It can often be a bit disconcerting that in times of great turmoil and upheaval, when we are subjected to a variety of feelings of distress and even sheer panic we are told by stern voices to "keep...
In the few days since the New Year, stock prices have suffered a very sharp pullback, losing some 5% of the S&P 500 in only the first four trading days of the year. So what's going on? Markets...
After an impressive multi-year advance beginning in 2009, US and global financial markets were unable to make any gains in 2015 year to date. Global deflation, caused primarily by the ongoing...
Many global stock indexes have staged a strong recovery in the past few weeks as stresses in financial markets have been reduced. The grave concerns over global growth, especially in China, which so...
In recent weeks we've seen increasing evidence that many important global economies are either already in recession or heading in that direction. China, the largest and most important of the non US...
In the recent grim days of late August leading into September of 2015, the often frantic, caffeine-driven rhetoric on Financial TV progressed from the "healthy correction" narrative on August 14th...