Markets

Jan 28, 2013 at 16:57

It's basic cause and effect. Monetary inflation causes economic busts. And the larger the monetary inflation, the larger the bust. As brilliantly explained by the Austrians (see here), monetary inflation…

Jan 28, 2013 at 16:42

Well, here we are again, gripped in the heart of yet another mania blow-off, where both good and bad news is good for equities because so much liquidity is sloshing…

Jan 28, 2013 at 16:31

In the past few days there has been a lot of discussion around the U.S. financial markets having caught up with pre-September 2008 highs, with almost euphoric statements by financial…

Jan 28, 2013 at 15:21

Recent situation in the currency markets is all that precious metals investors like to see - for some time now we have been witnessing the strength in euro and weakness…

Jan 28, 2013 at 15:05

Gold continues to be weak short-term, still in downtrend since early October, so far lower highs and lower lows, and a trend in motion stays in motion.

Jan 28, 2013 at 14:46

Crude oil has been trading ways for the past year between the 2011 high and low. The trading range through 2012 has been contracting with a series of lower highs…

Jan 28, 2013 at 14:26

This is not a prediction of future prices of gold and silver; it is an indication of what could happen in a speculative bubble environment based on the history of…

Jan 28, 2013 at 12:04

The actual liabilities of the federal government---including Social Security, Medicare, and federal employees' future retirement benefits---already exceed $86.8 trillion, or 550% of GDP. For the year ending Dec. 31, 2011,…

Jan 28, 2013 at 11:19

The Mediterranean has joined the shale game, but as most of Europe's Mediterranean countries drag their feet, all eyes are on Israel, Turkey, and Algeria. For Israel, it will be…

Jan 28, 2013 at 10:11

President Obama last week began his second term by promising that "a decade of war is now ending." As he spoke, the US military was rapidly working its way into…