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Stoyan Bojinov: Stock markets had a rather uneventful start to the week as more of the same eurozone threats and uncertainties surrounding corporate earnings season at home continue to weigh down on confidence. On Wall Street, economic releases remain a mixed bag at best; Read more…
Jeff Nielson: There is more outrageous news out concerning the Western banking cabal, the crime syndicate otherwise known as our financial sector. The news was not that these banksters have openly admitted that they willingly/gleefully participated Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: If I am doing right by our clients, subscribers, and online readers, it is my responsibility to advise what in my opinion should be avoided, as well as that which should be considered. Read more…
Peter Krauth: Something’s afoot in the world of high stakes finance. The Basel Committee for Bank Supervision (BCBS) is about to decide something crucial to bankers, sovereign nations, and gold investors alike. Read more…
Italian short term yields continue to rise and Spain hasn’t been pretty, but stocks rose in Europe and Asia for the first time in five days. There is some speculation that China will inject stimulus in Europe, and some diminished hopes that Read more…
Eric Dutram: Thanks to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and a strong dollar at home, commodities have been a terrible place to invest this year. Most commodity ETFs and ETNs tracking the broad market have lost at least double digits in the year-to-date period with even Read more…
Michael Snyder: Another month, another bad jobs report. For the month of May, the U.S. economy only added 69,000 jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 8.2%. Read more…
US stock futures point to a lower open on Wall St Wednesday, weighed down by further debt woes in Europe. Futures had staged a slight bounce from overnight lows, but are now heading back down to those levels. The principal focus has Read more…
Michael Snyder: When news broke of a 2 billion dollar trading loss by JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM), much of the financial world was absolutely stunned. But the truth is that this is just the beginning. This is just a very small preview of what Read more…
Michael Snyder: Debt is a “soft” form of slavery. In America today, it is not legal to bind people up with chains and force them to work for you, but that doesn’t mean that there are not millions upon millions Read more…
Michael Snyder: The Democrats, the Republicans and especially Barack Obama promised that something would be done about the too big to fail banks so that they would never again be a threat to Read more…
Jared Cummans: The past week was a relatively unstable one for major equities, as markets teetered back and forth based on economic data and outlooks from all over the world. But earnings season will go into full throttle this week, as some of the world’s biggest and most significant firms detail their most recent Read more…
Don Miller: Demand for commodities of all kinds is ramping up at breakneck speed. And despite fears of a slowdown in China‘s economic growth, Dr. Copper is leading the rise in commodities prices. Read more…
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Michael Snyder: If you knew that you could live in luxury for the rest of your life but that by doing so it would absolutely destroy the future for your children, your grandchildren and your great- Read more…
Michael Snyder: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke claims that the Federal Reserve averted a second Great Depression by bailing out the big Wall Street banks during the last financial crisis, and he Read more…
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