Markets

Jan 20, 2012 at 19:33

Gold and silver mining stocks will be the dot-coms of the second half of this decade. Yet most of the people who bet on them will lose money because they…

Jan 20, 2012 at 15:33

One of the great long-term benefits that a recession brings is the opportunity to invest in extremely high-quality companies at low valuations. This is especially true of companies that have…

Jan 20, 2012 at 13:40

In 2010, San Francisco community leaders boasted that digging a 1.7 mile extension to their subway would create up to 43,000 jobs. With the "No!" to the second Keystone pipeline…

Jan 20, 2012 at 13:14

Is the world of finance extremely complex? I believe we would all say yes. Are there certain aspects of the world of finance that are really quite simple to understand?…

Jan 20, 2012 at 11:32

Take record-high debt, add record-low interest rates, and what do you get in gold...? Second only to Japan, the UK now wears the greatest debt burden of any major economy…

Jan 20, 2012 at 09:51

Bloomberg Exclusive: Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer spoke with Bloomberg Television's Margaret Brennan about the state of the global economy.

Jan 20, 2012 at 09:42

Despite gold's powerful secular bull over the past decade, gold stocks remain vexing to investors and speculators. Though this metal's miners have yielded truly colossal bull-to-date gains, they failed to…

Jan 20, 2012 at 09:24

There are certain dogmas held sacrosanct by precious metals investors and one of them is that platinum is supposed to be more expensive than gold. That's just the way it…

Jan 20, 2012 at 09:08

It's been a lonely start to 2012 - here in the bear's den. Solitude has its virtues, but after a while your thoughts start to echo against themselves. Time, just…

Jan 20, 2012 at 08:22

Figure 1 is a weekly chart of the PowerShares QQQ Trust Series (symbol: QQQ). The black and red dots are key pivot points which are the best areas of buying…