Financial Sense

By Marc Chandler By Marc Chandler – On this day in 1971, US President Nixon broke the last formal links between the dollar and gold and ushered in the modern era of floating exchange rates. What was a necessity has become a virtue… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Adrian Ash By Adrian Ash – Gold prices hit 2-week highs against a falling US Dollar on Tuesday as world stock markets extended their rally towards or above January’s all-time record highs. Political tensions worsened in Europe over both government… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Kurt Kallaus By Kurt Kallaus – We are a couple years into a new net-asset expansion phase today, thus exit signs for stocks become more important over the next year. With the sentiment and wealth surge amidst rising tension with China just before the mid-term elections… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Michael Shedlock Walmart will require lettuce and spinach suppliers to contribute to a blockchain database to pinpoint contamination. The New York Times reports Walmart’s Veggie-Tracking B.L.T.: Blockchain Lettuce Technology. Some think this is a publicity stunt… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff FS Staff – Gina Martin Adams of Bloomberg Intelligence spoke with us about the current nine-year bull market, and in this exclusive excerpt from her interview with Cris Sheridan, she says we may only be half way through… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Global Risk Insights – Despite the excitement around all things crypto, the proliferation of cryptocurrency ventures is generating new cybersecurity risks. How governments and industry manage those risks may determine… …read more

By Patrick O’Hare – The spread between the 10-yr Treasury note and the 2-yr Treasury note dropped below 50 basis points on April 9 and it has remained below 50 basis points since then. It is currently at 49 basis points, up from… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Daniel Amerman CFA By Dan Amerman – Could a committee of unelected officials increase your household’s share of the national debt by $60,000 in a single meeting? In normal times – they could not. However, these are not normal times and any… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Global Risk Insights As China transitions from prioritizing economic growth to maintaining economic stability, the government has begun levying steep penalties on high-debt private companies for “economic crimes.” Kiana Mendoza looks at… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Stratfor By Stratfor – China Remains in the US Crosshairs. The United States will impose tariffs, sanctions and blocks on investment and research in a bid to frustrate China’s development of strategic technologies. …read more From:: Financial Sense