2021-06-08 20:15
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2021-06-08 20:14
The International Energy Agency (IEA) was founded in 1974 in response to oil embargos the previous year that caused the global price of oil to surge 300% from $3 per barrel to $12 per barrel… Read More
2021-06-01 19:31
The fundamentals appear rather dismal for the United Kingdom, as the pandemic caused many issues for countries, however, investors and fund flows seem to be looking past both the pandemic an… Read More
2021-06-01 17:24
US Manufacturing Surveys Scream Stagflation As "Expectations Have Moderated"With 'hard' data serially disappointing over-exuberant expectations for the last few months, 'soft' surveys contin… Read More
2021-05-24 17:30
Infrastructure is the talk of the town in Washington, D.C. where I now live and with good reason. The infrastructure upon which the livelihoods and lives of all Americans depends is in sorry… Read More
2021-05-24 14:56
The future looks great for the Natural Gas Market, with the LNG Market set to take off in a big way, and more things that need to be charged each year, expect both electricity prices and nat… Read More
2021-05-21 17:34
We used to have price discovery markets in our financial system, this included a healthy functioning bond market which reflected the economic fundamentals such as inflation in the overall ec… Read More
2021-05-18 19:00
Stocks are selling off again on Monday as worries about inflation persist, as the market is increasingly coming around to Morgan Stanley's view that inflation will be an endemic ph… Read More
2021-05-13 00:29
As BOfA economist Alexander Lin writes, the "eye-popping" April CPI report was a "massive surprise" as core CPI strongly rose 0.9% (0.92% unrounded) sequentially, which was the largest gain… Read More
2021-05-12 15:00
You are losing purchasing power for the US Dollar every day, yet the US Dollar seems to maintain its long-term value in financial markets, you might ask how this seeming conundrum is possibl… Read More
2021-05-11 21:08
I have less confidence in the US government getting its act together over the next 10 years versus Japan and their monetary shenanigans. I suspect the Japanese Yen will continue to strengthe… Read More
2021-05-11 20:47
The bizarre phenomenon of companies complaining about “labor shortages” amid dropping job applicants, while 9.8 million are “unemployed,” and 16.2 million people clai… Read More
2021-05-11 14:30
The race for so-called green energy has spawned another race, one for the minerals needed to make the devices such as solar panels and batteries that produce, store and transmit that energy… Read More
2021-05-10 19:30
In this world, life is exactly what it is, nothing more and nothing less, and oftentimes there is a slight difference between potential outcomes. Thus, enjoy the moments when life smiles you… Read More
2021-05-10 18:26
"Transitory" or not, Goldman's global head of commodities research, Jeffrey Currie, told Bloomberg this week that "we're in a new world," and nowhere is that more evident than… Read More
2021-05-06 20:20
In the current bubble market, most traders have been so anesthetized to normal risks in financial markets because of central banks' extremely accommodating policy measures that everyone is e… Read More
2021-05-05 19:00
The share of US dollar reserves held by central banks fell to 59 percent—its lowest level in 25 years—during the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the IMF’s Currenc… Read More
2021-05-05 16:48
At a certain point in time, there might arrive disagreements with your insurance company. It can result from the amount due on a bill, the amount a company paid on a claim, or the non-paymen… Read More
2021-05-05 15:00
The Federal Reserve and European Central Bank repeat that the recent inflationary spike is “transitory”. The problem is that investors do not buy it.Infl… Read More
2021-05-04 18:53
Biden says Americans earning less than $400,000 will 'not pay a single penny in taxes': Twitter celebrates the 'biggest tax cut in history' after president's blunder ~ Daily MailBiden… Read More
2021-05-04 17:52
The lack of oil investment over the last decade which has long-term sustainability has created a perfect storm scenario whereby the oil market is on the verge of a major breakout to the upsi… Read More
2021-05-03 20:00
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has played down the current runup in inflation, arguing it is associated with the reopening of the economy. And as the low inflation readings of one ye… Read More
2021-05-03 18:14
When the European Union was about to collapse, this led to some rather extreme monetary measures to keep this financially flawed, ideologically driven ship afloat. In reaction to the butterf… Read More
2021-04-30 22:47
By Tobias Adrian, Rohit Goel, Sheheryar Malik, Fabio NatalucciThe rise in long-term US interest rates has become a focus of global macro-financial concerns. The nominal y… Read More
2021-04-30 17:52
The skyrocketing price of the lumber market right now is adding substantial costs to the budgets of homebuilders in America, and forget about any of these costs being properly hedged. This m… Read More
2021-04-29 20:00
