It was after the markets closed on March 8 when SVB Financial (parent of Silicon Valley Bank) released the news - it planned to raise...

Commodities have been one of the best performing asset classes of the year - in part because of inflation and the supply disruption...

A few days ago, India's rupee hit an all-time low when it briefly crossed above 80 to the U.S. dollar. Analysts suggested the selloff was...

For the longest time, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies marched to the beat of their own drums. But ever since the Russian invasion of...

As we approach Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., here's a Turkey recipe that, well, you can call a recipe for disaster: Take high inflation...

As equity markets have powered ahead on a steady drumbeat of improving economic data, more money has floated into risker assets. We...

The mainstream financial news media has begun suggesting that the financial markets are in a period of accepting more risk. The Wall...

In usual times, we see a strong relationship between commodities and the currencies of the countries that those commodities play such a...

One of the big stories over the past week in the speculative-instrument world has been the huge gains in Bitcoin - this week alone, the...

Despite the volatility in the financial markets over the summer - and the expectation for it to return in conjunction with the U.S....

The question facing investors in the equity markets is one they have had to grapple with all summer as stocks kept marching higher and...

With economic forecasts showing a big turnaround in growth for the Chinese economy, and articles on state-run media suggesting that stock...

There has been a lot of chit-chat over the past few days about some crazy trades taking places in the stock market: Hertz, which fell to...

The past six weeks or so has been dizzying. Markets getting creamed. Strong rebounds. An oil futures contract trading NEGATIVE -...

For traders, volatility is certainly their friend. It can create immediate trading opportunities with wild swings in markets and...

With mounting concerns last week over the exponential spread of the coronavirus around the world, global financial markets tumbled,...

On Friday Feb. 21, after more U.S. companies forecast weaker earnings because of the global impact of the spreading coronavirus, markets...

When big events hit the financial markets, you usually hear talk of investors being in either a "risk on" or "risk off" mode. And that's...