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Sep 22, 2011 at 05:49

EUR/USD: Today's break under the recent low of 1.3495 is now anticipated to trigger a larger daily bear flag. The prior drop was triggered after a lengthy period of consolidation…

Sep 21, 2011 at 19:12

The FOMC has done what was expected via Operation Twist; buying the same amount of Treasuries ($400 bln) as much it will sell, thereby maintaining the size of its balance…

Sep 21, 2011 at 13:55

I typically pan the "what if" aisle at the local book emporium, mostly because it is next to the self-help section and quite frankly those people spook me with their…

Sep 21, 2011 at 09:19

As many of you already know I expected the dollar index to put in a major three year cycle low sometime this year. The normal timing band would have been…

Sep 21, 2011 at 08:56

Have you ever peeled some onions for a dish you were making? Did you have a burning sensation, which brought tears from your eyes? Like peeling onions, we are watching…

Sep 21, 2011 at 08:52

In 2008, the global financial system faced a potential meltdown when funding seized up for investment banks, ultimately leading to the failure of Lehmann Brothers. Three years on, we have…

Sep 21, 2011 at 08:31

On 17 September The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article on "peak oil," "There Will Be Oil," written by Daniel Yergin, chairman of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, an…

Sep 21, 2011 at 07:56

If you're new to my philosophy on the markets, you'll know that I'm not into news much. I don't think news drives the market like you'll see on CNBC. Otherwise,…

Sep 21, 2011 at 07:01

The great minds at the central banks, by manipulating every market under the sun, have lost control of the world's financial system that, they apparently thought was a chalkboard theory.

Sep 21, 2011 at 06:59

Fund manager Jim Chanos spoke to Bloomberg TV's Carol Massar about China's economy, debt and real estate market. Chanos said that growth in China may be zero and that China…