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Should we expect Israel to attack Iran this summer? The Drudge Report on Sunday linked to an article from The Times of Israel's Greg Tepper suggesting that the Israeli Air Force is "gearing up" for an attack on Iran. According to the article, journalist Alon Ben-David "had spent weeks with the...

In a market environment that seems to be putting a premium on eschewing risk, it might not feel like like the right time to be embracing high-yield, or junk, bonds. The iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: HYG) and the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE: JNK), two of...

Has the higher education bubble finally popped? There is reason to believe that it in fact has.I. Banks Restricting Student LoansAmerican Banker reported on March 30, 2012 that US Bank (NYSE: USB) will no longer be offering private student loans and that JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) will be...

"Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already...

"They that are discontented under monarchy call it tyranny, and they that are displeased with aristocracy call it oligarchy; so also, they which find themselves grieved under a democracy call it anarchy." ~Thomas Hobbes In the 17th century, the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote of the...

"For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity." ~George Orwell "Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past." ~George OrwellZero Hedge's Tyler Durden had an interesting article published March 17, 2012...

Income inequality has become a hot issue in the current political debate, but what does income inequality really portend for the future?MarketWatch's Darrell Delamaide had an article Wednesday arguing that the issue of income inequality in the American political debate is not going away anytime...

Might young Americans begin to look north in order to avoid financial and societal tumult? Young Americans could always look to Canada. MarketWatch's Bill Mann recently had an interesting article on the topic of Canada's economic health. According to Mann, the release of two major reports shows...

Are student loans going to make for one of the biggest economic issues this year? Though the topic has been somewhat in the background lately as media attention to the Occupy movement has waned, there is reason to believe that student loans may be one of the hottest economic and political issues...

The end of the world may not be coming, but whatever is coming might as well be the end of the world. And as we walk in this twilight, perhaps at the very least, we would do well to enjoy the sunset while it lasts.As We Traverse Towards TribulationMarketWatch's Paul B. Farrell had an interesting...

Court records show that the company has now filed for bankruptcy. That's according to a brief Reuters report, which cited a person familiar with the matter. This comes after reports early this morning that the firm was on the verge of filing for bankruptcy. The company has been struggling for...

Zero Hedge thinks so. The site just published a piece on the matter, along with a graph that shows the declining performance of new Internet IPOs. “Of all the dot com 2.0 IPO to hit the market in the past 3 months, the average return is now down 20%, but that has not prevented an underwriting...

On Monday, Bill Gross appeared on CNBC to clear up a misconception regarding the holdings of his PIMCO Total Return Fund. In April, market blog Zero Hedge reported that Gross was actively betting against U.S. government bonds. Zero Hedge stated, “In March, PIMCO's flagship Total Return Fund has...

The S&P 500 has gained 101% from the low set back in March of 2009 (666.79). Even with yesterday's market plunge, the S&P is only 15% lower than its all time high of 1,576.09, which was set back in October of 2007. The question is why. Has the economy really improved that much since the...

It would appear as though the silver market is in the midst of a short squeeze. The NYMEX futures price of the commodity rose over 4.5% in Thursday's trading action, closing near the highs of the day. The price of silver has now risen for seven consecutive days, and 15 out of the past 17 trading...