Markets

May 04, 2012 at 11:52

For Spanish savers, the financial pages are all crisis, no solution... Spain's financial crisis might be hardening the politics of capitalists vs. workers and the unemployed, but it's hardly benign…

May 04, 2012 at 10:53

With the US stock markets surging nearly a third higher in just 6 months, the odds are rising for a major topping. As the best times to sell high, recognizing…

May 04, 2012 at 09:57

One of the questions that we receive on a regular basis is whether one should invest in junior or senior mining stocks. The answer is that diversification is the way…

May 04, 2012 at 09:34

If history has taught one certain lesson, it is that the less fettered an economy, the better humankind is able to do what it does best: run from trouble and…

May 04, 2012 at 08:49

Is the Silver Bull Market Over? This is one question that we feel very confident that the answer to it is no; but still we are specifically watching for articles…

May 04, 2012 at 08:37

Here's a chart of the participation rate. It's really dreadful when you consider the secular increase was due to a broadening of the workforce. I doubt women are leaving the…

May 04, 2012 at 08:19

First, thanks to all of those readers who took time to respond to the poll attached to yesterday's comment. The early results are interesting, but the polls are still open!…

May 04, 2012 at 06:38

I maintain a bullish bias for the equity market since in my opinion the odds are very large that SPX has not completed the EWP from the October 4 low,…

May 04, 2012 at 06:18

Gold is capped under its short-term bearish channel ceiling (see intraday chart), beneath $1680 (12th April high) and the 200-day average (at $1700). It still worth remembering the dramatic $103…

May 03, 2012 at 15:24

During the past couple of years, we have written about the debt situation facing both Europe and the United States. The economic data coming out of Europe has rapidly deteriorated…