Business and Finance

October Horror On Wall Street: Investors Nervously Watch To See If The S&P 500 Will Bounce Back Above Its 200-Day Moving Average

Is this going to be another October to remember for Wall Street?  As I have explained previously, the month of October has historically been the worst month by far for the U.S. stock market, and it has also been the month when...

World Economy At Risk Of Another Financial Crash, IMF Warns

Authored by Phillip Inman via The Guardian, Debt is above 2008 level and failure to reform banking system could trigger crisis… The floor of the New York stock exchange in September 2008. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP...

I remember thinking that making money isn’t supposed to be that easy….

Making Money Isn’t Supposed To Be Easy Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com, I remember having a conversation with a woman during the peak of the housing bubble, probably 2005… She was a psychologist based in...

Much like the laws of physics, there are certain laws of economics that remain constant no matter how much manipulation exists in the markets.

The Everything Bubble: When Will It Finally Crash?   A common misconception among people new to alternative economics is the idea that central banks only seek to keep the economy afloat, or keep it expanding forever. In...

Jim Rickards Warns: Free-Riding Investors Set Up Markets For A Major Collapse

Jim Rickards Warns: Free-Riding Investors Set Up Markets For A Major Collapse Authored by James Rickards via The Daily Reckoning, Free riding is one of the oldest problems in economics and in society in general. Simply put, free...

Stock Prices Are Surging Because Corporations Are Spending More Money On Stock Buybacks Than Anything Else

Stock Prices Are Surging Because Corporations Are Spending More Money On Stock Buybacks Than Anything Else The primary reason why stock prices have been soaring in recent months is because corporations have been buying back...

Ellen Brown : Central banks have gone rogue

Central bankers are now aggressively playing the stock market. To say they are buying up the planet may be an exaggeration, but they could. They can create money at will, and they have declared their “independence” from...

Major Currencies All Over The World Are In “Complete Meltdown” As The $63 Trillion EM Debt Bubble Implodes

Major Currencies All Over The World Are In “Complete Meltdown” As The $63 Trillion EM Debt Bubble Implodes The wait for the next global financial crisis is over.  Major currencies all over the planet are in a “death...

10 YEARS LATER – NO LESSONS LEARNED

The Burning Platform 10 YEARS LATER – NO LESSONS LEARNED “A variety of investors provided capital to financial companies, with which they made irresponsible loans and took excessive risks. These activities resulted in real...

Most experts agree that through the manipulation of short-term interest rates, the central bank by means of expectations regarding future interest rate policy…

How To Manipulate People With Interest Rates Authored by Frank Shostak via The Mises Institute, Most experts agree that through the manipulation of short-term interest rates, the central bank by means of expectations regarding...