Douglas R. Gillespie

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• Some Horror Numbers Regarding the U.S. Trade and Current-Account Deficits

  Published 12 May 2006 | viewed 6,701 times

  Introduction Over the last several weeks, the US dollar's exchange rate value has taken a serious beating. As of yesterday's close, the Dollar Index had…

• "Sell Stocks" Revisited

  Published 19 April 2006 | viewed 6,655 times

  Summary What do I think of yesterday's stock-market bacchanalia? I think it was and is an absolutely wonderful gift for people who have been dragging…

• A Look at the Recent Horrors at the Longer End of the Treasury Curve

  Published 14 April 2006 | viewed 6,261 times

  On Monday, March 20th, I issued a strong, unequivocal sell recommendation on the stock market. As I explained at the time, the decision to do…

• "Shadowing Reality" - Weedon & Company's Kate Welling Interviews Shadow Government's John Williams

  Published 11 March 2006 | viewed 5,994 times

  Summary Those familiar with the name "Kathryn Welling" are fully aware of the quality of her work and the exceptionally high regard in which she…

• More Horrifying Foreign Investment Numbers from the Latest Fed Flow-of-Funds Data

  Published 10 March 2006 | viewed 5,071 times

  Summary As recently as the mid-1980s, the United States was a net creditor nation. As of the end of 2005, however, the US was in…

• Bravo, Commerce Department, for a Sensible GDP Report!

  Published 03 February 2006 | viewed 4,443 times

  Summary Last Friday, Wall Street suffered instashock, when the US Commerce Department reported that fourth-quarter real gross domestic product only had expanded at a 1.1%…

• A Look at 3Q Foreign Investment Behavior in the Latest Fed Flow-of-Funds Data

  Published 11 December 2005 | viewed 4,467 times

  Summary Yesterday, the Federal Reserved released the latest edition of its "Z.1" publication," "Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States." Thus, the latest batch…

• Wealth Management - Delivering on the Promise

  Published 02 December 2005 | viewed 7,274 times

  A Gillespie Research Associates guest article by Peter Wheeler, managing director, Family Office Network, LLC. Doug Gillespie's Summary Whether you are the recipient of or…

• More on the Strange Pending Disappearance of M3 without even a Reasonable Fed Explanation

  Published 23 November 2005 | viewed 4,321 times

  Summary On November 14th, I wrote and posted on the Gillespie Research Associates Website a missive entitled, "Bye-Bye, M3, but Why?" In cursory fashion, the…

• Last Week in the Markets: A Look Back to Help Assess What Might Be Ahead (#14)

  Published 21 November 2005 | viewed 5,178 times

  Foreword "Last Week in the Markets..." is an examination of the week that was in the financial markets, in an effort to help assess the…

• Bye-Bye M3, But Why?

  Published 14 November 2005 | viewed 5,108 times

  Summary Last Thursday afternoon, in what legitimately can be described as cryptic fashion, the Federal Reserve announced that commencing in March, it would stop releasing…

• The Past is Prologue

  Published 08 November 2005 | viewed 5,787 times

  A Gillespie Research Associates guest article by Gordon Lamb, President, American Asset Management. Summary In his intriguing stock-market article entitled, "The Past Is Prologue," author…

• Last Week in the Markets: A Look Back to Help Assess What Might Be Ahead (#12)

  Published 25 October 2005 | viewed 4,553 times

  Foreword "Last Week in the Markets..." is an examination of the week that was in the financial markets, in an effort to help assess the…

• Using Derivatives to Detect More than the Casual Eye Might See

  Published 05 October 2005 | viewed 5,077 times

  Friend and client, Warren West, is president of Greentree Brokerage Services, Inc., the Philadelphia-based firm he founded in 1998. In addition to being a registered…

• Last Week in the Markets: A Look Back to Help Assess What Might Be Ahead (#10)

  Published 26 September 2005 | viewed 4,152 times

  Foreword "Last Week in the Markets..." is an examination of the week that was in the financial markets, in an effort to help assess the…

• A Look at Foreign Investment Behaviour in the Latest Flow-of-Funds Data

  Published 22 September 2005 | viewed 4,119 times

  Summary Yesterday, the Federal Reserved released the latest edition of its publication "Z.1," "Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States." The most recent data…

• Gulf Storms in the Offshore Oil Patch

  Published 13 September 2005 | viewed 3,298 times

  As a relatively innocuous storm at the time, Hurricane Katrina ambled across Florida into the Gulf of Mexico. Once in the Gulf, however, Katrina ballooned…

• 9/11/01 Remembered

  Published 10 September 2005 | viewed 3,878 times

  Summary Time assumes a much different perspective when you are young than it does as the years move along. For instance, in December of 1951,…

• Last Week in the Markets: A Look Back to Help Assess What Might Be Ahead

  Published 29 August 2005 | viewed 4,082 times

  Foreword "Last Week in the Markets..." is an examination of the week that was in the financial markets, in an effort to help assess the…

• Last Week in the Markets: A Look Back to Help Assess What Might Be Ahead

  Published 22 August 2005 | viewed 4,725 times

  Foreword "Last Week in the Markets..." is an examination of the week that was in the financial markets, in an effort to help assess the…