Markets

Jul 08, 2013 at 18:10

Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc (SWM) is a diversified producer of premium specialty papers and the world's largest supplier of fine papers to the tobacco industry. It also manufactures specialty papers for…

Jul 08, 2013 at 17:58

When volatility spikes the economy in certain ways, it can cause some leveraged positions to implode which can, through paper markets collapse the price of a given commodity etc. Some…

Jul 08, 2013 at 17:45

As of last Friday, gold has now fallen as much 35.4% (based on London PM fix prices) over 96 weeks. But if you're like us, you still recognize that the…

Jul 08, 2013 at 17:38

So, the bond market has had another few days of riding the yo-yo. A 20-bp bond selloff on Friday (followed by a 10bp rally today) was precipitated by a stronger-than-expected…

Jul 08, 2013 at 17:30

I recently discussed how traders were stampeding out of gold as a result of rising interest rates and the threat of evaporating monetary fluid that was lubricating markets. Hovering around…

Jul 08, 2013 at 17:27

US Equities opened higher this morning and are setting up for a sharp pullback based on technical analysis using trends, cycles, momentum, volume, market breadth and key resistance zones.

Jul 08, 2013 at 15:59

Publicly-traded companies and analysts from Wall Street's biggest wire houses are experts at setting low expectations and then exceeding them.

Jul 08, 2013 at 14:08

Gold has been in truth falling like a rock, however some folks have been buying on all the little selling climax's along the way. The stop losses have been busted,…

Jul 08, 2013 at 13:40

Here's National Numismatics' Tom Cloud with a quick dealer-level view of gold and silver ...

Jul 08, 2013 at 13:21

Reader Tim Wallace provided another excellent series of charts on the employment situation. These charts compare June employment in 2013 to June in prior years.