Markets

Jul 15, 2014 at 18:30

In this 28 minute video Gordon T Long and Charles Hugh Smith discuss through the aid of 23 slides the growing sub-prime population in America. It is getting little attention…

Jul 15, 2014 at 18:20

Earlier today, the U.S. dollar hit a three-week high against its Canadian counterpart after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testimony in Congress. Will the exchange rate climb above 1.0800?

Jul 15, 2014 at 17:57

So, the Fed's tightening is almost done. Chairman Yellen informed Congress that a "high degree" of easing is needed given the slack in the labor market. This is in keeping…

Jul 15, 2014 at 16:59

My fellow Americans. Did you notice in the last few months, that China has been establishing agreement after agreement with various major financial centres around the world, so that payments…

Jul 15, 2014 at 12:25

Over the past several months I have debated from which low of the 2011 Sideways Movement to count the current basic advance; 10/4/11, 11/25/11, or 12/19/11. The first two lows…

Jul 15, 2014 at 11:51

In short: we still support speculative long positions in the market, stop-loss at $550. Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder, expressed his views on Bitcoin in a CNBC interview ...

Jul 15, 2014 at 11:07

With the stock market edging up with nary a decent pullback in yonks, I thought it timely to investigate the Volatility Index (VIX). Let's commence proceedings by looking at the…

Jul 15, 2014 at 10:10

There's a widespread belief that Western investors only buy strength, while Eastern investors only buy weakness. That's not completely accurate.

Jul 15, 2014 at 08:32

Much larger than Eagle Ford and once thought to have reached peak production, new technology has brought us full circle back to the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico,…

Jul 15, 2014 at 07:03

We remain cautiously optimistic about the bulls ability to control market action during the seasonally bullish earnings season. While the canaries continue to provide a cautionary tale, other equity indexes…