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By Matthew Carr Summer is on the horizon… and we could be in store for another record-breaking year. Not for just the markets or the temperatures… but for the box office. I know, when I’ve talked about the summer box office in the past, the crowd groans… “Not another superhero movie!” is the common lament. […]

By Greg Guenthner This post Attention Media Hacks: Dow Domination is Coming appeared first on Daily Reckoning. The Nasdaq crossed above 6,000 for the first time ever yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sprinted ahead by more than 200 points for the second time this week. After a quiet start to the month, the major

By Pater Tenebrarum Slightly Premature Victory Laps The nightmare of nightmares of the globalist elites and France’s political establishment has been avoided: as the polls had indicated, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are moving on to the run-off election; Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s late surge in popularity did not suffice to make him a contender –

By Zach Scheidt This post Earnings — Plus, One Sentence That Could SAVE Your Retirement appeared first on Daily Reckoning. “This is the most important lesson of the entire semester.” That’s what my finance professor said in front of a 300 seat auditorium. Then she said it again. “Everyone, wake up! This is the most

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Mining giant BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE:BHP), (LON:BLT) is once mulling the future of its US-based Fayetteville shale gas assets to focus on more lucrative opportunities in oil, but said decision was not related to activist investor Elliott Management’s call earlier this month for an overhaul of the firm. The company,

By Brian Maher This post The Real Reason Stocks Are Setting Records appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Nuclear saber-rattling in North Korea… diminishing expectations for Trump’s tax cuts and infrastructure stimulus… Chinese economic weakness… None of the above has slowed gravity-defying markets. Why not? We offer one possible reason today. Hint: It’s not the Fed.

By GoldSilverWorlds Your browser does not support the podcast player element. DOWNLOAD MP3 Mike Gleason: We are fortunate today to be joined again by Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer at US Global Investors. Mr. Holmes has received various honors in recent months including being named America’s Best Fund Manager for 2016 by The

By analyst By Frik Els After hitting five month highs last week, gold was pushed lower again on Tuesday as investors rotate out of safe haven assets and into riskier equities with the tech-laden Nasdaq market in New York hitting record highs. Gold for delivery in June, the most active contract on the Comex market

By Dave Gonigam Wonder if he’s had any phone conversations about the idea with Tony James… Zweig was careful to point out no decisions had been made. But he seems to know which way the political winds are blowing. He quoted a Washington lawyer named Bradford Campbell, who was assistant secretary of labor under Bush

By Cory Are these moves to start the week going to slowdown? To answer the title’s question – yes. Listen in to hear why I think these moves we have seen in the first two trading days this week will slow. There is no denying these moves have changed the short term direction of the