Markets

Mar 14, 2012 at 09:50

Lost amid the hoopla after the Dow recently achieved a milestone in closing above the psychologically important 13,000 barrier is another, more significant benchmark. Gasoline prices hit a record seasonal…

Mar 14, 2012 at 09:20

I had not planned to write tonight, but there was too much that happened today, and too much that is likely to be misunderstood and misinterpreted. Not, necessarily, that what…

Mar 14, 2012 at 09:09

Financial stocks had been treading water relative to the S&P 500 for the past six weeks. That changed late yesterday after J.P. Morgan announced a dividend increase and stock buyback…

Mar 14, 2012 at 09:03

Gold rose to $1,700 last week and is holding that level in a very tight trading range. The last few weeks have seen a larger consolidation pattern forming, pointing to…

Mar 14, 2012 at 08:46

A recent news article reported that that Australia's share of global capital raised by the mining industry fell from 21% in 2008 to 15% in 2011. This, where the Australian…

Mar 14, 2012 at 08:32

Back in early 2011, I was one of the few economists to warn that global GDP growth would slow dramatically in the near future and that the emerging market economies…

Mar 14, 2012 at 07:40

When the market seemed willing to buy the rumour and sell the news after the release of the FOMC statement, Mr Dimon announced that JPMorgan will raise the dividend and…

Mar 14, 2012 at 07:13

EUR/USD remains under pressure after resuming its sharp decline beneath key level at 1.3436 (50% Fib Oct/Jan decline).

Mar 14, 2012 at 07:08

We are in a situation where our key indexes remain in positive territory but we are now very close to euphoria level: moving within one week from oversold level to…

Mar 13, 2012 at 14:01

Many of Casey Research's editors and analysts spent last week in Toronto at the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention. PDAC is one of the biggest resource…