Markets

Oct 14, 2011 at 09:29

I'm sure many of our readers remember the 5¢ and 10¢ stores of the past. What a treat as a kid to browse through the merchandise looking for the chance…

Oct 14, 2011 at 08:45

As the U.S.-led Afghan campaign lurches into its second decade, the country's vast untapped mineralogical resources are again emerging in the Western media, seemingly underpinning the benefits of International Security…

Oct 14, 2011 at 08:38

In 1963 Friedman, and coauthor Anna J. Schwartz, published A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960. In it, the authors claimed that the Great Depression would have been a…

Oct 14, 2011 at 06:38

Thursday was a mixed bag as investors bid up Tech with the Semiconductor Index up two percent on the day. In contrast with that, Financials tanked as fear over waning…

Oct 14, 2011 at 06:16

Anyone plowing into the copper Ponzi finance scheme since the beginning of 2010 is now underwater. Because of storage costs, loan fees, etc, that even includes those lucky enough to…

Oct 14, 2011 at 06:04

Seriously this is real fun. Here we tag the SPY (SP500 ETF) with the Wyckoff bar by bar tags found via the Richard Wyckoff method. Once you complete this exercise…

Oct 14, 2011 at 06:03

The terminal stage of Dr. Frankenstein-style central banking is disgorging ridiculous claims of authority motivated by reckless efforts to retain control. One such pincer attack is the Federal Reserve's purported…

Oct 13, 2011 at 14:23

This past weekend my wife and I were invited to a friends home for a social gathering and wine tasting. We always look forward to such events, not just for the…

Oct 13, 2011 at 14:11

An article late Tuesday says 'Volcker rule unveiled as U.S. curbs Wall Street bets' - reading time 4 minutes. The article reports that on Tuesday U.S. regulators put the so-called…

Oct 13, 2011 at 11:39

The National Bureau of Economic Research has yet to declare that the US economy is in a recession, but they are usually late in making the call. On the other…