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Elena Holodny

Elena Holodny

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BOONE PICKENS: 'This is the strangest two candidates I've ever seen'

"You have one - every day, every day uncover another set of lies. And you have the other one - that…

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The ruble is surging

"The sweeping victory for United Russia in Sunday's parliamentary vote reinforces the view that Pre…

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S&P just upgraded Russia's outlook

Most recently, the Federal Statistics Service reported that Russia's economy shrank by 0.6% in the …

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The one thing that kills a bull market

"It is worth noting that no US equity bear market of the last 25 years has begun without a recessio…

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The ruble is tumbling

"The statement accompanying today's decision by the Russian MPC to lower interest rates was much le…

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Iran shouldn't be underestimated in 2 key oil markets

"If Russia intends to coordinate action alongside OPEC as recently indicated, the key incremental s…

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Things won't turn around quickly for Africa's largest oil producer

"The highly oil-dependent economy is slowly moving away from crisis point, reached in Q116 when Bre…

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The 27 scariest moments of the financial crisis

Business Insider outlined the major moments from 2007 to 2009. From the initial reports of subprime…

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Here come initial jobless claims...

Mervin Sealy from Hickory, North Carolina, takes part in a protest rally outside the Capitol Buildi…

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The pound is slipping

Governor Mark Carney and the other eight members of the committee decided that taking Britain's int…

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Venezuela is 'kicking the can further down the road'

"...the bond swap is simply a case of kicking the can further down the road. Similarly large debt r…

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Here's why Saudi Arabia might play hardball with OPEC

"While recent rhetoric suggests a freeze deal has a fighting chance, on the ground realities make t…

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This chart highlights one of the biggest problems with the job market

"In our view, the persistently higher growth rate in openings compared to hires since 2009 suggests…

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The ruble is climbing

"The balance of payments flows will be supportive in our view. We expect current account surplus to…

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Big cities are starting to recover from the Great Recession, but rural areas are still having a hard time

The US Census reported that the poverty rate in metropolitan statistical areas dropped to 13.0% in …

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Median household incomes just surged for the first time since 2007

The median household income rose in real terms by 5.2% to $56,516 in 2015, up from the 20…

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Saudi Arabia just one-upped the US

"While recent rhetoric suggests a freeze deal has a fighting chance, on the ground realities make t…

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The pound is diving

Data from the Office for National Statistics showed that consumer prices in the UK rose only 0.6% y…

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There are 2 OPECs

As the commodities team at RBC Capital Markets led by Helima Croft have been arguing for some time,…

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One group is hurting wage growth in some of the world's biggest economies

"This [trend] appears to have been offset by participation in the younger age category, so the over…

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The yen is surging

Hong Kong's Hang Seng (-3.4%) was hit hard in Asia, and Spain's IBEX (-2.5%) leads the losses in Eu…

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STOCKS GET CRUSHED, DOW FALLS 390: Here's what you need to know

Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson talks about math, nuclear rockets, and astounding things about th…

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Canada's housing bubble is now a 'tale of two cities'

"The truth is that, for all the talk of so-called triggers, when they get that big, bubbles often e…

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Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson talks about math, nuclear rockets, and astounding things about the universe

In fact, there's a wonderful essay that I was just reading by [German mathematician David] Hilbert.…

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The ruble is sliding

Moreover, Bloomberg's Ksenia Galouchko reported that Sberbank CIB analyst Iskander Lutsko said that…