Markets / Other

Apr 21, 2011 at 12:07

To a certain degree, we are all slaves to the 24 hour, 12 hour, 4 hour financial news cycle. A guru one morning - chop liver that afternoon. Here at…

Apr 21, 2011 at 11:55

Silver (iShares Silver Trust (SLV)) hit the ball out of the park yesterday as it hit a record high exceeding my late January target of $40. Silver has doubled in…

Apr 21, 2011 at 11:17

As defined by the medical community, the term "exceptional survival" is living to a specified age (75, 80, 85, or 90 years) without incidence of major chronic disease and without…

Apr 21, 2011 at 11:02

Gold and Silver continued making headline news yesterday and this morning, with everyone reading this likely being well aware that both breached, and so far have held above U.S.$1,500 and…

Apr 21, 2011 at 10:55

So what's different about gold at $1500 per ounce...? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. There's no more or less of it in the world today than there was a day or a…

Apr 21, 2011 at 09:39

Precious Metals markets are on fire and investors are looking for ways to invest in this sector. But, every investor has their own comfort zone - their own level of…

Apr 21, 2011 at 09:25

It has been over 3 months since I identified the potential for a "very strong move" in crude oil. Absurdly low interest rates and geopolitical unrest are the likely culprits,…

Apr 21, 2011 at 09:23

The big news this week came when the rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded its outlook on long-term US debt on fears that the United States' budget difficulties may lead…

Apr 21, 2011 at 07:25

Chairman Bernanke has placed himself in a box. It is not a box of his choosing, but rather the result of his misguided economic beliefs, use of flawed statistical data,…

Apr 21, 2011 at 06:36

Wednesday's trading saw trading volumes move up into the average range versus the light volumes we have been growing used to. The huge gap up open and unrelenting pressure by…