Markets

Jun 10, 2011 at 09:11

The officially reported U.S. unemployment rate currently is 9.1%, and is frequently said by pundits to be at about 20% if all those Americans who have 'given up' looking for…

Jun 10, 2011 at 08:50

As the dire news continues to leach out of Fukishima, the silver lining in its nuclear cloud is that renewable energy technologies, despite their daunting start-up costs, are receiving renewed…

Jun 10, 2011 at 08:33

Bank failures still dominate headlines as the number of failing banks continues at an alarming pace in 2011. The odds are that you've seen at least one bank failure in…

Jun 10, 2011 at 07:47

The top is not yet confirmed ... the next cyclical global equity bear market will be getting into dangerous territory. Evil speculators will have to be careful shorting the markets…

Jun 09, 2011 at 16:24

I read a recent article stating that US Treasury bonds were at a critical, technical juncture. I don't know if anything in the markets is ever so "critical" to call…

Jun 09, 2011 at 16:18

While Gold is only 2% from all time highs, the gold stocks have struggled and underperformed badly. This is reminiscent of 2008, although we don't think a similar result is…

Jun 09, 2011 at 15:54

In 1946, in New York City, the Anti-Trust Division of the Department of Justice filed a complaint against Inco and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, International Nickel Co. Inc. Canada's…

Jun 09, 2011 at 15:03

The link from commodities turning down to weaker pricing power in industry seems rather direct - again. This has put the bid back into the long treasury market as the…

Jun 09, 2011 at 14:46

Chris Whalen says "No Downside" to Not Raising the Debt Ceiling. The U.S. Congress has a little less than two months to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling or possibly…

Jun 09, 2011 at 14:38

The gold price has been rising steadily for almost a year now, with nary a correction. It fell only 4% last month, and the biggest decline since last July was…