What Will Be the Next Lehman Moment?
In mid-2007, a unit of Bear Stearns began to experience difficulties due to its exposure to the subprime mortgage market Little did anyone know at the time, but that incident was the canary in the...
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In mid-2007, a unit of Bear Stearns began to experience difficulties due to its exposure to the subprime mortgage market Little did anyone know at the time, but that incident was the canary in the...
For the second month in a row, inflation came in hotter than forecast, with the year on year inflation rate rising to 32%, higher than the 31% that had been forecast Along with that came monthly...
While high-flying stock markets may be getting most of the press recently, gold too is hitting all-time highs, exceeding $2,160 an ounce You may be wondering why both gold and stock markets are...
To say that stock markets have been euphoric in recent weeks is a bit of an understatement Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 have hit all-time highs recently, as individuals...
One of the peculiarities of the gold market is that it seems that gold demand rises as the price gets higher, and falls when the price gets lower No one seems to want to buy gold when it’s “on...
While much of the mainstream media has been urging the Fed to declare victory over inflation and just get on with rate cuts already, inflation itself is being stubbornly persistent And two recent...
If you’ve been wondering what’s been going on with the US economy today, you’re not alone On the one hand, we’re being told by the Biden administration that the US economy is the strongest...
As Warren Buffett famously said once, the first rule of investing is never to lose money And the second rule is always to remember the first rule Now obviously that’s easier said than done There...
Wall Street has been hoping for months for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates It wants a return to what it sees as the glory days, when zero interest rates meant trillions of dollars...
With the Federal Open Market Committee having paused its interest rate hikes for the past several months, everyone expects that the current level of the federal funds rate is the highest it will be,...
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet this week for its first monetary policy meeting of the year While no one expects the Fed to cut rates at this meeting, they’re at least expecting...
The US dollar has been the world’s reserve currency for close to 80 years now The American population has become used to the dollar being in demand around the world, as have US...
As 2024 starts, there’s one thing on many Americans’ minds: will the US economy fall into recession or not Especially after bank failures early in 2023, everyone waited with bated breath last...
In a move that wasn’t at all surprising, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to hold its target interest rate steady at its final policy meeting of 2023 With that question settled for...
The performance of gold in recent weeks has been great for gold owners, with gold hitting new record highs But for silver owners things haven’t been nearly so good Normally when gold enters a...
As the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets this week, Wall Street’s hopes for a rate cut seem to be fading Between last week’s jobs numbers and this week’s CPI figures, the case for...
With fears of recession rising, and growing uncertainty over the future of the economy, it seems that more and more people are looking towards gold and silver as safe haven assets Both gold prices...