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ZYTrade Editors: When prices reach critical levels--historic support and resistance--these boundaries often get tested and retested. That’s gold and the dollar at the moment. There may be some profit-taking at the current levels on both sides (long on gold, short the...

ZYTrade Editors: We’re beginning to see a wave in retail bankruptcies. Lord & Taylor, a company that’s been around for almost two centuries, and Ascena Retail Group (think: Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant) have joined several other major retailers in going belly up....

ZYTrade Editors: Banks are anticipating a substantial wave of non-payments as a result of the COVID-driven recession. They’re increasing their loan loss provisions and now they’re making it harder for people and businesses to obtain loans. Their economic outlook is...

ZYTrade Editors: A lot of the market optimism is riding on the hopes of a sharp economic recovery. Jobs numbers have generally added fuel to this fire but in an ironic way--namely. Not-too-bad data has been considered “good data.” But can this trend sustain itself?...

What the heck just happened with natural gas? It jumped by almost 20% today, word being that traders actually caught the weather report, and the forecast calls for “hot” as in summer hot. But again, it’s summer.   Year to date, low demand and oversupply has kept...

ZYTrade Editors: Are you seeking both portfolio growth and yield? Tired of looking at the same stocks over and over again? Well, here’s some new blood that the market has added to the mix.   To say that 2020 has been full of surprises would be the understatement...

ZYTrade Editors: Corporate America currently owes close to half the entire country’s GDP. We’re talking about a powder keg of debt that’s likely to explode, setting off a massive wave in defaults.  Even before the pandemic reached its height, the IMF was warning in...

ZYTrade Editors: Why Lebanon? It's the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to plunge into hyperinflation. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this plunge. What happened? And might this serve as a warning for other nations including ours?  Lebanon could...

ZYTrade Editors: It’s already started. The end of the eviction moratorium ushered in what may end up the severest housing crisis in US history. 40 million Americans are losing their homes and this may just be the beginning. On Monday, July 27, two days after the...

ZYTrade Editors: If you’re not familiar with the term “hyperinflation,” check out this primer.Imagine the price of a loaf of bread, rising from to $3.2 billion by the end of the year? That actually happened in the Weimar Republic. Here’s what hyperinflation means and...