There are cynics, there are doomsayers, and then there's Albert Edwards, the Societe Generale economist who is in a league almost of his own. Edwards' most recent call is that if the US economy plunges into a recession led by weak manufacturing output, stocks will be...
Beware the Great 2016 Financial Crisis, Warns Leading City Pessimist
The City of London’s most vocal “bear” has warned that the world is heading for a financial crisis as severe as the crash of 2008-09 that could prompt the collapse of the eurozone. Albert Edwards, strategist at the bank Société Générale, said the west was about to be...
RBS Cries ‘Sell Everything’ as Deflationary Crisis Nears
RBS has advised clients to brace for a “cataclysmic year” and a global deflationary crisis, warning that major stock markets could fall by a fifth and oil may plummet to $16 a barrel. The bank’s credit team said markets are flashing stress alerts akin to the turbulent...
Stocks Close Out Week with Worst Start to Year Ever
The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 167.65 points, or 1.02%, to 16,346.45, putting it more than 10% below its record close last May and back in correction territory. The blue-chip barometer had been up by almost 140 points earlier in the session. The Dow...
Soros: It’s the 2008 Crisis All Over Again
Billionaire financier George Soros is warning of an impending financial markets crisis as investors around the world were roiled by turmoil in China trade for the second time this week. Speaking at an economic forum in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, he told an audience...
Concern about Junk Bonds Not Over Yet
U.S. junk bonds are trading down on Wednesday, following global stocks lower as investors fret about North Korea’s possible nuclear test, China’s slower-growing economy and a fresh plunge in oil prices. Some energy companies were among the biggest losers on the day,...
Gold Hits Four-Week High as Worries Over China Hurt Stocks
Gold hit a four-week high on Wednesday, extending gains for a third session, as persistent concerns over the Chinese economy battered stock markets, while tensions simmered in the Korean peninsula and the Middle East. The metal is closing in on key chart levels,...
Philip Diehl CNBC Interview: Demise of the penny?
Philip Diehl, U.S. Money Reserve president, shares his thoughts on the battle to end minting the U.S. penny, a coin which costs more to mint than it is worth.
Gold Gains as Stock Rout, Middle East Tensions Trigger Demand
Gold rose on Tuesday as a wave of risk aversion due to growth worries in China and rising tensions in the Middle East triggered demand for the metal. Spot gold was up 0.6 percent at $1,080.43 an ounce by 1234 GMT. On Monday, the metal jumped as much as 2.2 percent to...
China Stock Trading Halted after Steep Drop
Asian markets tumbled Monday on the first day of trading in 2016, with declines so steep in mainland China that authorities halted trading there for the rest of the day. Analysts cited a number of reasons for the selling, including China’s disappointing manufacturing...
Why America’s Big Banks Are Predicting a Recession
The U.S. economy is faring better today than at any point since the Great Recession ended in the middle of 2009. Jobs growth is strong and accelerating and the unemployment rate is below its historical average. The stock market remains near all-time highs, and the...
Uncertainty Over Fed Direction, Asian Markets Causes Gold to Surge
Gold prices surged past 3 1/2-month highs Wednesday morning as investors further discounted the possibility of a rate increase by the U.S. Federal Reserve this year and the precious metal benefited from Chinese investors fleeing stock-market falls in Asia. Gold prices...












