Gold •66 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 918.70 | -11.60 | -1.25% | |
WTI Crude •1 day | 67.67 | -1.48 | -2.14% | |
Gasoline •1 day | 1.896 | -0.030 | -1.55% | |
Ethanol •66 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •66 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 66 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 66 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 1 day | 71.06 | -1.63 | -2.24% | ||
Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.275 | +0.021 | +0.93% | ||
Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.115 | -0.054 | -2.49% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Doug Gillespie oversees his own financial-market and economic consulting firm, Gillespie Research Associates.
Summary I'm a solid capitalist, one who was once a staunch advocate of free trade. However, in 1992, when discussions of the North America Free…
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…
Summary Gillespie Research Associates finalized its joint-venture research relationship with John Williams late last year with the strong conviction there were many people -- an…
Summary I have held the strong view that the stock market is mired in a secular bear episode; I continue to believe this. So as…
Foreword "Last Week" is an examination of the week that was in the financial markets, in an effort to help assess the prospects for the…
Summary From time to time, the U.S. financial markets manifest some concern about the nation's twin deficits -- the federal budget and the current account…
Foreword "Last Week" is an examination of the week that was in the financial markets, in an effort to help assess the prospects for the…
Foreword "Last Week" is an examination of the week that was in the financial markets, in an effort to help assess the prospects for the…
Introduction This is the second weekly missive that examines the week that was in the financial markets, in an effort to help assess the prospects…
Summary The days of a good five-cent cigar are gone forever. Or are they? Maybe not, not if you employ some of the creative accounting…
Some interesting developments emerged from last week's bond- and stock-market behavior. And from the week's key economic data, too. If coming events do cast a…
Summary On back-to-back days last week, the Labor Department released reports on producer price and consumer price behavior during April. These releases served to make…
Last Wednesday (5/11) I received an e-mail from a client regarding a Morgan Stanley research article he had just read. The piece was entitled, "'Birth/Death'…
Summary When I wrote yesterday's missive ("Tomorrow at the FOMC, Including Its Possible Impact on Stocks"), I expressed the strong opinion that Greenspan would try…
Summary It is a virtual certainty the Federal Open Market Committee will announce another 25 basis-point increase in the Federal Funds Rate at the conclusion…
Summary During 2005, on balance, the stock market has conformed closely to my dour forecasts of the last few months. This certainly includes the market's…
Summary You would not use "Red Alert" in association with something about which you did not feel very strongly. Which is precisely why I did…
Summary Roughly a month ago -- February 21st, to be exact -- I issued a "Red Alert" on the stock market. Lots of water over…
Summary Per the expectation of virtually everyone, the Federal Open Market Committee today announced its decision to increase the target rate on federal funds by…
Summary A closer look at the latest Federal Reserve flow-of-funds data reveals some exceptional happenings during last year's fourth quarter, as well as for all…