Markets

Sep 30, 2011 at 06:54

Only time will tell how far precious metals will fall. But if we are correct and gold reaches into the many thousands of dollars per ounce, our future selves will…

Sep 30, 2011 at 06:42

Gold's short-term downtrend remains bearish, after its dramatic 20% price fall, which helped confirm the extreme overbought conditions, that perfectly timed with a key cycle peak ahead of the all-important…

Sep 29, 2011 at 15:28

The market refrain this month could be summed up with the phrase just do something!" Growth continues to be slow and the spectre of debt default in Europe has cast…

Sep 29, 2011 at 13:04

Today, it seems ubiquitously accepted that the American economy is weak, and that it's a foregone conclusion that we're headed into economic oblivion. We have a bad day in the…

Sep 29, 2011 at 10:27

The prosperity of China's "authoritarian capitalism" is increasingly rewriting the ground-rules worldwide on the capitalist principles that have dominated the West's economy for nearly two centuries.

Sep 29, 2011 at 08:36

This fall is certainly shaping up to be interesting, if nothing else. As weeks roll on, the markets have been reacting to an increasing number of factors, and less on…

Sep 29, 2011 at 07:19

At this stage it doesn't matter which way the crises go. Confidence has fallen worldwide in government debt situations and the banking industry, with fears of more to come. The…

Sep 29, 2011 at 06:33

Wednesday was all about fear over a potential collapse of Greek sovereign debt. This particular fear was that the European bailout fund would not be increased and therefore the threat…

Sep 28, 2011 at 20:12

Over the past week precious metal investors have had a wakeup call from their big shiny nest eggs. Last week's free fall in both gold and silver spot prices was…

Sep 28, 2011 at 19:57

Once Obamacare's price controls are in effect, rising inflation and a growing pool of elderly patients will drive the insurance industry to bankruptcy. Washington may then choose to bailout the…