Over the past year and a half, the U.S.-China trade war has dominated the economic and business discourse: to no one’s surprise, a poor relationship with the world’s second-biggest economy is a dark cloud. But thanks to recent positive sentiment from both camps, we...
With gold having struggled throughout much of 2018, it’s easy for analysts to take a bearish view of the world’s most popular precious metal. However, John LaForge, the Wells Fargo Investment Institute’s head of real asset strategy, has flipped bullish on gold – and...
We haven’t had an opener like what we experienced on Monday in quite some time. In the late morning hours, President Trump sent the financial markets roiling when he openly voiced support for breaking up the big banks. As a result, banking giant JPMorgan Chase...
Imagine sitting in your office chair, furiously typing away at a risk assessment document shortly after relieving yourself at the restroom. You have to get the document submitted to upper management within the hour — you had already suffered through a tough...
Since the surprise presidential election of Donald Trump and the ensuing rally in the Dow Jones index, many Wall Street insiders are now anticipating a record-breaking milestone — Dow 20000. One of the primary catalysts of “Dow 20k” is the financial...