Has Gold Bullion Hit Rock Bottom?
As is quite evident from the past couple months, investing in gold can be rather volatile. Clearly, the huge sell-off in the price of gold bullion over the past couple of weeks has shocked some people; an interesting result has been the reaction
Slow Global Demand and Higher Inventory Bearish for Oil
When it comes to the recent pullback in the market, many people naturally wonder if this is the time to start accumulating certain companies, especially technology stocks. The answer, of course, is far more complicated. Obviously, each individual
Latest Retail Data Sending Warning to Investors
With the market hitting all-time highs, many investors are wondering how investor sentiment can be so positive when job creation is still not as strong as it should be. This divergence between the financial markets and the real economy cannot las
Don’t Be Fooled by the Retail Numbers—Just Be Selective
When interest rates are as low as they are and consumers begin to hold back on their spending, you have to wonder about the prospects for the retail sector going forward.
What Reading Between the Lines Reveals About This Aluminum Stock
Aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. (NYSE/AA) reported its earnings results on Monday, officially kicking off the first-quarter earnings season. While some in the media touted the fact that Alcoa beat earnings estimates, in reality, it’s nothing to get exc
How Central Banks’ Easy Solution Could Devastate the Global Economy
Central banks around the world have opened the floodgates with massive levels of quantitative easing in an effort to try to stimulate their respective economies. Turning on the quantitative easing tap is easy; putting the genie back in the bottle
How to Profit from Bank of Japan’s Aggressive Money Printing
Last week, the new governor for the Bank of Japan (BOJ), Haruhiko Kuroda, announced a game changer for that nation’s quantitative easing policies.
Commodity Price Cycle Bringing These Two Metals to the Foref
The U.S. economy is certainly not running at 100% capacity, but one sector that is operating at levels not seen since before the financial crisis is the automotive industry.
Why Japan’s Aggressive Money Tree Is Disastrous
The world is going gangbusters, printing money to drive the economies and growth. Yet despite the bailouts in the eurozone and easy monetary policy in Europe, Asia, and the U.S., there’s a sense a financial crisis could surface down the road.
What Investment Strategy Works with Weak Economic Growth?
One of the most difficult things to do is to try and determine the future level of economic growth. There are so many variables that go into the level of economic growth that no model can accurately predict the exact level.
Headlines Say America’s Getting Richer—But We Know Otherwise
Stocks are at their record highs, driven by a soaring stock market rally. The housing market is well off its lows, with sales and home prices edging higher.
There Are 2 Important Housing Data Points Coming Tomorrow
We get two crucial housing data points tomorrow.First is the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index for January, out at 9 a.m. ET.
Economists polled by Bloomberg are looking for home prices to rise 0.8 percent month-over-month (MoM), and 7.85 perce


