Economy

Pemex, Mexico’s over-indebted, money-losing state-owned oil giant, appears to be in a state of terminal decline. To survive, it needs some last-minute reprieve or miracle...For the broader Mexican economy, Pemex’s woes are just part of the problem. With the overseas market for Pemex’s oil shrinking,...while the company’s production continues to crumble, Mexico will depend even more on its manufacturing sector but that too, is showing serious signs of strain.

Stan Druckenmiller had an incredible investing performance (a compounded annualized rate of return of 30% - without a single down year - over a 25 year period) which was rooted in his skills in making macroeconomic forecasts. Applying those skills to an analysis of our current & future economic situation he has concluded that America is heading for a disaster. Here's why.

How would the stock market and the economy possibly be affected were a Democrat or Republican to become President?

Western central banks, by debasing their currencies, have produced little more than financial ammunition for speculation on a grand scale. We saw the effect of a flood of this accumulation into the dollar over the last 18 months, and we are about to see the opposite effect as it ebbs away. What will the implications be?

7 major trends are going to sweep over the globe in the next 7 years causing a tsunami of change for the global economy. Read on for a most insightful analysis of what the effects most likely will be.

The anti-establishment Trump and Sanders might be from different parties, but they both should be of major concern to investors. Here's why - and it is really scary!

In this 2-part series we analyze how the stock market has performed historically during Democratic & Republican administrations and then what sectors could outperform - and underperform with a Democratic president. Part 2 examines possible winners and losers if the Republican party takes over the White House in the upcoming election.

The world economy is complex, but today’s series of maps will allow you to simplify your understanding of the relative wealth of people, by country, around the globe.

Guess where the hottest and weakest housing markets in the world are? Where are home prices growing faster than disposable personal income? It's all here.

A second demographic cliff is developing in spades, and globally, and it is going to cause a serious stock market crash in the year to follow.