Fears that rising oil prices will strangle the economic recovery and produce a double-dip recession appear overblown.A barrel of oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange recently fetched $78.55, 4.2%

When you’re really desperate for cash, what do you sell after you’ve already hocked everything you can think of selling?Something you’d never think of selling.As seen on Craigslist:

The headlines are widely publicizing the new highs being made in gold. Soon the news may be directed to gushing gold in the energy space … Black Gold. Many of the fundamental reports I read on

Gourmands, harried fiancées, and dentist office waiting rooms were struck a blow on Monday when publishing giant Condé Nast announced the closure of four of its popular magazines after

Since its collapse in 2008, the Shanghai Index has been in recovery mode; that is until my arrival in late August. Six weeks ago, I headed off to Shanghai, ready to immerse myself in a country full o

After starting the week with a broad-based sell-off, stock markets resumed their 5-month uptrend as investors’ confidence in the recovery prospects of the global economy gained traction. With r

Editor's Note: This is Part 3 in a multiple-part series. Part 1 can be found here and part 2 here.Fundamental TruthsBelief in the recovery story and sharp financial market rallies fail to recogn

During the recently completed Strategic and Economic Dialogue, high-level Chinese and US officials spent 2 full days dancing around key issues without seriously engaging in any truly substantive

Editor's Note: Please join us in welcoming Kristin Graham, our newest contributor.We’re smack-dab in the middle of what Maria Bartiromo has dubbed as “the most important earnings season i

A lot of bullish commentators are talking about a recovery being in the works, and they may very well be right. But it’s not going to look like any recovery worthy of the name. This week we loo