There have been many predictions about how many people have had COVID-19 and whether or not this or that country has reached herd immunity. We have seen this before in Manaus, Brazil, a… Read More
2021-04-29 17:24
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he sees some “froth” in equity markets and it is not just due to the central bank’s accommodative monetary policy.What… Read More
2021-04-29 17:15
It is important for business owners to take a hard look at their company and to take action to make their operation greener. The time has come for action when it comes to environmental prote… Read More
2021-04-28 20:49
We examine the rising crime in American cities in this video, and how the idea of Defunding the Police is just not very sound governing and social policy right now. Politicians who support d… Read More
2021-04-28 15:23
Oil prices are higher this morning, after dipping on API's reported - and unexpected - crude build last night, as expectations strengthened for a revival in global consumption despite t… Read More
2021-04-27 21:00
It is patently obvious that GameStop is not trading on the fundamentals as a company, and generally it is a good idea to sell into strength as a trader, especially in a stock with shaky fund… Read More
2021-04-27 20:10
"Price doesn't even matter anymore" And "It's about to get much worse".The number of container ships stuck at anchor off Los Angeles and Long Beach is down to around 20 per day, from 30 a fe… Read More
2021-04-25 20:46
The real question for investigators is how come with two massive NRG owned power plants sitting just outside Houston, many of its citizens were without electricity for 55 hours in sub-freezi… Read More
2021-04-23 19:00
The lumber market has been a great market for staying in the trade and avoiding getting stopped out by nasty retracements which are every trend trader’s worst nightmare. Amazon Re… Read More
2021-04-23 16:30
The U.S. has suffered yet another mass shooting, with a deadly attack in a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. This was the fifth mass shooting in five weeks, including a shooting… Read More
2021-04-22 19:30
Dining out has for generations been a fun way to celebrate special occasions, meet friends or just enjoy a quiet evening with someone special. But for many, that ended almost overnight last… Read More
2021-04-21 19:30
The US regulatory agencies need to get off their collective buts and start doing their job in protecting consumers from themselves in the case of Tesla technology which has been proven to be… Read More
2021-04-21 15:30
In this video, we examine the Global Debt Model, the beginnings started with Japan and has taken on cultish proportions in the economics’ profession. Amazon Reading Cor… Read More
2021-04-20 21:55
Not all of the migrants hoping to claim asylum in the United States are fleeing Central America’s violence-torn “Northern Triangle” of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador… Read More
2021-04-20 21:17
Oil prices slid today thanks to a combination of a stronger dollar, anxiety over COVID demand as India's viral counts go exponential and supply fears after the House… Read More
2021-04-20 19:26
While it should come as no surprise to those who have been following our reporting on the epic bottlenecks and congestion across West Coast ports, Standard Chartered's chief G10 FX… Read More
2021-04-19 17:59
The sexy markets always attract the general public, traders, and hot money. Bitcoin can go to 100K USD OR EVEN 250K USD, but keep in mind the historical Tulip bubble when investing in the Bi… Read More
2021-04-19 14:30
Can the world achieve “herd immunity” with respect to COVID-19? Anthony Fauci has said that 80% of the population needs to be vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity… Read More
2021-04-19 01:03
A Tesla car with no one in the driver's seat reportedly crashed into a tree in Texas and burst into flames this weekend. What Happened: On Saturday, a Tesla Inc (NAS… Read More
2021-04-17 21:16
This country has taken deficit spending to an entirely new stratospheric level over the last decade, and this state of affairs and current financial strategy is definitely unsustainabl… Read More
2021-04-16 15:34
There have been rising debates on how plastic pollution has brought adverse impacts on the environment and how to minimize this issue. This debate has given retailers and other packaging ind… Read More
2021-04-15 18:22
In many ways, David Einhorn's Greenlight appears to be back to its "new normal" - in a letter sent to investors, Einhorn writes that Greenlight again underperformed the market and returned … Read More
2021-04-14 18:30
04/12/2021 Robert P. Murphy[This article is part of the Understanding Money Mechanics series, by Robert P. Murphy. The series will be published as a book in 2021.]The &l&hell…Read More
2021-04-14 15:00
By Kristalina Georgieva, Federico J. Díez, Romain Duval, and Daniel Schwarzعربي, 中文, Español, Fran&cced&hell…Read More
2021-04-13 23:48
See This "Anatomy of a Bursting Bubble" "Parabolic advances are inherently unsustainable" By Elliott Wave International Those who are familiar with the Elliott wave model for analyzing and… Read More
2021-04-13 20:40
