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Aug 30, 2011 at 08:44

The repurchase agreement or "repo" market is where primary dealers finance their inventory of US Treasuries, where companies find short term financing and where money market funds invest much of…

Aug 30, 2011 at 05:34

EUR/USD remains bearish, while last Friday's reactionary bounce holds beneath resistance at 1.4580. Failure beneath here would confirm another bearish signal, weighed down by additional failed breakouts ...

Aug 29, 2011 at 19:01

Below is an excerpt from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 25th August 2011. With gold having 'gone parabolic' in the weeks leading up to this week's…

Aug 29, 2011 at 18:47

New York, and much of the East coast, is picking up after Hurricane Irene. While the hurricane itself delivered less punch than it was expected to, it was enough to…

Aug 29, 2011 at 13:56

Excess in one direction has given way to excess in the opposite direction as the down draft from 2 weeks ago has been completely wiped out like it never happened.…

Aug 29, 2011 at 12:43

China's omnivorous global appetite for energy resources is well known. While biofuel production is one of the rising energy stars of the 21st century, it is unlikely to become a…

Aug 29, 2011 at 11:41

As hurricane Irene tests our mettle in the northeast this weekend, the markets set their…

Aug 29, 2011 at 11:22

Even as a major hurricane hit America's eastern seaboard, the administration is determined to expand the war in Libya while threatening the regime in Syria. Is there any limit to…

Aug 29, 2011 at 10:05

In recent commentaries we've discussed the relative strength of the gold stocks and in particular the relative strength of the large miners. This relative strength comes at a time when…

Aug 29, 2011 at 09:40

There were plenty of central bankers and economists with glum faces at Jackson Hole, Wyoming this week as speakers reviewed the challenges ahead. So far the global economy has not…