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By Jill Mislinski All eight indexes on our world watch list posted gains through February 4, 2019. The top performer is Hong Kong's Hang Seng with an 11.99% gain and in second is our own S&P 500 with a gain of 7.96%. In third is the Shanghai SSE with a gain of 7.65%. Coming in last is ...

Chris discusses the case for international investing through a core-satellite approach with specific countries. Given the strong performance of U.S. stocks in recent years, it is no surprise that investors have some skepticism when it comes to international investing. In fact, behavioral e...

By Michael Hasenstab, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Templeton Global Macro While some observers might worry that the current global economic cycle is ending, Templeton Global Macro CIO Michael Hasenstab characterizes the slowing growth we are experiencing as a...

Ross Clark - Oil, copper, markets. Marc Faber - China, US, trade, global economy. Ed Steer - Manipulation of gold and silver prices. Physical gold vs. paper gold. Larry Reaugh - President & CEO of American Manganese Inc. Produced by HoweStreet.com ...

On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Senior Investment Strategist Paul Eitelman and Research Analyst Brian Yadao discussed recent headlines over the global economic slowdown, the shift to a more dovish stance among many central banks and market impacts of the ongoing trade nego...

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Equities bridging a gap in corporate performance - for now Consensus profits forecasts on a global basis remain on a downward trend even as January's recovery in risk assets such as equities and corporate debt continues into February. The primary reason for this at first sight paradoxical ...

The global economy is way past the point of maximum debt saturation, and so the next stop is debt exhaustion. Just as generals fight the last war, central banks always fight the last financial crisis. The Global Financial Crisis ((GFC)) of 2008-09 was primarily one of liquidity as market...

By Elga Bartsch, PhD Elga explains why we see a synchronized global slowdown ahead in 2019 and what this means for central bank policies. We see a synchronized global slowdown ahead in 2019 as the U.S. economy becomes a drag rather than a driver. The U.S. slowdown reflects, in part, ...

Is this the Beginning of a Globalized Housing Downturn? Housing has become a global financialized asset class. The possibilities seemed unlimited. And this flow of money, along with local factors, has created enormous distortions in some markets. But the priciest markets are now starting t...