Over the next three months, the oil market will tell us a lot about the overall health and resilience of both the US and Global economy. We look at the Oil Market in this… Read More
2021-04-13 16:11
Following the explosive surge in producer prices, analysts expected a similar jump in consumer prices and were not disappointed as headline CPI jumped 0.6% MoM (+0.5% exp) and 2.6% YoY (+2.5… Read More
2021-04-09 22:24
We’re told inflation isn’t a problem. But a quick trip out to the grocery store or to fill up your car with gas tells you otherwise. Prices are going up. Peter Schiff recent… Read More
2021-04-08 15:55
On Wednesday Taiwan issued new and rare bellicose words signaling its response plans should China attack the democratic island. As speculation abounds over Beijing's increased military… Read More
2021-04-07 22:32
Both traditional and alternative lenders offer different types of loans. Yet despite the variety of options available, many people still struggle to obtain loans. The main reason is that the… Read More
2021-04-07 21:24
Services are about two-thirds of the economy. During the Pandemic, discretionary services such as travel and entertainment have been hard hit, and consumer spending on services in February w… Read More
2021-04-07 19:18
Oil prices are lower this morning following last night's API-reported surprise build in gasoline and distillates stocks (with WTI having rejected $60 once again) as the dollar free… Read More
2021-04-07 15:39
Most of the time, investors are encouraged by brokers to join currency trading. In this world of globalization, it is simple to find information. Still many are reluctant and scammers take a… Read More
2021-03-13 16:54
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) that manages Texas's electrical grid, the Texas Interconnection, which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents… Read More
2021-03-08 18:03
The point of being resilient is to be able to weather life’s storms, metaphorically and literally.Yet the state of Texas recently failed at handling a few days of cold temperatures. Bi… Read More
2021-02-22 16:38
Just Energy's shares crashed more than 21% in the premarket after the company released a statement about steep losses incurred during the winter storms that swept across Texas last… Read More
2021-02-17 21:44
Texas Freeze Raises Cost Of Charging A Tesla To $900The electricity shortage in Texas amid the cold snap has sent spot electricity prices soaring so much that the surge in power prices… Read More
2021-02-11 20:49
Salesforce says the 9-To-5 workday Is dead. While a company's work environment plans aren't exactly interesting, cloud-based software giant Salesforce made a bold statement earlier this… Read More
2021-02-11 20:34
If you own or run a business in the Houston Texas area, then you understand just how important it is to make connectivity with your business as simple as possible. Let's go over some of the… Read More
2021-02-08 20:30
So, let’s talk about hedge funds.Beating them is easier than you think. The HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite Index, which tracks the largest 500 funds, has a five-year annualized retur… Read More
2021-02-08 18:33
During Great Britain's golden age of gambling, a Scot named William Cunninghame Graham—losing at cards, out of money, but not yet ready to quit for the evening—secured a loan of… Read More
2021-02-02 20:00
Most people expect that the economy of 2021 will be an improvement from 2020. I don’t think so. Perhaps COVID-19 will be somewhat better, but other aspects of the economy will likely b… Read More
2021-02-02 17:00
It didn't have to be this way, but this is the reality we must now face: truth is fatal to fraud, and our entire financial-political system is a fraud. The stock market has just been pu… Read More
2021-02-01 20:30
By Saadia ZahidiThis article first appeared in Finance & Development magazine.The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2020 comes at a crucial juncture… Read More
2021-02-01 18:15
US Manufacturing Survey Hits Record High Amid Soaring Inflation, Supply-Chain DisruptionsAmid declining 'hard' economic data, 'soft' survey data on US manufacturing surged to a record h… Read More
2021-01-30 17:00
Like many others, I’ve been watching shares of GameStop Corp. (GME) with a bit of disbelief. For those of you who have not seen the headlines, the stock’s price soared from a clo… Read More
2021-01-29 20:05
Chinese Bombers Carried Out "Simulated Attack" On USS Roosevelt Carrier Near TaiwanTensions spiked in the South China Sea and near Taiwan over this past weekend and have continued boili… Read More
2021-01-29 17:00
Note: GameStop stock resumed its dramatic ascent after a popular online broker said it would lift restrictions on trading its shares. In recent days, frenzied activity in the video… Read More
2021-01-29 16:00
China Tells Taiwan "Independence Means War" As Rival Wargames OngoingDays ago amid soaring tensions over Taiwan, a US carrier group entered the South China Sea. China's response wa… Read More
2021-01-27 20:20
“Not only have the last two months seen supply shortages develop at a pace not previously seen in the survey’s history, but prices have also risen due to the imbalance of supply… Read More
2021-01-27 18:00
