Markets

Dec 12, 2012 at 12:48

The Fed delivered QE4, as expected, on Wednesday as it pledged to continue buying longer-dated Treasuries even though it will no longer sell shorter-dated Treasuries in Operation Twist. In other…

Dec 12, 2012 at 10:44

Before analyzing a company for investment, it's important to have a perspective on how well the business has performed. Because at the end of the day, if you are an…

Dec 12, 2012 at 10:25

We follow up on our essay on gold and the dollar collapse from December 4, 2012. In that essay, we speculated what could happen with gold if the U.S. defaulted…

Dec 12, 2012 at 10:00

In early January of 2011, we highlighted a top secret candlelight dinner that was held at the White House where a deal was possibly made that China would raise the…

Dec 12, 2012 at 09:10

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is tightening its grip on domestic travcel. I don't mean the random, unpredictable security checks at bus, subway and train stations which already exist.

Dec 12, 2012 at 07:20

All systems are about to get set off as the stage is set to move into a liquidity advance. Bonds are about to sell off and test lows, and in…

Dec 12, 2012 at 06:31

Equity bulls have raised their confidence that Mr Bernanke will announce a new monthly Treasury acquisition program. Clearly yesterday strong performance with the break out above the December 3 peak…

Dec 12, 2012 at 05:48

EUR/USD has successfully tested the key support at 1.2875. The subsequent rise has broken the resistance at 1.2973 (07/12/2012 high). Another resistance is at 1.3046 (04/12/2012 low). An hourly support…

Dec 11, 2012 at 20:26

With the exception of a resolution to the budget crisis, Tuesday probably saw the best combination of possible news and expectations that we could have for the remainder of 2012.…

Dec 11, 2012 at 15:35

I have recently authored two articles showing that, all other things being equal, a stock that pays its shareholders a dividend generates a higher total return than a stock with…