Markets

Mar 13, 2012 at 11:37

Years ago we were more entertained by our government's actions because we were younger then and not threatened so much by their policy decisions. But now as we approach retirement…

Mar 13, 2012 at 10:21

When we look at broad measures of jobs and population, then the beginning of 2012 was one of the worst months in US history, with a total of 2.3 million…

Mar 13, 2012 at 10:05

Last week the Greek government, with the heavy handed support of its larger friends in the Eurozone, succeeded in coercing some 85.8 percent of private sector bondholders to "voluntarily" exchange…

Mar 13, 2012 at 09:13

Today is "FOMC day". Every six weeks or so, the US central bank's open market committee meets. They issue their views and policies for both the markets and the economy.…

Mar 13, 2012 at 08:50

When Greece's woes first rattled the markets two years ago, the pundits predicted a collapse of the euro. The resilience of the euro has been due to a number of…

Mar 13, 2012 at 08:37

The underperformance of gold stocks was a hot topic at PDAC and continues to dominate discussion in industry circles. As to why the sector is underperforming, we hear numerous reasons.…

Mar 13, 2012 at 07:17

Our key indexes closed in positive territory on Monday (3rd consecutive day), confirming the view we expressed during the week-end that the next upleg will probably occur this week.

Mar 13, 2012 at 06:52

I have discussed several times the technical reasons that in my opinion are suggesting that the wave (4) should have carried out a larger EWP correction, but the fact of…

Mar 13, 2012 at 06:26

GBP/USD extended the pullback from 1.5834 to breach the 1.5645 support level but early signs of basing are noted.

Mar 12, 2012 at 19:46

Just when we think that Bernanke has exhausted his ability to come up with harebrained schemes to distort prices, he proves us wrong. Last week it was reported that the…