Amazon (AMZN) investors voted on Wednesday to continue selling the company’s controversial facial recognition technology to governments and law enforcement agencies around the world. The vote, which took place Tuesday during Amazon’s annual shareholders meeting,...
The incredible strength of the US Dollar over the past 12+ months has
put downward pricing pressure on Gold and Silver. I believe this
downward pricing pressure could be muting any upside price advanced in
Gold and Silver by...
Crude oil hasn't closed higher yesterday and the previous series of
rallies appears to face stiff headwinds. Is this it, or can the oil
bulls pull a rabbit out of their hats? After all, they've reversed
Monday's downswing already....
China has expanded its domestic debt to fund its growth, much of which qualifies as malinvestment, creating financial vulnerabilities its government is anxious to mask.
As I noted in Trade Deal Follies: The U.S. Has Embraced the World's...
US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said this week that Iran's
intended attack on the US or its allies in the region have been put on
hold thanks to the deployment of a US carrier strike group and a handful
...
Turkey has been almost constantly
in the news over the past year, as troubling headlines about its economy
and political situation continue to pile up. In a currency meltdown
that escalated last summer, the Turkish lira has plunged by...
