The next crisis won't be secluded to just sub-prime auto loans, student loans, and commercial real estate. It will be fueled by the "run on pensions" when "fear" prevails benefits will be lost entirely.
Before this article receives hate comments from both bullish and bearish investors, the purpose of this article is to discuss the average historical and projected lifespan of companies included in the S&P 500 index, as well as discussing whether the
The ten year U.S. Treasury Bonds rose above 3% for the first time since January 2011. The main reason is speculation that the Fed will seek an increasingly aggressive rise in interest rates. Yields rose as Fed officials talk of raising interest ra
In Largest 5-year cohorts, and Ten most Common Ages in 2017 Calculated Risk noted "The younger baby boom generation dominated in 2010. By 2017 the millennials have taken over. And by 2020, the boomers are off the list."
and why gold will skyrocket...(Natural News) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, launched his new "Counterthink" program on the Infowars network this week with an interview featuring financial expert Peter Schiff, who gave his analysis of what's cu
Existing-home sales grew in March but sales still lag yearly.
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports Existing-Home Sales Climb 1.1 Percent in March.
I hope that none of my regular readers are burdened with much debt, but I know that many people are. Sometimes shockingly so. And so I'd like to explain who's really to blame for these situations, because they are more complex than they may at fi
ConocoPhillips is coming off of an incredible exploration season, reportedly the best they've had in over a decade, and they have Alaskan oil to thank for it. The company stuck big in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) this winter, succe
Despite US 'soft' survey data serially disappointing (and following a mixed picture from European PMIs), Markit reported April's flash PMIs better-than-expected with Manufacturing at a 43-month high and Services rebounding.
Government central planners at the Federal Reserve, and everywhere else, all suffer from "physics envy." They seek to model the un-modelable. Ron Paul discusses why the central planners always have, and always will, fail spectacularly.
This week, the Commerce Department reported that consumer spending was heading upward, thanks in part to the strongest sales in six months for automobiles.
Discussing recent trends in the bond market, Citi's credit strategists point out that there have been a lot of surprised traders this year, because i) the first half was supposed to be fine "like last year", and ii) IG was supposed to keep outperform
Doug Casey (Chair of Casey Research; Best-selling author; World-renowned Speculator; Libertarian Philosopher) predicts economic future - Michael (Founder of MOX News) on alternative media - Kirk Chisholm (Co-founder of Innovative Advisory Group) on W
While Philly Fed's headline index marginally beat expectations, under the hood, things are not so promising as Prices Paid surged to 7 years highs and Prices Received did not (crushing margins).
Bond yields jumped today after the Fed's Beige Book noted steel stockpiling and tariff-related price hikes.
The Fed's "Beige Book" is a compilation of economic activity by each of twelve Federal Reserve districts.
Legendary investor Jim Rogers says market participants should enjoy the rally in stocks while it lasts, issuing a dire warning that "the worst correction of his lifetime" is coming.
Exactly one year ago, in its Global Financial Stability report, the IMF issued a stark warning when looking at the soaring level of private sector debt:
In January 1980, the price of gold hit a record high of $850 per ounce. Then it began a nearly two-decade slide.
By the summer of 1999, gold hit $250 per ounce– a level not seen since the 1970s.