Bank of Japan head Haruhiko Kuroda aimed his kamikaze plane straight at the global economy last week, and scored a direct hit by imposing negative interest rates in Japan for the first time in this cycle.
In doing so, he joined his reckless European banking brother Mario Draghi and increased the volume of global sovereign debt with negative interest rates to $5 trillion dollars.
Why did the Dow Jones Industrial Average gain 396 points today?
Here's how the stock market did today, earnings reports, the top stock market news, and stocks to watch based on today's market moves…
by David Zeiler
Months of thrashing markets and a lot of big down days have triggered chatter about whether we're facing another 2008 stock market crash scenario.
The urge to compare the 2008 stock market crash to the market pullback in 2016 picked up speed when billionaire investor George Soros chimed in a few weeks ago.
by Diane Alter
Global stock markets are off to a volatile start to 2016, and investors are wondering how to prepare for a possible stock market crash in 2016.
That's why we turned to Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani. He's considered one of the world's foremost experts on the credit crisis. He not only called for the implosion of the U.S. financial markets, he also predicted the historic rebound that began in March 2009.
But first, here's how the markets have been trending...
Goldman Sachs has special ties to the Federal Reserve. Currently, former executives head up the Minneapolis, Dallas, Philadelphia, and New York Federal Reserve branches.
Yet just yesterday, the financial behemoth was fined $15 million by the SEC for lending practices that violated federal law. Goldman Sachs agreed to resolve the SEC's allegations — as usual, without admitting or denying the findings.
by Diane Alter
Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) posted a big earnings miss yesterday (Thursday), and the Amazon stock price dropped more than 15% today to an intraday low of $570.
Panicked investors are missing a major reason to remain bullish on the Amazon stock price even though earnings disappointed.
But first, here's why the Amazon stock price is dropping today...
by Tom Gentile
A good trader always has a set of tools to help identify the best stock options.
These two options trading indicators are particularly useful – they occur in any market condition, making them perfect for trading in today's volatility.
It's already controversial – the topic of social security.
According to a Gallup survey, 66% of Americans believe Social Security is in a "state of crisis," while slightly more than half of those still working doubt they will ever receive Social Security benefits.
by Jack Delaney
Shareholders are hoping that CEO Marissa Mayer's latest plan will help the Yahoo stock price climb in 2016.
She's been working on this plan since November, and Wall Street believes she will finally executive it after earnings are reported on Feb. 2.
Facebook stock isn't succumbing to this volatile market. It jumped 11.5% after reporting its fourth-quarter earnings results, beating all analyst estimates.
Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) posted a staggering 123% increase in profit from last year to $1.62 billion, a product of its expanding user and advertising base.
Facebook's stellar earnings report comes at a time when other blue-chip tech stocks – including Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) – were slammed for missing analyst estimates and reporting slower growth.