When you hear the words “not for profit”, you might think that the organization would not be interested in money. In fact, there is a big difference between turning a profit and… Read More
2021-01-27 17:26
WTI Erases Overnight Weakness, Surges On Biggest Crude Draw Since JulyAfter a strong overnight session following API's big crude draw, oil prices tumbled this morning, alongside a broader ma… Read More
2021-01-20 01:50
Natgas Plunges 5% On New Weather Models Forecasting Milder TempsAs soon as Goldman Sachs gets bullish on natural gas, new weather models are forecasting warmer weather trends for t… Read More
2021-01-11 16:30
Japan has registered a new COVID-19 strain, not seen anywhere else.What Happened: Japan has found a new COVID-19 strain, different from those registered in the UK and South Africa, Nikk… Read More
2021-01-08 20:00
The big talk among economists and central banksters and some politicians in 2020 has shifted toward how the Coronacrisis will (or “must”) result in a global financial/social rese… Read More
2021-01-08 19:00
With SMEs looking to improve their financial standing, founders often wonder when might be the right time to take out a business loan?Along with the question of timing, how easy it will be t… Read More
2021-01-08 16:00
While the whole world is blaming Trump for what happened yesterday at the Capitol, here is a slightly different take from Rabobank's economist Philip Marey who last July predicted all of Wed… Read More
2021-01-04 20:00
Should You Prepare Your Portfolio for 'The Roaring 2020s'?After all, market valuation measures such as PE have reached an extremeBy Elliott Wave InternationalWell, the answer posed by the qu… Read More
2021-01-04 18:00
Oil Prices Plunge After Russia Seeks Output Hike In FebruaryExaggerated by equity weakness, oil prices have plunged from hope-filled overnight exuberance as OPEC+ meets (virtually) and … Read More
2021-01-04 16:23
Nasdaq Chief Economist Phil Mackintosh joins Global Markets Reporter Jill Malandrino on hashtag#TradeTalks to discuss. The views and opinions expressed herein are the author's own, an… Read More
2021-01-02 19:57
Janet Yellen is back. Naturally, the follies of Keynesian central banking come to mind.In many ways, Yellen’s tenure as Fed chairman was far worse than Ben Bernanke’s. At le… Read More
2020-12-28 20:30
Editor's Note: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency in charge of enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, on Dec. 16 said that em… Read More
2020-12-28 18:30
I was exchanging economist jokes over the holiday and heard this one that seemed apropos both to our resource predicament and the seeming abundance of the holiday season:A priest, an enginee… Read More
2020-12-28 16:00
With part of December now in the picture, you can see the faintest hint at the top of the steep late-November climb that shows the climb may be rounding off.I noted,That is a massive amount… Read More
2020-12-27 16:30
Roughly 500 GoDaddy employees failed a company-wide phishing test this month that was disguised as a message that they would be receiving a $650 holiday bonus.Yes, you're reading that right:… Read More
2020-12-25 20:30
Lehman Brothers was a cultural marker, the kind of thing that sticks for generations because of all the wrong reasons. Hardly anyone had heard of the investment bank throughout its unbelieva… Read More
2020-12-25 16:51
How today’s energy problem is different from peak oilMany people believe that the economy will start going badly wrong when we “run out of oil.” The problem we have today i… Read More
2020-12-24 20:30
Earlier this fall, many of the nation’s restaurants opened their doors to patrons to eat inside, especially as the weather turned cold in places. Now, as COVID-19 cases surge &hell…Read More
2020-12-24 16:30
US Federal Maritime Commission investigates container carriers’ “abandonment” of American agricultural industry. Weirdest Economy Ever.The freight rates from Asia to the US… Read More
2020-12-23 20:30
The electoral votes have confirmed Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election. The presidential electors gave Biden 306 electoral votes to President Donald Trump’s… Read More
2020-12-23 17:30
Oil prices rebounded dramatically overnight after API reported a surprise build and Trump's rejection of the COVID Lockdown Relief Bill sent WTI down to almost a $45 handle before… Read More
2020-12-22 21:30
Chart of the Week: Weekly Customs Import Shipments – USA, Logistics Managers’ Index – Warehouse CapacityIf you thought 2020 would go quietly into that good night… Read More
2020-12-22 16:30
If the past year was dominated by the huge human costs of COVID-19, the next few years will be about its economic aftermath, including the alarming rise of US debt. What’s needed is mu… Read More
2020-12-22 12:30
A moving business can be more profitable than several other kinds of gigs and is relatively stress-free to start. It involves a truck, some heavy lifting, and a certified business location t… Read More
2020-12-21 21:30
A self-funding national infrastructure bank modeled on the “American System” of Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt would help solve not one but two of… Read More
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