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Spanish financial markets jumped on Monday before slipping into the red after regional elections in Catalonia, welcoming a result that although secessionists won a parliamentary majority, there appeared not to have advanced a broader case for independence from Spain...

Today's significant volatility is a result of the world gradually coming to an awareness that global growth will never be the same again. Will a 2008-like crash follow? - many ask...

Kit Juckes, global strategist at Société Générale, has noted that for the past two months, the movements of the world's reserve currency - the U.S. dollar - have been extraordinary...

“Somebody needs to reconfigure their computer models and recognize that U.S. dollar strength is a headwind to this market,” says Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist, in a note to clients. There’s more on that yen/S&P 500 action in his chart today...

Like it or not, what the Fed decides to do later in the day will affect the value of the bitcoin that you hold, at least in the short term...

With hours to go before the Fed meeting, analysts keep guessing and estimating what outcome is in front of us. Meanwhile, MarketWatch columnist and the author of Hulbert Sentiment Index says: Who cares?! You will be able to earn with either outcome...

Ignore the warnings from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank about the dangers of tightening. That was the message of former European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet for Fed chair Janet Yellen, with just two days before the highly anticipated Fed meeting...

“The Fed missed an entire interest rate cycle,” said Jim Rickards, author of "Currency Wars" and "The Death of Money", in his newsletter with West Shore Funds...

American Nobel Prize Laureate, Yale University economics professor, economist and best-selling author Robert Shiller is seriously worried about the stock market...

Greece is still an extremely painful spot for the European Union, despite the multi-month negotiations, agreements, broken agreements and fresh agreements...

In a report released last week, Pew Research Center brought to light eight important facts about the American employee and noted that although the U.S. economy seems to be gaining momentum, there is still a lot of debate on how to best secure the future of American workers...

Market sentiment has been damaged with the recent correction and will hardly improve in the short term, setting stocks up for a volatile September as international worries overshadow domestic ones...

The pound sterling is already 3 percent weaker than the consensus third-quarter forecast of analysts surveyed mid-year...

Central banking is the primary focus for currency traders this month...

Stock futures were climbing on Tuesday, after a three-day fall that led to a 9% drop in the value of the S&P 500. The gauge is currently down 1.35%. Some analysts, meanwhile, suggest that history shows a sharp move higher may come soon...

Just a few months ago, more and more analysts predicted the euro-dollar parity, while today the single currency is one of the very few assets rallying. The list also includes the Swiss franc, U.S. Treasurys and gold...

Is bitcoin for public good...

“We are lowering our forecast to $1,150 per troy ounce by year-end (from $1,250 previously), but still expect prices to rise in the medium to long term, as we expect the headwind for gold to ease noticeably after the Fed’s first interest-rate hike,” Commerzbank said Friday, as the yellow metal hi...