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Stoyan Bojinov: Domestic equity indexes started off in the gutter on Tuesday so to speak after the latest housing market data sparked a wave of profit taking across Wall Street. Investors fretted over worse-than-expected housing starts in February; this figure came in at 698,000 versus the previous Read more…
Mac Slavo: In a recent micro-documentary Chris Duane of The Greatest Truth Never Told and Don’t Tread On Me discusses the coming collapse of our debt-based monetary system and provides a simple, yet succinct argument for why it cannot be prevented. Read more…
Tony Sagami: Before it was just the Obama administration, but now, just about everyone who is running in the 2012 Presidential race is jumping on the anti-China (NYSE:FXP) bandwagon. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Good news from the Euro zone lifted investor’s spirits on Monday as equity markets cheered on agreement talks aimed at restoring financial stability in the debt-burdened country bloc. Earnings results from Caterpillar boosted domestic equity indexes higher after the construction giant Read more…
Chris Vermeulen: In May of 2010, immediately following the flash crash many investors started to become bearish (nervous) regarding their position in gold and equities. Once the general public became Read more…
Richard Rittorno: The euro fell back from an overnight high of $1.3671 this morning and has been trading in tight trading range throughout the day as the fate of Greece remains a focus. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Wall Street got off to a roaring start as optimism from the euro zone spilled over on Monday. Domestic equity indexes surged, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining upwards of 300 points, as investor confidence saw a big boost after France and Germany pledged their full support to restoring Read more…
Tim Seymour: Turkey, Brazil, Russia: after months of protesting that their money bought too much, country after country is now moving aggressively into the foreign exchange markets to support their currencies. Read more…
“Gold is real money, everything else is just a substitute,” says Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, who works backwards to form a currency trading strategy. Essentially, Schiff isn’t much in favor of any paper currency, he’s just handicapping the best Read more…
Eric Dutram: Investing in developed markets has been an extremely tough task as of late thanks to sluggish growth and debt woes in a variety of countries. In light of this, perceived ‘safe haven’ countries saw a great deal Read more…
Sean Hyman: There’s a hurricane headed for the U.S. economy, one that’ll send stocks tumbling and rip gains out of your portfolios – especially if you aren’t ready with some protective currency plays. Read more…
Larry Levinson: The free-wheeling trading of China’s currency in Hong Kong has pushed the “redback” to its widest discount to its mainland counterpart since China relaxed its control. Read more…
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it would proceed with a new $400-billion program that will tilt its $2.85-trillion balance sheet more to longer-term securities by selling shorter-term notes and using those funds to purchase longer-dated Treasuries. Read more…
Richard Rittorno: The U.S. dollar rose against many major currencies as investors fled stocks on fears sparked by the U.S. Federal Reserve, and signs of a slowdown of industrial production in China. Read more…
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