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Gold prices have fallen over 12.5% since April 1. They are now below the crucial $1,400 level. This is bad news for central banks that have been diversifying their foreign reserves to include gold. Yet central banks continue to be net purchasers of gold. Global central banks bought 109 tonnes of gold in...

Bearish sentiment toward gold has prices for the yellow metal tumbling again. On Wednesday, George Soros revealed through a regulatory filing that he cut his gold exposure during the first quarter. In a new note to clients, Credit Suisse's Ric Deverall forecasted that gold would plunge to $1,100 this year and eventually...

The legend of bond investing god Jeff Gundlach continues to grow. After making a name for himself by accurately predicting the trajectory of interest rates, Gundlach also made successful calls on natural gas, Japanese stocks, and Apple. After getting burglarized, he even played a critical role in tracking down his stolen goods. All...

The US Dollar is HOT. Here's a chart of the trade-weighted dollar index. You can see it rallied in 2012, and has gone nuclear in 2013. So what gives? Dollar strength is the topic of this evening's Morgan Stanley FX Pulse. The basic gist is: It's about weakening yen, strengthening data, increasing US yields...

Abenomics, it's working! (For those who still don't know what Abenomics is, it's the new shock stimulus from new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is using fiscal and ultra-aggressive monetary policy to juice the economy). So far that's hard a remarkable effect on financial markets. The yen has been felling hard, the...

Each week, one of our investing experts answers a reader's question in our InvestingAnswers' Q&A column. Question: Hello. I've decided I want to start investing, and I'm thinking of using an online broker instead of visiting a brokerage firm. Is there anything I need to know before I start? Karen K., Palo Alto, Calif. The Investing Answer: I'm a big fan of online brokers. You...

FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. Black Swans Are Having Their Necks Broken (The Reformed Broker) Investment advisor Josh Brown looks at the stock market, the housing market, the energy revolution in the U.S., and the emergence of new industries, and...

All four economic data releases missed expectations today. First, the scoreboard: Dow Jones: 15,231.84, -43.85, (-0.29%) S&P 500: 1,650.42, -8.36, (-0.50%) Nasdaq: 3,465.24, -6.38, (-0.18%) And now, the top stories: Three big economic data releases came out at 8:30 AM, and all three fell short of economists' expectations. Initial jobless claims surged to 360,000 (330,000 expected), consumer prices fell 0.4% month-over-month (-0.3% expected), and...

If there is one lesson that resonates from years of watching markets, it's that earnings quality doesn't matter in cult stocks on the rise. Nobody wants to hear it. Look no further than Netflix. Or even Amazon. All of which brings us to Tesla. Flying red flags over its earnings quality would...

The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management just released revised rules governing hydraulic fracturing — fracking — on public lands. They seem to have upset both environmentalists and the industry — we've already received two insta-press releases from both sides criticizing the updated regulations. That's usually a good sign.  The actual news is that...

Abercrombie & Fitch's reputation has taken a hit since Business Insider's story tied CEO Michael Jeffries' comments about beautiful people to the company's refusal to offer XL and XXL clothing.  Two weeks ago, the company's reputation was similar to that of competitors American Eagle Outfitters and H&M, according to a report...

Zack Buckley, managing partner at Buckley Capital Partners, gave an interesting bullish presentation for tech company Blucora at this year's Value Investing Congress in Las Vegas. Blucora is a company that operates two internet businesses — TaxACT, a tax prep site, and InfoSpace, an online search and monetization service for small...

We recently reported that Mark Cuban refinanced every last dollar of his debt into Japanese Yen. There are two reasons to do this. One is that interest rates in Japan are very low. The other reason is that it's a yen short. If the value of the yen collapses (as it...

Convicted ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, who is serving a 150 year prison sentence, told CNN Money's Aaron Smith that he blames himself for the death of his oldest son. From CNN Money: "I was responsible for my son Mark's death and that's very, very difficult," he said. "I live with that. I live with the...

More than four years after America's hydraulic fracturing boom kicked off, conflicts of interest between officials charged with regulating the controversial practice and the oil and gas industry remain widespread. Meanwhile, in-depth studies of fracking's effects on human health and the environment remain scant. Conflicts of interest and undue corporate influence among...

Tesla Motors is riding high right now. It smashed earnings and revenue expectations last week, and just earned the best Consumer Reports score ever for its all-electric Model S sedan. At the helm is CEO Elon Musk, the South African self-made billionaire who is also the CEO of private space venture...

Brett Easton Ellis, the author of "American Psycho" (the scariest book written about Wall Street) and several other must-read novels, did a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" the other day.  It was a pretty good AMA and we'd recommend reading the full thing.  Here's an excerpt.  (Note: This has been lightly edited for...

Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP — a anti-immigration, anti-EU political party that has been having serious successes in recent elections — was forced to hide in a pub in Edinburgh today after being hounded by "anti-racism" protesters. This picture, from the Guardian's Scotland correspondent, shows the crowd outside: Police lock Nigel #Farage...

Whenever the WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath speaks, everyone in the market listens. Hilsenrath is out with a new blog post on WSJ.com this afternoon aimed at one of the hottest topics surrounding Federal Reserve policy right now: persistently low inflation, which could keep the Federal Reserve from tapering monetary stimulus anytime soon. New...

There's something about having the British royals around that makes Americans of all ages act like it's 1964 again and the Beatles just landed. Prince Harry's latest tour of the country was no exception. His week-long trip was marked by a seemingly endless barrage of pictures of girls crying/staring adoringly/ squealing...