Markets / Other

Oct 01, 2003 at 00:00

Still camping in the unfinished cabin, I went to sleep under the dust protection of an expedition tent. In my sleep I must have heard the pack rats scratching about,…

Oct 01, 2003 at 00:00

There has been a lot of chatter lately about the Fed being amenable to tolerating a higher rate of inflation as we move ahead. Inflation that traditionally has been a…

Oct 01, 2003 at 00:00

Irrational Exuberance is an Oxymoron in the Field of Economics. Is buying tech stocks at 300 times earnings rational? Is stealing from thy neighbor rational, particularly if the punishment is…

Oct 01, 2003 at 00:00

For 5/30/03 and 4/28/78 to remain a pattern pair the Monthly DJIA must show a net downside bias from 5/30/03 to 5/30/05, roughly tracking its 4/28/78 to 4/30/80 path.

Sep 30, 2003 at 00:00

As might be expected, the silver market suffered a far worse fate, falling about 15 cents for the week, as large speculative funds were the noted sellers, again. This market…

Sep 30, 2003 at 00:00

What else to write about? The charts really consumed a lot of my time, so writings in this portion are brief. Mutual funds are doing some window dressing right now,…

Sep 30, 2003 at 00:00

Hence, I decided to take a peak at how the ratios some of the various sub-groups and early/late cycle performers were doing, and decided to focus on a study of…

Sep 27, 2003 at 00:00

We begin with the question posed to me by Butch, an astute businessman and reader, as we watched the Texas Rangers from the balcony office suites in right field at…

Sep 26, 2003 at 00:00

To understand todays environment it is important to appreciate that the Fed looked at potential debt collapse last year and said, "We'll have absolutely none of that!" Team Bernanke/Greenspan aggressively…

Sep 26, 2003 at 00:00

The resource rich country is an upcoming significant player in the supply dynamics of gold and other industrial metals. Despite the abundance of its natural resources, the mining industry remains…