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Federal Reserve policymakers were forced to tread water in their meeting last week, which came in the awkward interval between Americans casting their ballots in the presidential and congressional...

The answer is almost! The most divisive election in Western democratic history commences today as those Americans who haven’t voted head to the polls. Results will start flowing in through the...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell picked just the wrong moment to reiterate his call for more fiscal stimulus last Tuesday, as his warning of “tragic” consequences came just hours...

“Free hand” was the phrase that jumped out to investors in the minutes from the September meeting of the European Central Bank policymakers released Thursday.Given the uncertainty of the...

When they made their upbeat economic forecasts last month, Federal Reserve policymakers said they presumed there would be additional fiscal stimulus from Congress—a condition that appears less...

The article was written exclusively for investing.comUS index futures, including the Dow, S&P and NASDAQ, fell overnight, so far unable to build on the mild gains from Thursday. European indices,...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comVery quietly, safe-haven assets have been rallying, and in some cases, to prices not seen in years. The big rally in assets like gold have come...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is not an economist and his plain-speaking policy steers him away from “on the one hand-on the other hand” dichotomies, but his recent messaging has...

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is due to reveal its Q1 2020 report card for the fiscal quarter that ended in March on Thursday, April 30 after market close. The mammoth online retailer has accomplished what few...

What crazy times we live inStock markets are back in the red on Tuesday afer Wall Street endured a shaky start to th week and oil left everyone gobsmacked as it ventured into uncharted territory. Oil...

This post was written exclusively for Investing.com Gold broke out to the upside in dollars in June 2019 Many currencies made new record lows against gold in 2019 Last week the Swiss franc reached a...

No question about it, March was painful, very painful, for stocks.  And going into April the market continues to remain vulnerable and volatile.Just look at the last three days: the S&P 500...

My days increasingly begin with the phrase “where do I start?” Jumping in: it is clear that the dislocation of pricing across forex, oil and precious metals markets overnight, is pointing...

That Didn’t Last LongEnormous stimulus packages from the UK and US governments managed just a single day bounce in equity markets, with those gains having already been wiped out in Europe. The...