Markets

Mar 22, 2013 at 11:34

The loathed and left-for-dead gold miners look to have begun their usual spring rally. This sector has actually exhibited strong seasonality for its entire secular bull. For well over a…

Mar 22, 2013 at 11:27

Cyprus lawmakers this week rejected a controversial euro bailout package, which would have set a dangerous precedent by taxing ordinary bank depositors to pay part of the bill. How will…

Mar 22, 2013 at 11:02

After the shot across the bow in 2008, you might have expected that regulators and market participants would use the experience to change for the better, to become more prudent,…

Mar 22, 2013 at 10:01

Gold bounced off $1,560 a target that it had held for the last year and more. It consolidated at $1,580 and has now tackled $1,600.The bounce was off the long-term…

Mar 22, 2013 at 09:04

What is more likely to hurt you is what you think you KNOW that is WRONG. What you don't know is often not that important. Consider a few examples:

Mar 22, 2013 at 08:40

This week, after several weeks of what felt like economic limbo, we have had a fairly eventful one. Thanks to all the events, but mainly Cyprus, gold is now headed…

Mar 22, 2013 at 06:34

Our title seems obvious. We all know that the US$ tends to be negatively correlated with commodity prices. This is true in the short-term but not always so over the…

Mar 22, 2013 at 06:08

The understatement of the day comes from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke who essentially says: I'm Dispensable.

Mar 22, 2013 at 05:23

USD/JPY completed a bearish engulfing pattern yesterday, favouring a short-term bearish bias. The hourly support at 94.72 (19/03/2013 low) has been broken. A test of the support at 93.57 (see…

Mar 21, 2013 at 20:34

But a raid on 401(K)s is a while away. More immediately, like on Monday, what Italian in their right mind will leave money in their local bank after seeing what…