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Apr 15, 2011 at 06:02

Gold continues to print fresh highs. However, a return towards the 1439.63 region remains possible in the near-term. The next upside psychological barrier is at 1500.00.

Apr 14, 2011 at 16:41

Leave it to the California Teachers' Association to prove without a doubt they will do anything to get their greedy ways. CTA suggested tactics include making students political and personal…

Apr 14, 2011 at 15:21

It is rare in recent history for precious metals to appreciate in parallel with the broader stock market. Yet, this has been the case in the two years since the…

Apr 14, 2011 at 15:13

In Europe, it appears that today was unofficially "beat up periphery bonds day." Greek 10y yields shot up 30bps to a new high of 13.15% (which sounds juicy until you…

Apr 14, 2011 at 14:57

With the civil war in Libya now entering its third week, Egypt moving haltingly towards free elections, and hundreds dead in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain after a month of anti-government…

Apr 14, 2011 at 12:27

Bar by bar analysis of volume, high, low and close has been termed VSA or Volume Spread Analysis. This is the study of the range of the bar, with the…

Apr 14, 2011 at 10:11

Often when the world is in turmoil, old rules and long-held 'truths" go out the window. This is precisely what we are seeing today with several established theories on investing,…

Apr 14, 2011 at 07:46

Inflation manifests itself through a decline in purchasing power of the dollar, or said another way, weakness in the value of the dollar. Indeed, from the date of Bernanke's Jackson…

Apr 14, 2011 at 07:20

Since early January 2011 the USD has lost 7.4% of its value and needs to manage any further decline or stabilize at this point in order re-assure holders of this…

Apr 14, 2011 at 06:47

Wednesday's trading was disappointing for the bulls. The gap up open due to the bullish performance of foreign markets was almost entirely lost by the Dow and S&P-500 and the…