Total debt of newly bankrupted energy companies is soaring each month

Risk, from a mathematical perspective, is the probability of an event multiplied by its potential impact.

China’s economic prowess is one of these new paradigms that has emerged, but many people still can’t really wrap their heads around the scale or scope of it.

It was just over a year ago that Tony Simon, President of Seguro Consulting, brought to our attention the initial problem of the zombie miners (definition referred to mining exploration companies that had negative working capital and therefore did not meet the Continuous Listing Requirements (CLR) for the TSX and TSX-V stock exchanges).

Projections on the global economic recovery have been overestimated by most policymakers and institutions for some time now. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been no exception to this fallacy.

Here's silver's biggest winning streaks (+10% gains) as well as its worst losing streaks (-10% losses) since 1971.

The U.S. trade deficit with China reached record proportions in 2015.

The world economy is complex, but today’s series of maps will allow you to simplify your understanding of the relative wealth of people around the globe.

Is it by chance, or is it more than a coincidence?

Today, we open up one of the world's most popular mobile handsets - the iPhone - to see what metals and materials make it all possible!

The graph plots GDP per capita vs. share of world population for each country, highlighting the major differences between 1970, today, and the projected near future.

The modern Oscar stands 13.5 inches tall with a weight of 8.5 lbs, and it is made of solid bronze with a electroplated coating of 24-karat gold.