Markets

Jul 30, 2013 at 10:00

Consider these thoughts on "the great lie," our strange world, its unstable financial system, overwhelming debt, exponential growth, inevitable collapse, fractional reserve banking, counterparty risk ...

Jul 30, 2013 at 07:49

Figure 1 is a weekly chart of the SP500. The indicator in the lower panel is a composite that looks at the relative strength of the 9 SP500 sectors: Materials,…

Jul 30, 2013 at 07:13

Gold is up, even getting a positive mention in Barron's. Is it Japan's election or the tapering of the taper talk that's driving gold higher of late? Is this a…

Jul 30, 2013 at 06:34

USD/CAD has broken its support at 1.0326 (11/07/2013 low), validating a bear flag with an implied downside risk at 1.0159. The short-term technical configuration remains negative as long as the…

Jul 29, 2013 at 21:14

A literal interpretation of the chart displayed above would lead to the conclusion that the HUI will consolidate over the next few weeks and then rally to the 370s by…

Jul 29, 2013 at 14:44

As we head into a very busy week of economic data, the bond market remains drippy with the 10-year yield up to 2.59%. (Just writing that makes me laugh. Who…

Jul 29, 2013 at 13:47

One of the many tenets on Wall Street is that debt investors are often a step or two ahead of stock investors when it comes to identifying slowing economic growth.…

Jul 29, 2013 at 11:45

Early this month, big news came out of China. It may have gone unnoticed by some investors—and there's really no reason why it would have been covered extensively by mainstream…

Jul 29, 2013 at 11:30

Ethan Hawk is not one to avoid danger, but he would never take this mission. He wouldn't take it because it's impossible. Because no matter how clever or how many…

Jul 29, 2013 at 07:02

The Sentimeter continues to show a high degree of bullish optimism. There are lots of bulls, and surprisingly, at this stage of the market cycle, this is actually a good…