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Figure 1. 3-month Treasury yields.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
For most of this year and last, you’d have been lucky to earn a stingy 1.5% interest yield on the average...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On May 18, 202010:45 AM Eastern
The coronavirus pandemic has created a financial nightmare in America.
It has unleashed a chain of devastating economic events that could change almost everything in your life.
But if you...
By Jon D. Markman On May 11, 202002:50 PM Eastern
I have a riddle for you: What is the size of a tennis court, filled with helium and might be your lifeline to the internet in the next natural disaster?
Stumped? I’m not surprised. That’s...
By Sean Brodrick On May 2, 202007:00 AM Eastern
Gold gave back some gains this week. The reasons are threefold, and I’ll talk about each of them in a bit.
But there’s a force lining up to push gold much higher, and you need to know about...
By Sean Brodrick On April 14, 202005:30 AM Eastern
COVID-19 has infected a mind-boggling 185 countries so far. Even the remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan is reporting cases.
Heck, the micro-state of San Marino has the highest infection and...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On April 13, 202011:51 AM Eastern
The Fed seems to think that the $2.3 trillion in extra save-the-world money it announced on Thursday will do the trick.
And for now, at least, Wall Street seems to agree.
Well, I have news for...
By Sean Brodrick On April 7, 202005:41 AM Eastern
The market enjoyed a great rally yesterday as the spread of COVID-19 cases showed signs of flattening out in the hardest-hit area: New York City. But big rallies are part and parcel of any bear...
By Jon D. Markman On March 30, 202001:28 PM Eastern
A tiny San Francisco startup called Kinsa Inc. is using mapping software and one million connected thermometers to help researchers reliably determine where and when COVID-19 hotspots will...
By Mike Larson On March 25, 202002:11 PM Eastern
We may be living in a “worst-case” scenario.
That’s exactly what it sounds like. The absolute worst outcome to any threat that an analyst, investor, policymaker or economist can dream up could...
By Sean Brodrick On March 24, 202005:00 AM Eastern
“We need to finish everything before everyone up here gets sick,” a source told Fox News as the coronavirus made its debut in the U.S. Senate.
After Kentucky Senator Rand Paul tested positive...