As the ‘fear trade’ continues to push more investors towards gold, an interesting infographic began circulating the wire giving three reasons why it may be a good idea to hold some of the yellow metal in your portfolio this year. Investors have shown a renewed...
China Shares Flounder Again, but ‘Real Economy’ Sound Says State Media
China's volatile shares tumbled again on Thursday, taking losses this month to about 25 percent or 13 trillion yuan ($2 trillion), while state media insisted that the market ructions did not reflect the real economy. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ended down...
Mohamed El-Erian Warns about a Day of Reckoning
Allianz Chief Economic Adviser Mohamed El-Erian said Tuesday the world economy is at the end of the era of borrowing growth and profits from the future in the form of easy monetary policies. "Either we validate the financial asset prices and growth faster, or...
Gold at 12-Week High on Safe Haven Buying as Fed Meeting Begins
Gold rose to a 12-week high on Tuesday, shrugging off strong stocks with nervous investors moving into safe havens as the U.S. Federal Reserve began a two-day meeting expected to give clues about the timing of the next interest rate increase. Spot gold was up 1.3...
Philip Diehl Discusses Leadership, the Gold Market and the Case for Owning Gold Coins
Listen to the podcast here. Philip N. Diehl, President of U.S. Money Reserve, one of the nation’s largest distributors of government-issued gold, silver and platinum coins joins Enterprise Radio. Listen to the interview with host Eric Dye & guest Philip N....
Gold is Back in Fashion after a $15 Trillion Global Selloff
The $15 trillion rout in global equity markets since May is reawakening the lure of gold for investors seeking safety. Hedge funds and other large speculators more than doubled their net-long position in bullion last week, just three weeks after they were the...
U.S. Mint Sells Nearly All of Silver-Coin Allocation So Far This Month
The U.S. Mint appears to have sold all of the American Eagle silver coins it has allocated so far this month. The Mint allocated 4 million ounces for the week of Jan. 11, when sales on 2016-dated coins began, and then 1 million for this and future weeks. This means an...
The Bear Market in Stocks has Finally Arrived
Investors have noticed that the stock market has gone through a radical change in the past few months. Veteran investor Mark D. Cook, who pointed out red flags a year ago, feels vindicated. Finally, stock prices confirmed what he saw in 2014: We’re in a bear market...
Gartman: Why Any Stock Bounce will be Short-Lived
Any bounce in U.S. stocks will be short-lived, widely followed market watcher Dennis Gartman cautioned on Tuesday. The warning came as U.S. stocks were poised to open higher following data that showed China's economy grew by 6.8 percent, easing fears of a more...
A Recession Worse than 2008 is Coming
The S&P 500 has begun 2016 with its worst performance ever. This has prompted Wall Street apologists to come out in full force and try to explain why the chaos in global currencies and equities will not be a repeat of 2008. Nor do they want investors to believe...
Market Crash Robs $2.3 Trillion from Investors
The stock market rout is starting to get really expensive — destroying $2.3 trillion from the market's top last year and $1.5 trillion in net wealth just this year. The giant companies that predominantly populate the Standard & Poor's 500 have fallen an average of...
Late Selloff Puts Stock Indexes in Correction
The late-day selloff came despite earlier gains sparked by better-than-expected trade data from China and an early bounce in oil prices from recent lows. But the two-day bounce faded as the mood shifted on Wall Street from the once-winning buy-the-dip mentality to a...












