Wall Street Daily

Income investors are naturally drawn to bonds. After all, they provide guaranteed income for minimal risk.However, bonds can be problematic when yields are expected to rise. At the moment, short-term...

The most hated man in America right now? Martin Shkreli.This is the former hedge fund manager who bought Turing Pharmaceuticals and then jacked up the price of one of its drugs from $13.50 per pill to...

Following a 37% decline this summer, crude oil has shown signs of recovery.Since August 24, crude has rallied 19% on declining global rig counts. Many investors believe we’ve seen the bottom,...

In retrospect, it was a clear sign of a market top…A few years ago, I was waiting to speak as an energy specialist was wrapping up his presentation. He closed with a recommendation of...

The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference kicks off next month, and the European Union and the Obama administration are both pushing for a binding global treaty.In fact, the UN itself wants to...

My daughter is taking a high school personal finance course, and it comes up in conversation almost every day.Overall, it’s pretty conventional stuff – save for the future, avoid debt,...

You’ve probably never given it any thought, but scrap metal is everywhere.Just picture a construction site after a large demolition. Or imagine your old, beat-up car that you traded in to the...

Low inflation is frustrating for central bankers.The reason? They can’t lower interest rates much below zero as long as investors have the option of withdrawing cash and putting it in the...

Would you take a drug that caused side effects such as headaches, muscle pain, dizziness, vomiting, uncontrollable flatulence, intestinal bleeding, blindness, or gynecomastia (man boobs)?I bet...

It’s a club reserved for the world’s elite economies…Created in 1969, the International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) is an international reserve asset that’s...

For traditional buy-and-hold investors, market timing probably doesn’t mean much.But here’s the thing: It should. Believe it or not, many smart people are investing the wrong way every...

If you’d asked me about “volatility” when I went through business school 40 years ago (I specialized in finance), I would’ve replied with nothing but a quizzical stare.Beta,...

On August 3, the Obama administration unveiled its Clean Power Plan, which will require the nation to source significantly more energy from renewable sources by 2030.That’s a tall task, but the...

How the mighty have fallen! Last week, one of the world’s commodities giants, Glencore (L:GLEN), experienced a major blow.On September 28, its stock collapsed by 30%. The reason? The...

Last week, Deutsche Bank AG (DE:DBKGn) announced that it expects an enormous third-quarter loss of EUR6.2 billion ($7 billion). Deutsche may also have to cancel its dividend, which has been paid since...

These days, when investors hear the words “emerging market,” they immediately run in the opposite direction.The Institute of International Finance reports that investors pulled $40 billion...