Read more…
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Tony Sagami: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, may have brought the U.S. into war against the Japanese, but Japan had been waging war against much of Asia for a decade before Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: Like it has been for other Japanese families, this past year has been a tough one in my household, too. Perhaps not surprisingly, Sunday’s one-year anniversary brought long-buried emotions to the surface 12 months to the day after the horrific earthquake and the tsunami it spawned Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Reports of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group setting course to join battle groups USS Lincoln and Vinson in the Arabian Sea and today’s back-to-back announcements regarding the complete termination of Iran’s financial transactions through SWIFT Read more…
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…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Gloom Boom Doom Report publisher Marc Faber was back on Fox Business, Friday, with his latest thoughts on Greece, China, stocks, U.S. real estate, and some creative Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Forget about lost decades. Forecasts that we’ll be turning Japanese couldn’t be further from the truth. Here’s why. It’s simple, really. Deflation is not in the interest of anybody in power, so it’s very unlikely to happen. Read more…
Richard Rittorno: U.S live cattle futures have been on a steady climb since hitting a 52-week low back on May 24, 2010 at $101.625. Cattle futures have been sizzling for nine months now with price putting in a 52-week high of $126.375 last Wednesday. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Don’t let the headlines fool you, there’s lots of money to be made in global investing in 2012. You’re just going to have to be careful – more so than in years past – because right now the line drawn between successful markets and markets that are in danger of collapse is treacherously Read more…
Dian L. Chu: The recent massive demand for ECB’s LTRO (Long Term Refinancing Operation)–nearly 490 billion euro in three-year 1% loans from 523 banks–only confirmed the suspicion of some market participants that European banks are having financing issues, and that the LTRO is unlikely to flow Read more…
Jack Crooks: “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” — Lao Tzu Read more…
Stocks were hit hard on Tuesday on a significant uptick in trade. At the opening bell the market gapped down sharply. It found some footing in the early afternoon but eventually sank into the close to end the day near session lows. All five major indices closed more than two percent lower. For the second time Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Gloom has enveloped most of the investment landscape these days, but there is still one region that offers strong growth and serious returns. Read more…
Tim Seymour: Stock markets around the world gained ground Tuesday as global traders became more sanguine about the European Union’s ability to come together to save its troubled currency. Read more…
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