Gold •126 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •10 mins | 997.80 | +5.00 | +0.50% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 71.84 | +0.15 | +0.21% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 2.038 | +0.002 | +0.11% | |
Ethanol •126 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •126 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 126 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 126 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 75.10 | +0.18 | +0.24% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.683 | -0.064 | -2.33% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.266 | -0.004 | -0.19% |
Contributor since: 15 Sep 2010
Jim Pressler is a Second Vice President at The Northern Trust Company, Chicago. Mr. Pressler joined the bank in 1993, and since 1995 has been an economist in the Country Risk Unit, assessing country lending and investment risk around the world. With a general focus toward developing economies, Mr. Pressler specializes in China and the roles of the dominant Asian countries, and has spoken extensively on the topic. He received a B.S. degree in Statistics and Operations Research from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The last three months marked the first anniversary of events considered unthinkable before 2010. The past year saw the outbreak of sweeping protests throughout Tunisia,…
This weekend, North Korean officials announced the passing of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il, supposedly from a heart attack. Not too surprisingly, the next day Pyongyang…
With most of the industrialized world focusing on all things European, we thought it might be worthwhile to see just what was happening on the…
What does it say about the world when the best economic news is coming from Japan? Perhaps a better way to approach this would be…
Any talk of an asset bubble, particularly involving a country's real estate market, is treated far more cautiously than, say, four years ago when global…
An article by Victoria Marklew, Richard Thies and James A. Pressler Although 2011 is only three months old, the world has changed dramatically. Along with…
When protests demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak erupted in mid-January, the consensus was that he would be removed from office in a week,…
The U.S. economy has been out of the intensive care unit for several months. However, discussions are underway as to whether artificial support may be…