Markets

Mar 16, 2012 at 13:16

Recently, the super investor Warren Buffett again expressed his opinion on gold. Here's his view from the 2011 Berkshire Hathaway annual report:

Mar 16, 2012 at 11:54

The roller coaster metaphor we used two weeks ago after the $90 flash crash in the price of gold seems appropriate this week as well. It must be tough out…

Mar 16, 2012 at 11:41

The energy market is a complex beast, its many parts interconnected through a multitude of linkages. When one part fails, the entire system reacts: certain linkages are burdened with extra…

Mar 16, 2012 at 11:29

The 1981 report "A Congressional Handbook on U.S. Minerals Dependency/Vulnerability" singled out eight materials "for which the industrial health and defense of the United States is most vulnerable to potential…

Mar 16, 2012 at 10:42

The world's stock markets are increasingly interrelated. The psychology of traders, which drives most short-term price action, is continuously shaped by the nonstop torrents of global newsflow. So even Americans…

Mar 16, 2012 at 10:18

On Friday, March 9, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association declared that the final Greek Sovereign Debt arrangements had resulted in a Greek debt default. This was for the purposes…

Mar 16, 2012 at 10:04

Consider me still an atheist here. A chosen sinner - so to speak. Bereft of faith and comfort in the equity markets almost endless and droning bid. Four, five, six,…

Mar 16, 2012 at 08:45

Bears, if there are any of you left, it is now your time! It may not feel like it, but it is. By late this year I expect the S&P…

Mar 16, 2012 at 08:41

Everyone, including us, has referenced the VIX or Fear Index's current low level as a possible point of concern for an imminent reversal in stocks. We remain concerned about the…

Mar 16, 2012 at 08:30

The play since Jan 1st 2012 was to buy large cap dividend stocks, this play had no competition, well now that the 30 yr and 10 yr has jumped higher,…