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By Sean Brodrick On August 15, 202005:00 AM Eastern
What a wild couple of weeks it’s been for gold.
First, the yellow metal pushed over its previous all-time high of $1,923, and, on Aug. 7, it clocked an intraday high of $2,089 per ounce. Then...
By Kelly Green On August 13, 202004:06 PM Eastern
I wrote this article up yesterday right after I ordered groceries from my local Whole Foods. I’ve found sometimes ordering online is way easier than going out to buy even just a handful of things....
By Tony Sagami On August 7, 202005:27 PM Eastern
My father, a vegetable farmer in western Washington, was permanently affected by the Great Depression. For millions of Americans during those tough times, my father really learned how to pinch a...
By Mike Larson On August 5, 202005:11 PM Eastern
Fifty-four companies defaulted on their debts in the second quarter of 2020. That was the most for any three-month period since 2009 in the wake of the Great Recession.
It gets worse. The...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On August 3, 202002:03 PM Eastern
U.S. consumer spending, which accounts of two-thirds of the economy, plunged at an annual rate of 34.6% in the second quarter.
It was, by far, the worst in history.
U.S. auto sales are also...
By Tony Sagami On July 31, 202006:03 PM Eastern
A “V”-shaped recovery? That’s what Wall Street keeps telling us is coming.
So how come governments around the world keep coming up with multi-trillion-currency stimulus plans?
Last week, the...
By Jon D. Markman On July 31, 202012:13 PM Eastern
Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN, Rated “C+”) has invested $270 billion in the United States and employs nearly 1 million Americans.
And still the company is under attack in Washington?
What’s...
By Jon D. Markman On July 29, 202002:30 PM Eastern
“We’re from Washington, and we are here to help.”
A throwaway line from a bygone political era … but it still rings true and is still just as dangerous.
The New York Times reported Tuesday...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On July 27, 202009:31 AM Eastern
This week is going to be a blockbuster — not just for the markets, but for Weiss Ratings as well.
Here’s the calendar, one of the hottest in history:
Tomorrow, July 28: We launch the first in...
By Sean Brodrick On July 25, 202007:00 AM Eastern
The market has been on a tear, sure. But did you know that cannabis stocks are leading the way?
Here’s a chart showing how marijuana stocks have outperformed the S&P 500 since the recent bottom...