Markets

Nov 03, 2011 at 15:38

When the news broke earlier this week that Greek prime minister George Papandreou would seek a popular referendum on the bailout deal that had been so torturously negotiated over the…

Nov 03, 2011 at 13:33

Not surprisingly the Euro is almost a mirror of the US$. The Euro makes up 57% of the US$ Index. Quite simply if the Euro goes up the US$ goes…

Nov 03, 2011 at 13:07

Japan's six reactor Fukushima Daichi nuclear complex has inadvertently become the world's bell-weather poster child for the inherent risks of nuclear power ever since the 11 March Tohoku offshore earthquake…

Nov 03, 2011 at 12:11

We will not get to see the precise wording of Prime Minister George Papandreou's referendum because enough cowards in the Greek parliament in conjunction with blackmail by Merkel and Sarkozy…

Nov 03, 2011 at 12:02

Of all the social memes related to the economic and investment landscape, none is more dominant than that there is a small cadre of powerful Wall Street money men who,…

Nov 03, 2011 at 11:55

Money market funds began as a bright and useful idea, became a habit, and recently have become a bad habit. Money market funds were invented in 1971 as an innovative…

Nov 03, 2011 at 07:19

An island is created when you have a gap up in one direction followed by a gap in the other direction. Wednesday's gap lower followed by today's gap higher created…

Nov 03, 2011 at 07:17

I can't be the only person that finds it a bit ironic that the fate of the global economy rests on the decision of whether or not Greece remains a…

Nov 03, 2011 at 05:17

While QE-friendly ETFs were lifted with the market's tide on Wednesday, many of them experienced gains on low volume. The table below shows some of the biggest gainers in the…

Nov 03, 2011 at 05:12

This chart will be making US Treasury nervous, after years of saying they want a strong dollar, it seems we are on the verge of more strength in the dollar.…