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We Just Got Our First Early Warning of the Biggest Crisis of the 2020s

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The Easiest Way to Profit from the IMF's Chinese Yuan Move

We've been following the steady path of the Chinese yuan toward global reserve currency status since the start of the decade, and we've taken some...

The China-IMF Plan for a Yuan Reserve Currency Will Topple the Dollar

China and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) want a Yuan reserve currency - and are doing everything they can to make it happen.

Their...

The IMF's Change on Capital Controls Adds Danger for Emerging Market Investors

The IMF is up to no good again.

On Monday they released a new report on international capital flows which relaxed its opposition to...

The Markets or the Mattress: I Know Where My Money is Going

The next 1,000 points on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in either...

IMF Forecast: Can China Really Overtake the U.S. Economy by 2016?

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) "World Economic Outlook,"...

IMF Warns of Slower Growth As Currency War Rages On

Meetings of the Group of Seven (G-7) countries in Washington this week could feature a clash of views that have sparked an international currency...

Crude Oil Prices Tumble as IEA Warns Economic Woes Could Stunt Demand

Oil prices yesterday (Wednesday) fell below $80 a barrel after the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that demand could be curtailed if ...

Hungary's Spat with the IMF and EU Could Signal Another Crisis to Come

The biggest financial news story out of the Europe this summer is getting very little play in the U.S. mainstream press. However, it has the...

The Case for the Yuan: Why China's Currency Isn't the Problem Policymakers Make it Out to Be

By allowing the yuan to appreciate, China at least temporarily placated foreign trade partners that had expressed concern about the currency's...

Uncertainty Undermining the Global Economic Recovery

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Six Ways to Invest in Korea - Asia's Can't-Miss Market

With the U.S recovery looking a bit iffy after last week's unemployment report, Japan and Britain battling huge budget problems and Europe in trouble...

China Boosts Treasury Holdings as European Debt Contagion Sparks Investor Shift to U.S. Securities

China increased its purchases of U.S. Treasuries for the first time in six months in March as concerns about European debt contagion sparked an...

Does the EU Bailout Signal the Euro's Demise?

Does the European Union (EU) bailout signal an end for the euro currency?

Investment icon Jim Rogers and lauded economist Nouriel Roubini...

How the Greece Bailout Turned Gold Into a 'Must-Have' Investment

With so much uncertainty in the U.S. stock market - not to mention the debt-contagion concerns emanating from

European Debt Contagion Puts U.S. Stock Market on Rollercoaster Ride

Panic over European debt contagion sent the U.S. stock market on a wild ride today (Thursday), at one point sending the

The Greek Debt Crisis Will Slow the Yuan's Advance

Poor Tim Geithner.

Pushed by angry U.S. legislators anxious to brand China as a "

Taipan Daily: Could Continent-Wide Bank Runs Collapse the Eurozone?

The eurozone's woes are giving us a preview of what could eventually happen in the United States (but not before Europe is engulfed first). As fears...

$147 Billion Bailout Package for Greece Won't End European Debt Crisis

In an effort to stabilize the widening European debt crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), together with Eurozone countries, agreed to ...

Greece's Action on Aid Package Fails to Quiet Threat of Debt Contagion

A request by Greece to trigger a $60 billion rescue package has failed to quell turmoil surrounding the country's bonds - heightening concerns...