Markets

Jun 22, 2013 at 07:24

There has been a long standing rule of thumb that says the market is not in trouble until there have been several days of more than 40 new lows on…

Jun 22, 2013 at 06:29

Whatever expectation[s] you may have, expect the unexpected and unlike what you may expect. So far, that has been playing out quite nicely, and one of our expectations is that…

Jun 22, 2013 at 06:28

Summary: Long term - on major sell signal since Mar 2012. Short term - on sell signals. Gold sector cycle - continues to whipsaw.

Jun 21, 2013 at 19:32

It was a rout: EM, Treasuries, municipal bonds, MBS, commodities and even some stocks. The hours leading up to Wednesday's FOMC statement and Bernanke press conference provided good television drama.…

Jun 21, 2013 at 16:30

In the middle of April the scramble to buy risky bonds was another example of "reaching for yield". That was one compulsion and it was backed up by "Confidence mounts…

Jun 21, 2013 at 16:13

Our recent calls for a bottom have been proven wrong as precious metals plunged to another new low. Two trading rules we have is to always use a 20% stop…

Jun 21, 2013 at 15:58

Even before this week's latest Fed-tapering scare, gold stocks remained firmly entrenched as the most-hated sector in all the markets. They are as deeply out of favor as they've been…

Jun 21, 2013 at 15:43

Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, told Bloomberg Television's Trish Regan and Tom Keene on "Street Smart" today that believing in Ben Bernanke is like believing…

Jun 21, 2013 at 15:10

The historical record shows that those who get washed out during big corrections miss the greatest buying opportunities of a bull market. With that as context, what can we expect…

Jun 21, 2013 at 14:55

I have been quasi-vacationing this week on the Continent, and trying to follow the news and the markets. This will be a brief comment but I wanted to make a…