Gary Dorsch

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• Whats Behind the Slide in Oil and Commodities?

  Published 25 July 2008 | viewed 3,416 times

  On the morning of July 15th, the price of crude oil, the most widely watched commodity in the world, was gyrating in a narrow range,…

• "Stagflation" Haunts Global Stock Markets, Buoys Gold

  Published 10 July 2008 | viewed 2,616 times

  In today's lightning fast and violent markets, where a constant barrage of news and noise flows into the marketplace each day, it's easy to forget…

• When Central Bankers Clash, Stock Markets can Crash

  Published 26 June 2008 | viewed 6,323 times

  Hyper-inflation in the commodities markets is rivaling the US housing collapse and the global banking crisis, as the biggest threat to the world economy. Finance…

• The ECB Calls Bernanke's Bluff

  Published 12 June 2008 | viewed 3,408 times

  A new member of the British Parliament once solicited the advice of Benjamin Disraeli, the nineteenth century British prime minister, on whether he should speak…

• Is Crude Oil a "Bubble" Ready to Burst?

  Published 28 May 2008 | viewed 5,116 times

  "A trend in motion, will stay in motion, until some outside force, knocks it off its course!" After watching the parabolic rise in crude oil…

• Government Inflation Data at Odds with Reality

  Published 15 May 2008 | viewed 3,383 times

  In an age where governments of every political stripe distort economic data to promote their own self-interests, it's hardly surprising that they present inflation statistics…

• G-7 Central Bankers Stymied by "Crude Oil Vigilantes"

  Published 12 May 2008 | viewed 2,808 times

  May 8, 2008 The "Group of Seven" central bankers, who control the money spigots in 2/3s of the world's economy, huddled with their colleagues from…

• What's Behind the Slide in Gold and Silver?

  Published 01 May 2008 | viewed 4,954 times

  After watching the price of silver soar to as high as $15 /ounce in May 2006, Warren Buffet, the "Oracle of Omaha" offered some sagely…

• British Ounce, US$, Toppled by Tumbling Home Prices

  Published 11 April 2008 | viewed 2,848 times

  Economic events in the United States often provide a preview of what's around the corner for the British economy. Both countries run large external trade…

• Tax Payer Bail-out Ideas Stabilize US Dollar, Trip Gold

  Published 03 April 2008 | viewed 3,707 times

  It was "April Fools" day, and Wall Street was busy spinning bad financial news into bouts of irrational exuberance. News of a $19 billion write-down…

• Global "Oil Shock" Rattles World Stock Markets

  Published 15 March 2008 | viewed 3,818 times

  Cleaning up the mess that Mr Greenspan left behind was never going to be easy. Banks and brokers around the world face more than half-trillion…

• Fed Rate cuts Back-fire, Lead to Quagmire of "Stagflation"

  Published 06 March 2008 | viewed 5,055 times

  "Too much money, chasing too few commodities," might be the best way to explain the historic rally that has lifted the Dow Jones AIG Commodity…

• Who is Blowing Bubbles in the Commodity Markets?

  Published 26 February 2008 | viewed 5,562 times

  "Too much money, chasing too few commodities," might be the best way to explain the historic rally that is underway in the global commodities markets.…

• Central Bankers Fueling Global Commodity Inflation

  Published 14 February 2008 | viewed 4,158 times

  Central bankers and finance ministers from the world's top-10 economic powers, huddled behind closed doors in Tokyo last weekend, trying to work out a joint…

• Gold Traders see thru ECB's "Smoke and Mirrors"

  Published 07 February 2008 | viewed 3,977 times

  European Central Bank chief, Jean "Tricky" Trichet, likes to operate behind a veil of "Smoke and Mirrors" in managing the Euro zone's monetary policy, which…

• Global Central Bankers at Odds, but Gold Soars into Orbit

  Published 29 January 2008 | viewed 4,843 times

  Global stock markets were gripped by extreme fear and panic on the morning of January 21st, with Asian markets under relentless selling pressure, then ricocheting…

• Federal Reserve Plays Russian Roulette with US$

  Published 16 January 2008 | viewed 4,421 times

  In an age where governments of every political stripe distort data to promote their own self interests, it's hardly surprising that they present inflation data…

• A "Head and Shoulders" Top for the Dow Jones Industrials

  Published 04 January 2008 | viewed 6,447 times

  Let's say the US economy goes into a deeper than expected slide and gets slammed with a nasty recession, S&P 500 profits shrivel up, and…

• The "Commodity Super Cycle" - Ready to Rumble in 2008

  Published 02 January 2008 | viewed 5,496 times

  "A trend in motion, will stay in motion, until some major outside force, knocks it off its course." After gyrating within a sideways trading range…

• Explosive Money Supply Fuels Global Inflation

  Published 20 December 2007 | viewed 4,770 times

  The worst is yet to come for the global banking system, which faces potential losses of more than half-trillion dollars from investments in toxic sub-prime…