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It was a volatile week but markets finished the week down small from the previous week. The big news was the U.S. jobs report that came...
This week we look at Russia's forced default and rising energy and food prices. The sharp rise in food prices is a bad omen that could...
It has been the worst start since 1939. Yes, we have to go back that far to find a year off to a worse start then...
It was a week of fresh 52-week lows for some stock market indices, and some currencies. Conversely it was also a week of fresh 52-week highs...
Sell in May and go away. That's the mantra. Seems they didn't quite get the message as April normally the best month of the year was...
It was a miserable week for all markets. April, normally the best month of the year, has turned into a miserable month. Sell in May and...
Currency wars? Is that what we have with Russia announcing that their oil and gas is to be paid for in rubles? Russia is also setting...
Stock markets crash. But do bond markets crash? Well, yes they do. We look at one of the more famous bond market crashes and then we...
Our chart of the week looks at the US$ Index and we raise questions as to whether the days of the U.S. dollar as the world's...
Sanctions have consequences. They may have unintended consequences. Russia is the world's 12th largest economy in a highly interconnected world representing roughly 1.7% of global GDP....