Two business days into the new year and the dollar is already gaining momentum. Global currencies are falling left and right against the greenback. Renewed fears about Chinas economy arrived Monday which signals even more bad news for a whole host of cou
Is it different this time? That’s the big question for investors looking to make a lot of money on a rebound of oil prices that could manifest, in a major way, during 2016.
Something big is happening in the money markets--and it could be a harbinger of further hemorrhaging in the credit markets. It could also indicate there are more problems lingering beneath the surface of the mutual fund industry.
Diversification is key to maintaining a balanced portfolio--or so the saying goes. Most investors maintain a mix of cash, stocks and bonds to minimize losses and maximize gains. Within the sub-portfolio of stocks, it can also be important to be diversifie
Crude-oil prices are on track for their worst 18-month drop ever. But that might be a good thing, according to strategist and technical expert Chris Kimble at Kimble Charting Solutions.
A contentious and bitter battle for the White House lies ahead in 2016. Investors might want to ignore it.
In a big-ticket $1.1-billion cross-border acquisition in the south-east Asian region, Thai beer maker Singha Corp said, it will purchase 25 per cent stake in Vietnamese consumer goods firm Masan Consumer Holdings, part of diversified Masan Group, and 33.3
Crude oil may have rallied more than eight percent this week and is trading near 2004 lows, but it doesnt mean weve seen the bottom in the market. In fact, the recent bullish trend could be short-lived in 2016.
In 2016, the Federal Reserve will pay at least $12.2 billion to U.S. and foreign banks to keep the money created via its quantitative easing programs out of the economy. If the Fed raises rates as expected next year, the amount nearly doubles to $23.1 bil
Since the financial crisis, S&P 500 companies have spent trillions of dollars buying back shares of their own stock. In the third quarter alone, these companies gobbled up $156 billion worth of themselves.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost about 1.5% so far this year. And while stocks usually go up, the decline in the blue-chip index this year has been particularly surprising given that its the year before an election.
Oil producers group Opec has said it expects oil prices to recover to $70 a barrel by 2020. Prices have fallen from more than $110 a barrel in the summer of 2014 to less than $37 a barrel now due to oversupply and slowing demand.
During pre-election years, like 2015, each administration tries hard to impress voters, either via stimuli or copious amounts of lipstick to make even the ugliest pig (aka, the economy) look pretty. Historically, pre-election years sport the best performa
Oil speculators are buying options contracts that will only pay out if crude drops to as low as $15 a barrel next year, the latest sign some investors expect an even deeper slump in energy prices.
The most accurate forecasters of stocks, bonds and precious metals have a warning for investors as they look forward to 2016: don’t trust the wisdom of crowds.
