Gold •160 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 941.10 | -8.00 | -0.84% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 69.24 | +0.65 | +0.95% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 1.973 | +0.016 | +0.84% | |
Ethanol •160 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •160 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 160 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 160 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 72.84 | +0.65 | +0.90% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.235 | +0.072 | +2.28% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.203 | +0.017 | +0.76% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Frederick J. Sheehan Jr. is an investor, investment advisor, writer, and public speaker. He is currently working on a book about Ben Bernanke.
Data portrayed in the "Employment in Total Non-Farm" payroll (NFP) chart is used by central bankers and Wall Street strategists to assert economic strength. They…
The word "bubble" is suffering from overuse. Still, with money for nothing inflating markets around the world, we are seeing how prices inflate to enormous…
The most astounding rubbish is spoken every day by central bankers and other commentators who hold a monopoly on what the public at large knows.…
A persistent presumption here is the limit to U.S. government bond issuance that (important qualification coming) can be traded at government-manufactured rates. "March 2014 -…
After biotech stocks hiccupped on Thursday, April 11, 2014, ISI analyst Mark Schenebaum told the world: "Horrible day in biotech. I'm frankly at a loss…
Conventional wisdom, as expressed through the noisiest channels (Federal Reserve officials' daily speeches, Wall Street TV experts), believes Quantitative Easing (QE) has been of negligible…
Fifty years ago, after a few scuffles, the Free Speech Movement established its foothold at the University of California, Berkeley. On December 2, 1964, Mario…
The Second Crimean War has brought forth wonder, at least among some, at the stock market's indifference. Some would say stock market "exuberance," but with…
Understanding what the people think (popular opinion) is a difficult task. It is not the same as what the experts and media tell us to…
"They sit there across the Pond, and sometimes I think they feel like they're in a lab and they're running experiments on rats and not…
Advocates for Federal Reserve disclosure harp on the five-year wait for FOMC transcripts. The reasoning goes that institutions in a democracy should be more democratic:…
The Federal Reserve releases transcripts of FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meetings after a five-year wait. The 2008 transcripts were made public late, last week.…
Fred Sheehan on the Futility of Wall Street, the Coming Derivatives Disaster and the Craziness of Keynes With Anthony Wile - February 23, 2014 The…
John Hussman (Hussman Funds) wrote in his February 3, 2014, Weekly Market Comment: "The latest data from the NYSE shows equity margin debt at a…
The View from Madrid Fernando del Pino writes "Independent views on Spain, Europe and the big picture of politics and money" one of the few…
One can almost imagine ex-chairman Bernanke shaking his head in disbelief. (For the record, I cannot conceive of Simple Ben possessing the capacity for what…
When markets tumble, the immediate cause is often baked into the cake years before. The structural (decades old) trouble with large, U.S. publicly traded companies…
"Enjoy it while it lasts" - Sir Alan Greenspan, June 13, 2007,after suggesting "the global liquidity boom, which he dates back to the end of…
In "The Stock Market" (December 22, 2013), there is a mathematical problem with the following: "Zero Hedge recently reported the days on which the New…
Thomson Reuters (This Week in Earnings, December 6, 2013) notes another New World Record. We are breaking plenty these days. This often foretells a Grand…