by Alex McGuire
If one number summarizes the global oil market, it’s 93,002,710.
That’s how much oil was produced around the world every day in 2014. But how much oil does the U.S. have compared to the world’s top producers?
This chart shows how much the top 15 oil-producing countries generated in 2014…
by Tara Clarke
Wall Street criminals just won't stop misbehaving.
The latest crime was exposed Wednesday. Five of the biggest names in global finance agreed to pay billions to settle lawsuits alleging they illegally gamed the $5 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market.
"America has become a banana republic run by Wall Street criminals," Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani said on Wednesday.
by Jim Bach
Among our 2015 top stock picks are a number of energy stocks reaping the rewards of a rebound in both crude oil prices.
A number of energy stocks are getting a nice boost from the surge in oil prices, which is up 34% since hitting bottom in March.
Here’s a look at our best energy stock picks for 2015…
by David Zeiler
In Parts I and II of the Money Morning exclusive interview with Chamber of Digital Commerce President Perianne Boring, she talked about how her work in Washington and the importance of having more women in Bitcoin.
At 27, Boring has become one of the pre-eminent voices in the world of Bitcoin.
by Diane Alter
On Monday, Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) celebrated its three-year anniversary as a publicly traded company. A celebration was indeed in order.
The Facebook stock price today is trading around $80. That's a 110% climb from FB's $38 IPO price.
And just look at how much higher it has to go...
Good morning! For Friday, May 22, Dow Jones futures forecasted a 14-point gain ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's speech at 1 p.m. this afternoon. Although both the Dow Jones and the S&P are hovering near record levels, investors can expect lower volumes today as the Memorial Day holiday approaches and the quarterly earnings season ends.
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The goal of a comfortable retirement is getting more challenging by the day.
That's overwhelmingly thanks to the Fed's Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP).
A recent poll reveals Generation Xers, the next wave of retirees to follow the Baby Boomers, expect to be a whole lot more self-sufficient.
With Social Security considered bankrupt by many accounts, it's little wonder.
That leaves investors increasingly reliant on themselves to build their own retirement nest eggs to generate income.
And this investment does the job - and more...
How did the stock market do today?
The S&P 500 hit yet another record today thanks to earnings reports and expectations that the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates until next year. The DJIA Index ticked upward marginally.
Here are the final numbers, stocks to watch, and key investing news for today...
AMZN stock has surged 71% since Jan. 2, 2015. And first-quarter sales were a whopping $1.56 billion.
We always recommend that you focus on growth, but in this case, we believe there is more stable way and affordable to play the cloud.
Here’s a way to cash in on AMZN at 1/14th the cost…
by David Zeiler
With many analysts bullish on SCTY stock right now, should investors buy it?
The short answer: Probably not. But you can't blame investors for being tempted by SolarCity Corp. (Nasdaq: SCTY) shares. Solar power is an industry growing at a very fast pace.
And while SolarCity is taking advantage of that growth, there's a darker side to this story.
Before you buy SCTY stock, you need to read this…
