Markets

Aug 19, 2011 at 09:56

Gold has enjoyed an amazing rally in recent weeks, catapulted higher by the extreme fear sparked by the sharp stock-market correction. Naturally such big and fast gains have led to…

Aug 19, 2011 at 09:22

Inexperienced investors in the commodity markets should keep in mind that while gold and silver look good now, silver dropped 59% in the last bear market and gold fell 32%.…

Aug 19, 2011 at 08:53

In our most recent commentary we wrote about the relative strength in the gold equities. Gold equities have not only bucked the downtrend in the equity markets but in relative…

Aug 19, 2011 at 06:50

Tonight I am going to do something different, openly praise blatant incompetence. I will list my reasons later but first let me sing the praises of sheer incompetence at Moody's,…

Aug 19, 2011 at 06:15

EUR/USD remains bearish, despite the recent sharp reactionary bounce which eventually stalled around resistance at 1.4420 (pivot zone). This confirms yet another bearish signal, weighed down by additional failed breakouts…

Aug 18, 2011 at 19:17

As social and political upheaval and civil unrest have spread across the globe, it has become clear that the problems facing Western countries are neither transient nor temporary.

Aug 18, 2011 at 19:05

In the May 2008 issue of his monthly Elliott Wave Theorist, Robert Prechter showed this chart of the Dow Jones Industrials. As you can see, prices go back to the…

Aug 18, 2011 at 17:02

When you think of it in the short term markets are nothing more than a group of people trying to process data and understand what others are doing all under…

Aug 18, 2011 at 16:54

Aside from cost, the major problem for oil importing countries is getting the purchases safely home. Essentially, there are only two options - pipelines and maritime transport.

Aug 18, 2011 at 16:45

The financial press is full of comments about the historic level of interest rates, and the appeal of dividend income, both as a partial alternative to bonds and for income…