Asian Markets Falter
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.China's stock market dropped below its limit of seven percent today, causing a chain reaction throughout Asia that has since spread to Europe and...
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How will China’s volatile stock market affect the U.S. economy?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: When China’s stock market plunged 10 percent last week, it had ripple effects around the world.In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average dropped...
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Can the Fed really fight global economic instability?
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference to announce raised interest rates on Dec. 16, 2015. Vikram Mansharamani suggests that recent events in the global economy are increasing the...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Anxious as Tech Stocks Tumble
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Global oil prices are falling and Chinese leaders are scrambling as their economy buckles, but the stock market's recent tumble has also uncovered...
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With market bubbles, what goes up doesn’t always come down
Do market booms inevitably result in busts? History suggests otherwise, according to a new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesEditor’s Note: For 29...
View ArticleIs Another Recession Coming?
Click on the audio player above to hear this segment.Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has spent the last two days on Capitol Hill assuring Congress that the economy is under control, saying that...
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A political horse race where you can actually bet on the future president
Jockey Victor Espinoza, aboard American Pharoah (C), takes off for the start of the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes as well as the Triple Crown, in Elmont, New York on June 6, 2015. Photo by Lucas...
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You aren’t Warren Buffett. Stop trying to invest like him.
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and second wealthiest man in the United States, advises his children to invest in index funds rather than try to emulate what he did. Photo by...
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What Oprah and Warren Buffett can teach us about risk
Television personality Oprah Winfrey attends HBO’s New York premiere of the documentary “Beyonce – Life is But a Dream” in New York February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew KellyWhat do Oprah Winfrey and...
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Column: How gold and art auctions can gauge stock market confidence
Just as a fall in Sotheby’s shares signals greed is receding, a spike in gold prices points to a rise in fear, writes columnist Vikram Mansharamani. Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty...
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Why do so many investors believe trouble lies ahead?
In a new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, researchers find that media coverage of adverse market outcomes is correlated with investor crash beliefs. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty...
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Column: The stock market doesn’t like the idea of a Trump presidency
the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on October 24, 2016. Photo by Brendan McDermid/ReutersWhat do financial market participants think of the 2016 presidential election? It would be helpful to...
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Column: Markets were wary of a Trump presidency. What changed?
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange the day after the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 9, 2016. Were the pre-election and election night markets wrong to be so pessimistic about...
View ArticleThe Year That Challenged Elites
This was the year that defied predictions — the United Kingdom did indeed vote to leave the European Union, Donald Trump will be the country's 45th president and the stock market is soaring.With the...
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Column: How Chicken Little got Dow 20,000 so terribly wrong
A trader wears a hat referencing the proximity of Dow Jones Industrial Average to 20,000 as he works on floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Economist Terry Burnham predicted that the Dow Jones...
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Column: The stock market hates Trump’s economic policies
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 21, 2015. Photo by Brendan McDermid/ReutersMost people see last week’s “Trump stock market rally” as an endorsement of the president’s...
View ArticleMaking Sense of The Economy in the Trump Era
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 22,000 points for the first time. The surge in the markets is something the president often...
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After years of slow recovery, U.S. economy boasts solid gains
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: July was the second straight month of solid job gains in the United States.The Labor Department says employers added 209,000 jobs last month. That...
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Column: How can the stock market rally possibly continue?
Photo by Brendan McDermid/ReutersEditor’s note: Vikram Mansharamani, for years a professor at Yale and who now teaches at Harvard, is an investment consultant, public speaker on economic trends and...
View ArticleRemembering Black Monday, a Day of “Utter Devastation” on Wall Street
October 19th marks the 30th anniversary of what's called "Black Monday" when the Dow Jones had its biggest one-day percentage drop in its history; it was one of the worst days in trading in Wall Street...
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