Markets / Other

Dec 01, 2011 at 17:06

This month, rather than focus on more general strategy considerations, I will present which specific funds I believe are among your best bets for holding over the next five years…

Dec 01, 2011 at 15:34

We all knew it was coming - it's that time of year. Conditioned like teenage children on Christmas morning - knowing the illusion of magic had arrived, yet falling under…

Dec 01, 2011 at 14:24

You likely have seen invitations to open a "Gold IRA" or something with a similar name. Perhaps you should, but before you do, think about why an Individual Retirement Account…

Dec 01, 2011 at 12:44

To suggest financial markets have been volatile as of late is simply a wild understatement. Although we've certainly seen this type of volatility in terms of percentage moves over short…

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:48

With all the interest in physical gold, silver and other commodities these days, and the large/mid-cap companies who mine the metals and the juniors who are exploring for them, it…

Dec 01, 2011 at 10:18

This article was published for the benefit of subscribers on November 29th, 2011. This will be one of the last times I mention the Contracting Fibonacci Spiral the markets are…

Dec 01, 2011 at 09:45

For the longest time, counter-party risk has not been something that the average investor gave much consideration. State backed financial insurance schemes and the ostensibly strong balance sheets of financial…

Dec 01, 2011 at 09:41

Flipping the Silver-Gold ratio on its head, we find the GSR in a nice uptrend after it was clobbered down and out of its bottoming pattern last year by the…

Dec 01, 2011 at 09:22

The last three major bull markets of the Dow have been followed by a bull market in gold. This is no coincidence, since these massive bull markets have been mostly…

Dec 01, 2011 at 09:02

I think you will admit that we are in the middle of one major crazy financial mess. The part that makes things really crazy is that it's not just in…