Markets

Feb 18, 2014 at 06:45

SPX continued to rally strongly for the second week, rising to less than 10 points from its former high -- and, for the second week, leading indexes continued to lag!…

Feb 18, 2014 at 05:53

Steen Jakobsen, chief economist at Saxo Bank emailed a pair of interesting links on the explosion of investment and debt in China.

Feb 18, 2014 at 05:29

In reflecting, over this weekend, about the markets of the last week, I wonder if we haven't seen a subtle - and subtly disturbing - shift in the markets' behavior.

Feb 18, 2014 at 05:17

It's the tale of two assets: gold, which was largely shunned by investors for most of last year, has made an impressive comeback in recent weeks. Meanwhile Bitcoin, the white-hot…

Feb 18, 2014 at 04:57

Our original intention was to explain where we agreed and disagreed with the article by Cullen Roche at "Pragmatic Capitalism" (is there any other kind of capitalism?) titled "The Biggest…

Feb 18, 2014 at 04:49

EUR/USD is close to the key resistance at 1.3739. Hourly supports are given by 1.3657 (intraday low) and the short-term rising channel (around 1.3635). Another resistance can be found at…

Feb 17, 2014 at 17:01

The US just released US Retail Sales details warn of an alarming problem. 2008 may have been a crisis brought on by US Residential Real Estate, but 2014-2015 is likely…

Feb 17, 2014 at 16:27

This is the third time since 2011 this topic has made these pages, the reason being it's a very important understanding for everyone to absorb, and it needs to be…

Feb 17, 2014 at 15:41

The U.S. currency was little changed near recent lows against major currencies as U.S. markets are shut for the President's Day holiday and trade volumes remain thin. Nevertheless, it's worth…

Feb 17, 2014 at 15:20

Debate over immigration rages in both the US and Europe. Let's take a look at the US first. On January 30, House Speaker John Boehner Released Immigration Principles. Speaker John…