Are We Doomed to Repeat the 2008 Stock Market Crash? As smoke cleared from the 2008 stock market crash, economists emerged from the wreckage questioning everything they knew. They had believed the stock market was destined for balance, that it tended towards stability, but history showed otherwise. The…
Stock Market Crash 2017 Spells Opportunity This is one of the craziest starts to the year, and our stock market advice for 2017 is to focus on your risk exposure, but also consider ways to profit from a stock market crash. It is the case that the stock…
A stock market crash occurs when the underlying fundamentals of the economy and corporate earnings are tormented at the same time. Unfortunately, that is what is happening right now. Starting with corporate earnings, in the first quarter of 2016, S&P 500 companies are expected to report a decline…
Peter Schiff, a top Libertarian financial analyst, provides one more argument on why a U.S. stock market crash is inevitable. He argues that the Federal Reserve knows well that the U.S. economy is weak, but it pretends it’s strong in order to help Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton enter…
This Indicator Predicts Next Stock Market Crash After a disastrous start to the year in January when we saw a stock market crash develop, the stock market picture has shown improvement. This shouldn’t be a surprise given the overblown selling capitulation. In March, we saw investors return to…
The S&P 500, which breathed a sigh of relief on Friday when it erased all its 2016 losses, may crumble by more than one-third by the end of the year because of Federal Reserve policies, says renowned businessman and politician David Stockman, a long-time believer in an imminent…
Here is an indicator that we’re facing the prospect of a stock market crash this year. The recent blip of oil prices may not be high or fast enough to protect all oil and gas producers from bond defaults or bankruptcy. Earlier this week, Linn Energy LLC (NASDAQ:LINE),…
Who or what is supporting today’s stock prices? Well, it’s not retail investors. As mentioned in these pages earlier this week, retail investors have withdrawn $17.0 billion from stock mutual funds in the past two months! And institutional investors aren’t buying stocks either, as they have been selling…
What’s been lifting the S&P 500 to record levels over the past eight years? According to economic analysis, the Federal Reserve was responsible for more than 93% of the stock market’s movement. On top of that, the Fed was behind 100% of the entire market’s growth in the…
A noted short seller is predicting that the U.S. stock market crash is imminent. Founder of research firm Muddy Waters LLC Carson Block, who is known for alleging fraudulent accounting practices in publicly traded Chinese companies, says he remains bearish on the U.S. stock market and described the…
The following are four reasons why I believe the stock market will crash in 2016. There are many other reasons why stocks could fall this year, but I see these as the most important, as the odds of a stock market crash in 2016 continue to mount each…
Here’s Why the Stock Market Could Crash in 2016 Note to all bullish stock investors: the odds of a stock market crash are increasing each day. Your portfolio could be badly hurt if you are not careful. You must understand this: the fundamentals are against any stock market…
The stock market has three major factors working against it here in early 2016. Corporate revenue and earnings are contracting, the smart money is ditching stocks, and technical analysis has turned outright bearish on stocks—this could all lead to a stock market crash in 2016. Let’s start this…
The stock market crash isn’t over yet. At least that’s the word coming from JPMorgan Asset Management Inc. strategist Marcella Chow. Investors, Chow said, shouldn’t be fooled into thinking the recent two-day rally in stocks means the worst is over. The S&P 500 has gained 3.6% in two…
Peter Schiff: Financial Collapse Real Possibility Peter Schiff, CEO and chief global strategist for Euro Pacific Capital, is sounding the alarm bells once again. In a recent interview on Fox Business, Schiff warned that as long as the Federal Reserve keeps bluffing that it’s going to raise interest…
Jim Rogers Delivers Blunt Reality Check to Americans Jim Rogers is foreseeing a severe financial crisis up ahead that could trigger a U.S. stock market crash in 2016. Speaking with CNN, the billionaire investor blamed the global central banks for putting the world economies in jeopardy. Bearing the…
Who or what is triggering the sell-off in the markets? The first weeks of 2016 have been turbulent at best. Nobody can take the blame exclusively. Yet there are distinct market forces that have been liquidating large positions. Among those responsible, the oil-producing countries’ sovereign wealth funds (SWFs)…
Here’s How a Stock Market Crash Could Happen If you are bullish on equities, it may be time to pause and reflect. We could be headed for a stock market crash. As dire as it may sound, 2016 could be the year when the stock market sees massive…
Analyst: Stock Market Crash Coming A U.S. stock market crash may be coming this year, as a rapid decline in China’s foreign reserves will cause the Chinese yuan to collapse. At least that’s the word from noted perma-bear, Albert Edwards, global strategist at Societe General. “A renminbi devaluation…
Analysts at Citigroup appear to be throwing in the towel after suggesting the global economy was caught in a “death spiral” that adds to my recent thesis that we could be in for a much bigger stock market crash. (Source: “Citi: World economy trapped in ‘death spiral,” Yahoo!…