Markets

Mar 05, 2012 at 19:09

"Is the Fed a Failure?" is the title of an article by Gene Epstein in the 27th February edition of Barrons magazine. The article draws on the work of economist…

Mar 05, 2012 at 19:05

The 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that effectively destroyed Tokyo Electric Power Company's six-reactor Fukushima Daichi complex have claimed another victim, Japan's fast breeder reactor program.

Mar 05, 2012 at 18:12

What promises to be a fairly interesting week started slowly. I expected that over the weekend we would have started to hear about private holders of Greek debt that would…

Mar 05, 2012 at 16:30

Last month, we compared the investment herd to the buffalo that were stampeded over the cliffs of the Great Plains by Native American hunters. Buffalo don't meander over cliffs. Neither…

Mar 05, 2012 at 15:36

The communist revolutions in the 20th century sought to nationalize the wealth generated by privately held industries back to the "exploited" workers on whose backs the profits were supposedly derived.

Mar 05, 2012 at 12:52

While the Fed has recently released an unprecedented amount of information on its activities, there is still much that remains unknown. Predictably, every push towards transparency has been fought tooth…

Mar 05, 2012 at 10:30

Gold reversed violently to the downside last week, an event which has serious implications. It had been doing well up to that point and we did not see this reversal…

Mar 05, 2012 at 10:29

Silver has had a good run from its lows at the end of last year and was on course to break out of the major downtrend in force from its…

Mar 05, 2012 at 10:08

Are We That Certain Canada is Different? The Zero Interest Rate Policies ("ZIRP") being pursued by the Bank of Canada are just as likely to have the same dramatic results…

Mar 05, 2012 at 09:38

While having not read any research into the time devoted by people to fantasizing, we suspect that activity represents a significant portion of the day for many. Morning coffee for…