"Tick... Tock"
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden8 years to fix the malfunctioning heart of the world's financial and legal systems but nothing was actually done … and now the clock is ticking and there is hardly any time left.
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8 years to fix the malfunctioning heart of the world's financial and legal systems but nothing was actually done … and now the clock is ticking and there is hardly any time left.
To be sure, there's something terribly ironic about the central bank for central banks telling the world that the market is too dependent upon central banks, but then again, the Bank for International Settlements isn't exactly shy...
There is one class of money that is constantly being created and destroyed, and that is bank credit.
Dow down 239 points yesterday -- or 1.5% -- after Japan posted its biggest one-day gain in seven years. (More below on this in today's Market Insight …)
When a digital dickweed exposes the reality "the equity markets are broken," it can be shrugged off as the rantings of a kid in his mom's basement.
China's economic data for September will not be collated until early next month, but the ruling Chinese Communist party has already decided they will bring cheering news.
Market observers have been waiting to see whether any major producers will lower production to preserve pricing.
China's market has performed better than any other in the world, including the United States, over the past year despite recent stock market turbulence, veteran US investor Jim Rogers told Sputnik.
In apportioning blame for the Greek government debt crisis, it would be difficult not to lay the major share on Greece itself.
From makeup to insect repellent, Venezuelans are looking to natural and homemade products in response to the chronic shortages resulting from a deepening economic crisis in the socialist-ruled country.
...during the financial crisis of 2008. 9 of the 20 largest single day declines in stock market history happened that year, but 9 of the 20 largest single day increases in stock market history also happened that year.
Barcelona's new mayor has kept her promise to go after the banks who started the crisis, and other cities are doing the same
Personal and household debt is at unprecedented historical levels. Many Americans are stretched many times past their limit with no hope of getting out of the black. Student loan debt is its own huge bubble, waiting to burst
Asian shares rose on Friday thanks to gains on Wall Street, while the dollar steadied after facing pressure from a rallying yuan and U.S. data that offered no clarity on whether the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates next week.
Brazil's currency led global declines, stocks tumbled and bonds yields surged after Standard & Poor's cut the nation's credit rating to junk with a negative outlook, deepening the selloff for this year's worst-performing major emerging market
Now a FOURTH series of explosions has hit China after it very purposefully devalued its currency a few weeks ago…
There is so much confusion out there. On the days when the Dow goes down by several hundred points, lots of people pat me on the back and tell me that I "nailed" my call for the second half of this year.
Global stocks slipped as signs of resilience in the U.S. labor market and comments from the Bank of England rekindled concern the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates even as China's slowdown threatens global growth.
In apportioning blame for the Greek government debt crisis, it would be difficult not to lay the major share on Greece itself.
Global stock markets had a strong day of gains yesterday. Bloomberg reported that the Dow rose 390 points – or 2.4% – "on optimism over China." We're amazed.
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China's Ministry of Finance said the government will strengthen fiscal policy, boost infrastructure spending and speed up reform of its tax system, adding to other steps to reenergize sputtering growth.
A powerful combination of forces, starting with the massive United States shale oil boom, cheap gas prices and the Iranian nuclear deal is propelling this move much quicker than anybody expected.
By late 2002, the national currency of Brazil (known as the "real") was practically in free fall.
GUALFIN, Argentina - September is here. As expected, market volatility is increasing. The Great Zombie War is intensifying. And investors are getting scared.
The Chinese government has spent 1.5 trillion yuan ($236 billion) trying to prop up the country's plunging stock market, according to analysis by Goldman Sachs.
Janet Yellen has the fixed-income market just where she wants it: ripe for the first increase in U.S. interest rates since 2006.
U.S. stocks rose, after the Standard & Poor's 500 Index's second-biggest weekly retreat this year, after a late rally in Chinese stock markets led global equities higher.
Peter Schiff considers the U.S. Dollar may indeed trade down even if the Fed raises interest rates next week.