Markets

Oct 07, 2011 at 06:14

The authorities in Europe are currently manning the fire hoses and pumping like mad. Whether their efforts douse the fire, or even hit the target, is a question yet to…

Oct 06, 2011 at 15:46

Last week, eurozone finance ministers postponed, yet again, the most difficult decisions on the Greek debt crisis. The assembled powers could have forced an orderly Greek default or they could…

Oct 06, 2011 at 11:36

The world at large, as well as the worlds of business and technology lost a great iconic leader yesterday. In addition to his obvious and widely renowned accomplishments, I believe…

Oct 06, 2011 at 10:08

Over the last few years there has been an important change in the structure of international relations in the eastern Mediterranean as Turkey has increasingly asserted itself in regional affairs.

Oct 06, 2011 at 09:43

The one and only thing former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan was consistently right about was free trade. In contrast, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke is fanning the fires of protectionism right…

Oct 06, 2011 at 09:13

The USSR might have imploded two decades ago, but debris from its headlong industrialization drive litter the post-Soviet landscape, and nothing more unsettles the population of the fifteen new nations…

Oct 06, 2011 at 09:07

The gold price went over $1,900 and looked as though it was going to mount $2,000, but since then has fallen back to $1,600 and is in the process of…

Oct 06, 2011 at 08:34

It seems strange to say, but this year winter really can't come quick enough. The markets have just wrapped up their worst quarter since 2008 and the economy continues to…

Oct 06, 2011 at 07:34

Wednesday saw the necessary follow-through for the bulls to confirm that Tuesday's reversal from the brink of entering a bear market was for real. With that said, the bears will…

Oct 06, 2011 at 06:19

We have been calling for the markets to make new lows for eight weeks. The new low occurred on Monday. Given the similarities to March 2008 that have surfaced since…