How Likely Is a Chinese Economic Crash? The thought of a Chinese economic collapse makes most investors’ blood run cold. It would threaten global stability and world markets in a way we’ve never seen before. It is the nightmare scenario. And yet, recent evidence suggests that is exactly…

This Could Spark a “1929-Like” Stock Market Crash For most financial analysts, hearing the words “China” and “economy” triggers a vision of power and momentous growth. However, the economy of China is far more susceptible than they assume. In truth, the value of the renminbi could crater if…

China Dethrones U.S. as World's Billionaire Capital China, which continues to call itself a communist country, boasts more billionaires than the United States, the country where one of its presidential candidates (Bernie Sanders, for the record) is attacked for not being capitalist enough. A ranking of China’s wealthiest…

Chinese Investors Are Doing Some Strange Things in the U.S. Housing Market Just months after China’s stock market crash, data on the U.S. housing market shows that tons of Chinese investors are pouring cash into U.S. real estate. The rapid influx of capital into U.S. housing comes at…

The economic-related statistics being released on an almost daily basis are gruesome...and the chances of a global recession are becoming imminent. How bad is global trade? Talking numbers, between 1983 and 2008, on average, global trade grew at about six percent per year. Now this rate is down…

Just months after China’s stock market crash, financial regulators are warning that the situation is worse than we imagined. Of course, we sensed an economic collapse on the horizon when the People’s Bank of China, or PBOC, devalued the yuan. The depreciation renewed concerns that a slowdown would…

For months, I have written in these pages about how the slowing global economy would wash ashore to America and infect our own companies. I posted repeated charts in Profit Confidential that showed leading indicators like the Baltic Dry Index and copper prices were collapsing, foretelling of poor…

China is in deep trouble. Economic activity in the second-biggest economy is plunging and it looks like the situation is only going to get worse. The Caixin Flash China General Manufacturing Purchasing Mangers’ Index (PMI), an indicator of manufacturing activity, now stands at 47.8—the lowest level in more…

In a country where the annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate could be eight percent, its stock market should be a good place to invest, right? Well, according to the portfolio strategy research team at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), China’s economic growth will come back…

Concerns over the Chinese stock market have accelerated a massive sell-off in the global equity markets. Despite the growing fear, short seller Jim Chanos thinks that investors may still underestimate the stock market collapse in the world’s second-largest economy. During an interview on CNBC’s Fast Money: Halftime Report, Chanos…

After a colossal stock market crash in June, many analysts are worrying that China is on the brink of an economic collapse. Panic is setting in as the country experiences a dramatic slowdown in exports and growth. A recession in China would precipitate crises across the world, drawing…

Oil prices could come under serious pressure towards the end of the year if a recent bounce back in prices holds for the next few months, potentially falling as low as $32.00 per barrel. At least, that’s the opinion of Citigroup energyanalyst Seth Kleinman. On Wednesday, West Texas…

The global economy is so fragile that the Federal Reserve may not be able to raise interest rates later this year as many economists expect. At least, that’s according to former U.S. Congressman and three-time Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. “She’s under the gun,” Paul told CNBC’s Futures…

The Chinese economy is in a recession and could be on the verge of an economic collapse in spite of the cheerleading from authorities. At least, that’s the opinion of renowned market analyst Marc Faber. “Have you ever seen a government that doesn’t lie? I haven’t,” the editor and…

The Chinese economy is nowhere near growing at the rates government officials are claiming. That could result in a global stock market crash and even a recession for the U.S. economy. At least, that’s according to renowned financial commentator Marc Faber. During an interview on Fox Business Network’s…

Financial turmoil in China could ignite a stock market crash and possible economic collapse in 2015. At least, that’s the opinion of famed analyst Jim Rickards.   “My point is, the worst is not over in China,” the editor of Strategic Intelligence, wrote in an article about the ongoing…

The month of July does not look good for China’s economy. Trade balance continued to deteriorate, while producer prices just hit the lowest level since late 2009. All this came in just after the 30% crash in China’s stock market. Trade Balance: Both Exports and Imports Plunged In…

Gold prices could plunge below $1,000 an ounce. At least, that’s the latest gold price forecast from Goldman Sachs commodity research headJeffrey Currie. “The risks are clearly skewed to the downside in this environment,” he told Bloomberg in a telephone interview on Tuesday. “There is a probability that…

United Technologies Corporation (NYSE/UTX) cut its profits outlook for the second time in just over a month, saying there is weak demand in units making aerospace parts and Otis elevators. On Tuesday July 21st, the company reported second-quarter earnings above expectations. However, the company slashed its forecast for…

China’s stock market crashed 30% in the last months, and analysts are unsure whether this selloff is a temporary setback or if it spells doom for China’s economy. What the Shanghai Composite Index lost in market capitalisation over the last month is equal to 15 times Greece’s gross…