Money Morning Staff: Investors have prepared for the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting today and tomorrow to end with the announcement of a third round of quantitative easing (QE3) – and that’s a good bet to make. Read more…
NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SLV
Jared Cummans: Last week Nouriel Roubini, known as Dr. Doom for his gloomy outlook on the global economy, made a comment concerning the rumored third round of quantitative easing. Roubini commented that if Friday’s job numbers were positive, Read more…
NYSE:GLD
Jared Cummans: Peter Schiff is no stranger to voicing his opinion. Whether it is his prediction of gold hitting $5,000 per ounce, or urging the U.S. to return to a gold standard, Schiff has no problem with the spotlight and his somewhat bold opinions. Read more…
NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SLV
According to the Obama administration, the unemployment rate in the United States has been slowly coming down over the past couple of years. But is that actually true? Read more…
NYSE:SPY
Jared Cummans: It seems like everyone has an opinion on quantitative easing these days, as the actions of the Fed and Ben Bernanke have riled up investors all around the world. Last Friday, some were waiting for Bernanke to announce QE 3 at his Jackson Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Eric Dutram: The present stock market volatility and economic slowdown in most parts of the globe has brought about a massive risk off environment for investors. This has kept the demand for the ‘safe haven’ U.S Treasury Bonds relatively high Read more…
NYSE:PVI, NYSE:VRD
Jeff Nielson: Yet again we see a Tale of Two Economies. One economy has a (real) plan. One economy has (real) growth. One economy acts proactively to address its problems. Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Chris Ciovacco: There is no question central banks around the globe are moving closer to more easing and more money printing, which should provide a tailwind for stocks and commodities. Read more…
NYSE:IEF, NYSE:SPY
Jared Cummans: Gold investing is arguably the most popular facet of the commodity world. From the people who buy physical bullion and bury it in a secure location to the day traders who utilize futures and products like the Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD) to make speculative bets Read more…
NYSE:GLD
Jared Cummans: If history has been any indicator, when Ben Bernanke speaks, markets go wild. As if last week’s heavy trades weren’t enough to confirm that theory, there is even more evidence correlating to Bernanke’s speeches and movements in the U.S. dollar Read more…
NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:UDN, NYSE:UUP
Jared Cummans: The past few years have seen the global economy fall on some hard times. At the head of it all has been the U.S., whose fiscal policies and rampant immoralities led to some of the biggest banks in the world bringing down the local economy. Read more…
NYSE:GLD, NYSE:PALL, NYSE:PPLT, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:UUP
Carrington: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke to the U.S. Senate Tuesday and yesterday (Wednesday) in his two-day biannual meeting with Congress – and failed to make any promise to institute more stimulus measures. Read more…
NYSE:FXI, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:TLT, NYSE:USO
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…
NYSE:FAS, NYSE:FAZ, NYSE:SDS, NYSE:TZA
Michael Snyder: Global leaders have tried just about everything that they can think of, but the coming global financial catastrophe continues to march steadily Read more…
NYSE:FAZ, NYSE:SDS, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:TZA
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: “The precious metal markets feel just like the summer of 2010,” Goldmoney Chairman James Turk told King World News, Monday. With European woes presently the primary focus among investors, as it was at about Read more…
NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:PHYS, NYSE:SLV
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