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Continued Stimulus Hurts Hedge Funds

According to the Hennessee Group LLC, the aggregate hedge funds performance for May, as indicated by the HCN Aggregate index,…

Investor Sentiment Eroding Globally; Is America Next?

With the S&P 500 close to its all-time highs, a common question is: will we see a pullback or a…

Has the Hindenburg Omen signalled a market top?

We are pleased to welcome on board a new contributor - Ben Turney and here is his inaugural post. On…

IS Gold at an inflection point?

There’s no way to sugarcoat the dismal performance of the precious metals in recent months. But a revisitation of the…

Precious Metals: Down for the Count?

  The recent weakness in many precious metals has led some to believe the investment opportunity in that sector is…

US Household Net Worth Climbs to exceed 2007 highs (for now…)

  According to the latest Flow of Funds report issued by the Federal Reserve,  US household net worth has improved…

Banks rig $4.7tn currency markets against clients

From goldcore The world’s biggest banks have been manipulating benchmark foreign-exchange rates used to set the value of trillions of…

What’s Really Holding Back America

There continues to be much speculation over when the Federal Reserve will begin to reduce its asset purchase program and…

Is the ‘Abenomics’ experiment over before it begins?

The sharp rise that Japanese equities have been experiencing since the fourth quarter of 2012 may be coming to a…

tHE 5 BIGGEST IPO FLOPS IN HISTORY

There’s always a lot of fanfare when it comes to Initial Public Offerings. The bunting is brought out, the trumpets…