Markets

Mar 10, 2013 at 10:43

Based on the tape, [in chart form], precious metals appear postured for a rally. To what degree is unknown, but current developing market activity favors one. Silver continues to outperform…

Mar 10, 2013 at 10:41

The lack of interest regarding just how the Federal Reserve will extricate itself and the rest of us may be a matter of self-preservation. There is no way out from…

Mar 09, 2013 at 08:33

Summary: Long term - on major sell signal. Short term - on sell signals. Gold sector cycle - down as of Oct 13. COT data - currently not supportive of…

Mar 09, 2013 at 07:10

The market is overbought and there has been modest seasonal weakness next week. I expect the major averages to be lower on Friday March 15 than they were on Friday…

Mar 09, 2013 at 07:09

There's also the question of whether the belief that one can print his way to prosperity may also be some form of insanity. But we'll discuss that topic at a…

Mar 09, 2013 at 06:12

The perpetual reckless experiment of massive government intervention has recently launched the Dow to an all time high. Way back in June of 2009, (a mere 15-weeks following the bear…

Mar 08, 2013 at 19:28

Importantly, the government finance Bubble has succeeded in sustaining the U.S. "Bubble Economy" structure that evolved over the prolonged Credit Bubble period. This has ensured unending Current Account Deficits and…

Mar 08, 2013 at 17:06

"What we have here is an attempt to communicate," Of course, this is a modification of the classic line by the "Captain" (Strother Martin) in the movie Cool Hand Luke…

Mar 08, 2013 at 16:35

For the week ending March 8, 2013, the SPX was up 2.2%, the Russell small caps were up 3.0% and the COMP was up 2.4%. All indices which had triggered…

Mar 08, 2013 at 16:11

This article originally appeared on MarketWatch under the title Jobs numbers are far worse than they look. I selected my title from a humorous comment on MarketWatch by reader "Homer…