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Let’s start with a quick quiz. What do toilet paper and marijuana have in common?It turns out, in a crisis, people want to hoard both. Yes, as the economy crashes, pot stocks — at least a...

Yes, we know that the headline may evoke some disparaging comments. Yes, we’re aware that there’s a global pandemic that's disrupting manufacturing lines and shipping supply chains, and we...

How long will it be before crude trades in the teens?It's a question without doubt in the minds of us all, though another question to be asked is what will happen to shale oil at those prices.West...

Over the last decade, Texas could only think of one thing to tell its oil industry: “drill, baby, drill!”Now, the Lone Star State is telling those same drillers: “slower, baby,...

The S&P 500’s 30% plunge in the past month, the fastest in the stock market history, has created buying opportunities for both retail and wealthy investors.Some of the world’s...

There have been two previous, major financial markets crashes in the past 20 years. During both, the U.S. dollar became the life raft of choice that everyone wanted to cling to.The more recent,...

For some longs in natural gas still shuddering at finding themselves at 25-year lows after this week’s 14% price collapse, I hate to be the bearer of this news: the worst isn’t over.The...

Following the recent, rapid collapse in oil prices, the world has suddenly changed dramatically for the largest oil companies in the U.S. and their investors. Triggered by what looks like the perfect...

The price of oil just crashed to below $25.00 as we write this. That's right below the intraday low and $26.21 closing price of February 2016. It's also in line with the commodity's 17-year low hit in...

We live in the strangest of times where a 24 hour period can feel like 24 days. Just yesterday, I wrote that I wasn’t sure if Donald Trump’s acknowledgement of a potential recession...

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) investors have been hit hard and fast over the past month. Shares of the world’s largest social media platform have been plummeting in tandem with the S&P...

The Federal Reserve made another emergency cut yesterday, slashing rates by 100 basis points to close to 0% for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. The U.S. central bank also launched a...

Under ordinary circumstances, one emergency rate cut should have been enough to do it for Wall Street. But these are extraordinary times, so even two unscheduled Fed cuts haven’t worked their...

Forget oil. The oft-used refrain that “it’ll probably get worse before it gets better” has suddenly taken on a very frightening meaning for markets and investors of most stripes and...

With the world still caught in the throes of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, it’s hard to predict which direction the global economy will take after it's over. But even amid this uncertainty,...

This post was written exclusively for Investing.comVolatility levels have surged and any hope they may subside seems to be vanishing quickly. The often followed VIX index has risen to levels not seen...