Markets

Jul 12, 2012 at 11:17

My view on the markets. Markets are weak this am. That's good for us. What happens next is critical... What do I mean? I see the markets as random. So…

Jul 12, 2012 at 10:34

"Crowding out" is an obscure term if you're not an economist - but this replacement of the private sector economy with government spending may end up being one of the…

Jul 12, 2012 at 09:56

Spanish and Italian bond yields have now risen back up to the level they were before the EU Summit. We also learned recently that U.S. job growth remains anemic, producing…

Jul 12, 2012 at 09:40

We are seeing slow gradual weakness in some markets linked with the risk markets such as AUDUSD and NZDUSD, however there is one caution point I want to raise, and…

Jul 12, 2012 at 09:04

Gold and stock market forecaster have been using cycles in price that repeat every certain amount of trading days to help them spot key reversal areas in the financial market.…

Jul 12, 2012 at 08:16

Facebook was to be the rebirth of the glorious technology stocks. Portfolio managers have been longing to return to the era when they did not think. They just owned massive…

Jul 12, 2012 at 07:56

I was on Capital Account once again on Wednesday with Lauren Lyster. The topics of discussion this time were the US and global recessions, auto sales, and Paul Krugman.

Jul 12, 2012 at 07:45

As sort of a cycle in and of itself, the question of manipulation seems to periodically surface. When it does, I'm also always asked if the Dow theory or any…

Jul 12, 2012 at 07:32

EUR/USD has broken under the range of yesterday towards the short-term target at 1.2150. Should this level be met, a degree of support would be anticipated. However, this would be…

Jul 11, 2012 at 15:37

I have written a number of pieces on fractional reserve banking and duration mismatch. I have argued that the former is perfectly fine, both morally and economically, but the latter…