Markets

Mar 30, 2012 at 09:44

Over the course of gold's bull, the companies that explore for and mine this metal have greatly prospered. The gold-stock sector has thus been one of the top-performing in all…

Mar 30, 2012 at 08:44

We last looked at crude oil on February 25, 2012, when it was breaking out from an 8 month base or head and shoulders bottoming pattern. Crude oil looked to…

Mar 30, 2012 at 08:30

The Economist says "China's GDP, measured in nominal dollars, will be the world's largest by 2018". Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets disagrees and says I would like to make…

Mar 30, 2012 at 06:35

The forecasting proficiency of central bankers is a topical issue. At least, a friend asked if I could help with a list of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's predictions.…

Mar 30, 2012 at 06:03

It seems unlikely that the last day of the quarter will see a further rally just because of 'window-dressing' (or the more-slimy tradition in which hedge funds push up thinly-traded…

Mar 30, 2012 at 05:55

EUR/USD's latest mid-March rebound is capped under the key level at 1.3450, while also being weighed down by a renewed DeMark exhaustion signal. Only a sustained daily close back above…

Mar 29, 2012 at 17:37

As leviathan government, Central Bankers and the welfare states battle Mother Nature and Darwin, the stakes for the global banksters and elites could not be higher. Governments in the US…

Mar 29, 2012 at 15:23

As many of you know, I will be retiring from The Northern Trust Company on April 30. In the few remaining days of my tenure, I will be sharing with…

Mar 29, 2012 at 15:13

Getting Europe's mainstream politicians and appointed technocrats to agree to bailouts and austerity was actually the easy part. The real challenge for these guys will be holding onto their jobs…

Mar 29, 2012 at 11:52

Every salesman wants to present his product in the best light possible and the salesmen of the stock market are no exception. Public companies always highlight the positives about their…