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The price of Dated Brent, a key gauge of the market for oil cargoes in the North Sea, has been at least $5 a barrel lower than the price of Brent-crude futures since March 24.

Mark Spitznagel's Universa Investments made a crazy return offering a hedging strategy that serves as an insurance policy against extreme market events, but he tells investors that he has no idea what will come next.

Airbnb Inc. agreed to pay its new investors interest at a rate of more than 10%, and to strengthen its leadership, in return for the $1 billion in additional funding announced Monday, according to people familiar with th...

The COVID-19 pandemic may have torpedoed one of corporate America's favorite activities: Buying back their own shares.

Amid a global pandemic, Pinterest seems to have become a popular virtual destination for confined consumers and cash-conserving advertisers alike.

One million people have been laid off per day over the last three business weeks.

Bitcoin's price volatility surged in March, rising sharply as the digital currency suffered severe losses amid a widespread sell-off in assets.

In my March 25th article for Forbes, entitled US Stocks: How Low Can You Go?, I pointed out that extremes in price momentum and volatility were characteristic of emerging intermediate term market bottoms.

Democrats want to move fast, but Republicans want time to assess the CARES Act before implementing "phase four" legislation.

Shale Has Its Own Problems What President Trump and Senators from the oil-producing states have not realized is that the U. S. shale oil industry has been suffering before Corona, and before Saudi Arabia increased produc...

If Russia continues to indicate that it will disappoint with OPEC+ and scapegoat the U.S., the U.S. should call for a delay of Friday's G20 meeting.

The owner of the largest hedge fund in the World issues a grim warning.

No other quarter has seen as much cash flow into bullion ETFs

The CARES Act provides tax relief and economic aid to employees, independent contractors, sole proprietors, and other types of small businesses. However, traders don't fit into usual small-business categories, so there a...

The Fed imposed the cap in 2018 after Wells Fargo's fake account scandal.

President Trump gives a green light for Americans to make money in outer space.

Nobody on Wall Street talks about gut plays, when you shove your chips into the pot and hope against hope that your three-cowboys hand is the winner.

Investors flooded into the domestic bond markets of many emerging economies over the past decade, seeking higher returns than they could get at home. But the coronavirus selloff has put that money into fast retreat.

The market faces a test with a three-day weekend ahead. Rallies are getting sold and investors tend to be nervous holding onto long positions. The next two days might show if there's true conviction among the buyers.

The muni bond market is worth nearly $4 trillion, but the Fed has been reluctant to jump in.

Questions arose about the eurozone's willingness to support Italy through the coronavirus crisis after EU finance ministers failed to agree on a collective response.

Bank stocks are out of favor in New York and London as investors worry about bad loans and banned dividends. In Hong Kong, though, Chinese investors seem hopeful that large lenders will be just fine.