Markets

Jul 16, 2013 at 12:26

So much for the lessons of Fukushima. Never mind oil spills, the Russian Federation is preparing an energy initiative that, if it has problems, will inject nuclear material into the…

Jul 16, 2013 at 12:17

It was a challenging first half of the year for most commodities, with only two resources we track on our Periodic Table of Commodities Returns rising in value. Natural gas…

Jul 16, 2013 at 10:10

Oil may hold the key to the next big move in gold. On the geopolitical front, the Iranian government's nuclear program could trigger an attack from Israel, and that could…

Jul 16, 2013 at 09:56

"What happens if the central bank pushes the rate of interest below the marginal time preference?" To my knowledge, Antal Fekete was the first to ask this question. It is…

Jul 16, 2013 at 07:38

An interesting thing about the uptick in gold prices over the last couple days is the number of people asking me if I think gold has bottomed. This is somewhat…

Jul 16, 2013 at 07:19

Last week the price of the white metal climbed to an over two-week high after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman said its huge stimulus program would stay in place for some…

Jul 16, 2013 at 06:04

SPX: Price is approaching the May 22 high. It is obvious that this move is extended hence the probability of a multi-day "overbought" pullback is large.

Jul 16, 2013 at 05:48

USD/JPY continues to retrace its decline from the top at 101.53. The resistance at 99.63 has been broken. Another resistance can be found at 100.64. An initial support is given…

Jul 15, 2013 at 15:08

As expected, silver has taken its time in building out a foundation. However, once completed and as described by the historic momentum patterns shown below in copper, we expect silver…

Jul 15, 2013 at 14:50

One of the many, many lessons we should have learned from the 2009 crash is that an economy driven by inherently-unstable - and completely unproductive - things like rising home…