By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On July 23, 201807:55 AM Eastern
We began warning about the rising danger of war over four years ago: Trade wars, cyberwars, currency wars, civil wars, regional wars or worse.
Since then, we’ve seen Russia’s annexation of...
By Tony Sagami On July 23, 201807:55 AM Eastern
Bloomberg calls it “the definitive sign that cryptocurrencies have arrived on Wall Street.”
They’re talking about some big changes coming to one of the toughest tests in finance — the one needed...
By Jon D. Markman On July 23, 201805:17 AM Eastern
Stocks started deep in the hole on Friday, but rebounded bravely; then they coasted into the close, largely shrugging off another round of negative trade headlines from the White House.
The Dow...
By Jon D. Markman On July 20, 201803:31 PM Eastern
Stocks swirled around the unchanged line today through 3 p.m., putting the week on track to finish flat. The Dow Industrials and Nasdaq 100 were up around 0.02% while the S&P 500 was a touch...
By Sean Brodrick On July 20, 201802:26 PM Eastern
Oil has enjoyed a great bull market this year, while nat-gas has slumbered. I think that’s about to change for three reasons …
First, nat-gas in storage is way below the five-year average. In...
By Tony Sagami On July 20, 201807:55 AM Eastern
How's your portfolio doing this year?
For the first six months of 2018, the S&P 500 is up a modest 2.6%. Given the rocky start that stock market had this year, even that modest gain isn't so...
We have some advice for anyone thinking about meddling in foreign elections or investigating the foreign meddlers:
Before you use — or make allegations about — cryptocurrencies, learn more about...
By Juan M. Villaverde On July 19, 201805:09 PM Eastern
Last week, I said we should see an intermediate low on or around July 15th. The actual low arrived July 13th, just two days early.
I also said this would be an important test of the strength of...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On July 19, 201803:50 PM Eastern
By Jon D. Markman On July 19, 201803:31 PM Eastern
Large-cap stocks largely fell on Thursday as a smattering of unexciting corporate earnings reports combined with renewed trade tensions to depress sentiment.
The Dow Jones Industrials were down...