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Kira Brecht

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Kira Brecht has been writing and analyzing the financial markets for 20 years. She is a contributor to the Dow Jones commodity newswire and Kitco News. She's also written for Active Trader magazine, Currency Trader magazine, and the Chicago Tribune. You can follow her on Twitter @KiraBrecht

January 2015

  • Bill Gross

    How highly paid Wall Street guys could be a threat to your retirement money

  • market

    How much damage can one little rate hike do? Brace for a wild ride in the stock market this year

December 2014

  • Nadella

    After five years of recovery, US workers can expect to see raises in 2015

  • Putin

    US dollar surges, leaving euro in the dust

November 2014

  • panda

    China opens its stock markets to the west, but caution is in order

    China takes a historic step in its embrace of western-style capitalism – just as its economy is slowing. ‘If even John Paulson can get hosed in China, what hope does the individual investor have?’ ask experts. Caveat emptor