The oil market finished with a weak close as equities really take it on the chin with the Federal Reserve back in play, and weak earning`s results. (Video length 00:10:16)...
ECRI’s WLI Growth Index which forecasts economic growth six months forward – declined marginally and remains in negative territory. This index now spent 27 consecutive weeks in negative te...
We warned earlier in the week that the credit risk of the world’s financial institutions were on the rise and that trend has worsened as the week ends. Global Bank Risk is spiking… Europe...
Most of the industrial bellwethers have reported mixed results for the fourth quarter of 2015. Amidst global growth slowdown, while a few have managed to report better-than-expected fourth-quarter ear...
U.S. healthcare spending amounted to $3 trillion in 2014, up 5.3% from 2013, according to the Center for Medicare Services. Looking ahead, aging Baby Boomers and technological advances should ensure...
If you haven’t noticed, the world has gone mad. Well, madder than usual, anyway. Global power structures are shifting. Proxy wars are back with a vengeance, as seen in Ukraine, Syria and elsewhere....
The mainstream world of economics and investment has the attention span of a 12-year-old hopped up on sugar. A couple of months ago, it was all doom and gloom for gold. The Fed was talking interest ra...
About a month ago former Fed head, Richard Fisher, came out andconfirmed the idea that the FOMC’s quantitative easing policies over the past seven years have pushed prices of risk assets, includ...
A quick recap to the trade data released today continues to paint a relatively dismal picture of global trade. The unadjusted three month rolling average value of exports and imports decelerated. Many...
It’s getting ugly for my core market health indicators. My measures of market quality, trend, and strength are all in oversold territory. During bull markets, oversold conditions generally result in...