Gary Dorsch

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• Iranian "War Premium" Vanishes from Crude Oil

  Published 11 December 2007 | viewed 3,980 times

  Nearly two years ago, on January 10th, 2006, Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raised the stakes in a battle of wits between Tehran and the Bush…

• The Epic Battle over Crude Oil and the US$

  Published 29 November 2007 | viewed 4,175 times

  "Here are two brother countries, united like a single fist," declared Venezuelan kingpin Hugo Chavez after meeting Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on Nov 19th.…

• Have Global Stock Markets Peaked on "Peak Oil?"

  Published 13 November 2007 | viewed 4,173 times

  For the vast majority of Americans who usually don't follow trends in the crude oil futures market, the Global "Oil Shock" only caught their attention…

• The Ghosts of Halloween Haunt the US Dollar

  Published 30 October 2007 | viewed 6,793 times

  The story of Halloween goes back over 2000 years to the ancient Celts. Druidic priests regarded October 31st as the end of the year. Not…

• Is Crude Oil on Course to hit $100 per barrel?

  Published 17 October 2007 | viewed 4,782 times

  Tension in the Middle East has always been a favorite tactic for the "Axis of Oil" - Iran, Russia, and Venezuela, to keep the price…

• How High can Shanghai Red-chips Fly? - Chinese Red-chips

  Published 12 October 2007 | viewed 3,008 times

  "There is a bubble growing. Investors should be concerned about the risks," warned Cheng Siwei, the vice-chairman of the National People's Congress in an interview…

• US Economy Sliding towards "Stagflation," Global Bond Vigilantes Hooked on Gold

  Published 03 October 2007 | viewed 4,722 times

  Nowadays, traders of all different stripes are betting on more rate cuts by the Federal Reserve in the months ahead. Since mid-July, the odds of…

• Beware - the Bernanke Fed could Ignite Hyper-Inflation!

  Published 19 September 2007 | viewed 6,615 times

  "You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension, a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of…

• Can the "Bernanke Put" Lift Gold Sharply Higher?

  Published 05 September 2007 | viewed 4,872 times

  "I only know of two men who really understand the true value of gold, an obscure clerk in the basement vault of the Banque de…

• The "Commodity Super Cycle" Stalls Out

  Published 30 August 2007 | viewed 7,640 times

  The "Commodity Super Cycle" took many traders by surprise from 2002 thru 2006, but the rally has stalled out over the past two years. There…

• Stock Market Gyrations and the "Yen Carry" Trade

  Published 23 August 2007 | viewed 6,218 times

  For long-term buy and hold investors in the US stock market, who simply sit through wild market gyrations, it's good to know that you have…

• The "Plunge Protection Team" Working Overtime

  Published 09 August 2007 | viewed 10,487 times

  "Imagination is more important than knowledge", the brilliant Albert Einstein used to say. Imagine for just a moment, that the Dow Jones Industrials has become…

• Dow Jones Industrials Skating on Thin Ice

  Published 31 July 2007 | viewed 5,544 times

  Perhaps the most important market in the world today is the vast network of foreign currencies, where total trading volume, including derivatives and futures, average…

• Deja vu, Spike Rally in Japanese yen Spooks Global Markets

  Published 26 July 2007 | viewed 4,869 times

  Perhaps the most important market in the world today is the vast network of foreign currencies, where total trading volume, including derivatives and futures, average…

• How High can Crude Oil Fly?

  Published 17 July 2007 | viewed 7,785 times

  In London, the price of North Sea Brent, the benchmark for two-thirds of the world's oil, touched an all-time high of $78.40 per barrel this…

• Global Exodus from the US Dollar in Motion

  Published 03 July 2007 | viewed 6,364 times

  Trading in the arcane world of foreign exchange is often akin to judging a reverse beauty contest. The trick to profitable trading is to pick…

• Dangerous Divergences in the Global Bond and Stock Markets

  Published 05 June 2007 | viewed 6,536 times

  Once upon a time, many years ago, the US stock market lived in fear of a violent band of traders known as the "bond market…

• The Ballistic Brazilian Bovespa Index

  Published 22 May 2007 | viewed 4,243 times

  Higher prices for commodities from coffee to soybeans and iron ore to crude oil, have brought new found wealth to Brazil. Since the election of…

• The "Incredible" Israeli Shekel

  Published 08 May 2007 | viewed 5,753 times

  In a speech to business people on the risks facing the global economy, former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said on March 20th, that geopolitics…

• Can the "Axis of Oil" Topple the US Dollar?

  Published 01 May 2007 | viewed 7,717 times

  Were it not for its "reserve currency" status, slowly turning into a post-World War II relic, the US dollar would have already collapsed by now.…