Markets

Sep 04, 2012 at 06:52

It is disconcerting yet entirely predictable that central planners and government bureaucrats cannot see what the root problems are. After all, no one wants to blame themselves.

Sep 04, 2012 at 06:17

It looks like fiat currencies will get flushed in September. The only good news here is that the failed global experiment in counterfeit currencies may be quickly coming to an…

Sep 04, 2012 at 06:15

It's amazing. Suddenly, everyone is bullish again. Two months ago you couldn't give away mining shares or Silver. No one wanted to buy. After back to back weekly gains (for…

Sep 03, 2012 at 18:03

There is much debate these days regarding the direction of the US domestic economy, especially in light of the "fiscal cliff" that lies four short months ahead of us. We…

Sep 03, 2012 at 17:24

Last week, after reaching the stated projection and building what looked like a distribution pattern, the SPX had an opportunity to start a correction. Instead, Friday's action could be the…

Sep 03, 2012 at 13:51

For most small business people, the ideal life goes pretty much like this: a few years of all-consuming obsession to get set up, followed by a few decades of 12-hour…

Sep 03, 2012 at 10:45

It's not just Chinese manufacturers that are struggling. It is also Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. In other words, the Asian export machine has cracked wide open.

Sep 03, 2012 at 07:22

We frequently hear the financial press refer to the U.S. dollar as the "world's reserve currency," implying that our dollar will always retain its value in an ever shifting world…

Sep 03, 2012 at 05:59

While the general public is aware that the eurozone, for example, has difficulties and that world economic conditions are far from blissful, it is unaware of the enormous scale of…

Sep 03, 2012 at 05:57

The market is still holding onto gains sourced from ECB President Mario Draghi comments. But how long can the SP500 divergence from the real economy last.