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Dec 10, 2011 at 15:44

Experienced traders recognize that volume typically dries up going into the holiday season. Light volume and the holiday seasonality generally push equity prices higher. The discussion of whether Santa Claus…

Dec 10, 2011 at 15:42

I think the periphery goes into depression. When you look at a country like Greece, it's now been in recession for three years. GDP is probably down 15% from the…

Dec 10, 2011 at 15:41

From a sentiment point of view, bullishness is still prevailing, after dipping shortly below 50% a couple of weeks ago. Despite the constant barrage of news coming out of the…

Dec 10, 2011 at 10:04

The international political economy and global financial markets are deep in the woods. A long wave winter season is blowing cold, and getting colder. Decades of excess leverage in the…

Dec 10, 2011 at 10:02

The market has been responding to moves in currencies more than anything else. The European Central Bank (ECB) charter does not allow it to buy sovereign debt, so, unlike our…

Dec 10, 2011 at 08:21

Most recently there has been a lot of chatter and discussion in the financial blogosphere regarding the S&P 500 soaring higher during the second half of November, posting a strong…

Dec 10, 2011 at 08:19

What do you get when you mix negative real interest rates with stimulative money supply efforts by global central banks? An exceptionally potent formula for higher gold prices that could…

Dec 10, 2011 at 08:18

Summary: Long term - on major buy signal. Short term - on sell signals. Prices are bound by support and resistance and should see a break either way soon.

Dec 09, 2011 at 21:22

The bottom line remains that the U.S economy continues to tread water, staying afloat by a historic expansion of federal debt. I have maintained that the explosion of federal debt…

Dec 09, 2011 at 20:33

Is the bank really the safest place to keep your money? Robert Prechter joins the Mind of Money host Douglass Lodmell to discuss what backs bank deposits and how you…