Another Day, Another Federal Reserve Bailout
The bad news just keeps getting worse and worse After a 100-basis point rate cut and $700 billion in quantitative easing, the Federal Reserve has announced that it is opening up a new Commercial...
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The bad news just keeps getting worse and worse After a 100-basis point rate cut and $700 billion in quantitative easing, the Federal Reserve has announced that it is opening up a new Commercial...
There are undoubtedly millions of people out there who are still heavily participating in stock markets They enjoyed the gains they’ve seen over the past several years, with both the Dow Jones and...
The bad news just keeps getting worse for investors, as stock markets continue their slide The Dow Jones lost 10% today, dropping over 2,350 points to end the day Not even an unprecedented monetary...
After last night’s Democratic primaries, things aren’t looking so hot for Bernie Sanders, once the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Presidential nomination Joe Biden currently leads Sanders...
If you thought the last two weeks were bad for stocks, they just went from bad to worse The Dow Jones dropped almost 1,900 points to start the day, an over 7% drop The S&P 500 dropped 7% too,...
With the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) moving last week to cut its target federal funds rate by 50 basis points, all eyes are on next week’s FOMC meeting to see what the Fed does next The...
If you’re not familiar with the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, you should be Also known as the Plunge Protection Team, the group works behind the scenes to shore up financial...
Last week was an absolute bloodbath for markets, as stock markets shed trillions of dollars worth of paper wealth The Dow Jones lost over 3,500 points over the course of the week, prompting the...
There seems to be a great deal of complacency among many in the United States about the effect that the coronavirus will have on the US economy Thus far it’s been treated as an issue that only...
It’s no secret that the retirement outlook for most Americans is dire While figures for the average amount of retirement savings get bandied about here and there in the media, the median amount of...
It’s funny sometimes how the mainstream financial media tries to push narratives that are completely at odds with reality With business activity already slowing in the US, China, and elsewhere, and...
It seems like just a couple weeks ago that analysts were predicting gold to end the year at $1,650 But gold was already pushing that level late last week, as fears about the coronavirus and slowing...
After reaching the $1,600 mark last week, gold began to really break out While many market analysts had expected gold to see major resistance at $1,600, and perhaps some profit-taking, gold took on...
It can be tempting to look at your 401(k), IRA, TSP, or other retirement account and think that you’ve got it made Maybe you have $100,000 in your account, or $250,000, or maybe you’re one of...
Every week seems to bring more and more bad news about the Chinese coronavirus While new cases and new deaths seem not to be accelerating, much of the country remains completely shut down With about...
In yet more confirmation that monetary policy normalization will never occur, Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell stated in his recent testimony before Congress that “low rates are not really a...
With so many headwinds affecting the world economy, 2020 is looking like it could be a very dangerous year for many investors Stock markets may have gained 30% last year, but that was only due to the...
In a world that is growing increasingly digital, the importance of keeping online accounts secure is more important than ever But while much of the focus on online security focuses on accounts with...
Holdings of gold in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit record highs this week as investors sought to move their assets to safety Total ETF holdings rose to over 2,570 tonnes, eclipsing the previous...
The silver price, unlike the gold price, can be heavily influenced by industrial demand For a number of years that weighed on the silver price, as demand from the photography industry waned It seems...
Total world gold mine production decreased last year for the first time since 2008 That’s sure to put upward pressure on world gold prices, as increased demand and decreased supply will work...