Markets / Other

Apr 01, 2015 at 06:57

Over the past two weeks, China's Shanghai Composite index shattered overhead resistance - tacking on another ~10% to its already prodigious returns for 2015. To date, the SSEC is up…

Apr 01, 2015 at 06:56

I have long railed against fractional reserve lending, duration mismatches (e.g. banks issuing 2-year CDs and lending money for 15-year mortgages), bank's ability to lend money into existence, and deposit…

Apr 01, 2015 at 05:06

AUD/USD is close to the support area between 0.7591 (18/03/2015 low) and 0.7561 (11/03/2015 low). Hourly resistances for a bounce are given by 0.7665 and the declining trendline (around 0.7767).

Apr 01, 2015 at 05:04

Argentina, once a regional energy leader, is now better known for financial busts and bombastic politicians than hydrocarbons prospects. Still, with a resource potential both vast and untapped, the nation…

Mar 31, 2015 at 19:23

The promotion of 'risk taking' during Bernanke's tenure was, without question, done at the immediate expense of traditional 'savings'. Deal with it Bernanke.

Mar 31, 2015 at 19:21

Today, we are going to take a look at shorter cycles in CADJPY pair. Pair today hit 100% extension (93.74) down from 3/5/2015 (96.81) peak and bounced. Preferred Elliott wave…

Mar 31, 2015 at 18:22

While "mathematical formula" can sound complex, common sense tells us that if more stocks are making new lows than stocks making new highs, the major stock market indexes are more…

Mar 31, 2015 at 18:15

March concluded the 72nd month of the advance out of the 2009 low. Given the duration of this advance, I feel that it is important for me to clarify for…

Mar 31, 2015 at 18:11

The string of bad data reports not only applies to the US, economists up North appear to be no better at predicting the weather than US economists. Variant Perception reports…

Mar 31, 2015 at 13:14

Two relatively quick items that I want to address today; they have been in my 'to do' box for a while.