Financial Sense
FS Staff – Last week, RenMac's Neil Dutta gave a mostly favorable review on the strength of the US economy on FS Insider citing synchronized global growth and other factors still supportive of the stock market. Financial conditions, as well...
By FS Staff – Scientists have discovered a new class of drugs that appear to slow the aging process. So far, the research has been very promising and there's a good chance many of us will be taking an anti-aging drug in the not too distant future. Sound far-fetched? It's not...
By FF Wiley – Pension plan administrators do it. Their actuaries and consultants do it. Professional endowment and foundation investors do it. Financial advisors do it. Private investors may or may not do it, but they...
Patrick O'Hare – The Federal Reserve's latest policy announcement has generated a lot of opinions about its implications for the capital markets. What it didn't generate is a lot of movement in the stock market.
By The Conversation – The Equifax data breach was yet another cybersecurity incident involving the theft of significant personal data from a large company. Moreover, it is another reminder that the modern world depends on...
By Kurt Kallaus – In mid-October President Trump will be required to certify the Iranian Nuclear compliance once again or push to nullify the multi-nation Nuclear Arms Treaty. Already the US has presented evidence of an unrelated UN Security Council resolution...
By Charles Hugh Smith – The demise of the US dollar has been a staple of the financial media for decades. The latest buzzword making the rounds is de-dollarization, which describes the move away from USD in global payments.
By Guild & Danaher – In June, we wrote about how China’s world-leading innovation in social commerce is being driven by one of the greatest transformations in history: two decades of unprecedented economic growth...
By Adrian Ash – Gold bullion rallied almost $10 per ounce on Friday from yesterday's 4-week lows against the Dollar but failed to recover what analysts called the "key pivot" of $1300 despite claims of safe-haven buying...
By Oil Price – The cities of San Francisco and Oakland have filed lawsuits against Chevron, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, BP, and Shell for the effect of their activities on climate change: higher sea levels. The cities seek billions in...
By Stratfor – In less than a week, the largest nation in the world without a state of its own — the Kurds — may finally hold a vote on whether to declare one. The approaching independence referendum, which Iraqi...
