The Risks Lurking in Treasury Bonds

How’s this for an investment opportunity: a guaranteed yield of 3.27 percent, with an enormous potential downside. As risky as that sounds, millions of investors are moving money into Treasury bonds as a “safe haven.” In early September, the yield on...

What if US declared bankruptcy?

What’s the best way to get our economy back on track and put people back to work? Declare a national Chapter 11 bankruptcy, writes Brett Arends at MarketWatch. The idea isn’t as half-baked as you might think. Tens of millions of homeowners could default on...

Greek debt turmoil roils US stocks

The Dow plunged more than 300 points Friday as fears of a Greek default gripped the market, sending investors to the sidelines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) was down 334 points, or 3%, at 10,960. The S&P 500 ($INX) was down 35 points, or 2.9%, at...

Marc Faber Sees No Bubble in Gold Price Run Up

Gold’s rally above $1,900 an ounce shows no signs of a “bubble” as central banks continue to boost money supply that has helped spur bullion to a record, according to investor Marc Faber. “I don’t think that gold is in a bubble,” Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom...