Markets

Jun 09, 2011 at 11:22

As David Tepper pontificates why he didn't clear the deck of all his financial holdings - consider this contrarian thought. Is buying the banks here at the very least a…

Jun 09, 2011 at 10:56

In our April 28 update, we emphasized that our forecast was in "transition" from stronger to weaker in large part depending on the behavior of bank credit. This month we…

Jun 09, 2011 at 09:39

In 2008 the United States experienced an economic downturn as the result of a financial crisis which, according to policy leaders like Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, nearly…

Jun 09, 2011 at 09:22

According to the U.S. Energy Administration, two months ago the United States total crude oil imports averaged 9,033 thousand barrels per day (tbpd), with the top five exporting countries being…

Jun 09, 2011 at 06:38

Get ready for more money to be printed - this time not to subsidize an overly indebted American consumer, but to stem against the credit destruction caused by the Federal…

Jun 09, 2011 at 06:35

If you take a look at the financial sector ETF XLF you will notice that it's now trading near a major support level (fair value) where most shares changed hands…

Jun 08, 2011 at 16:49

Energy prices jumped today on news that OPEC was unable to reach consensus on an increase in the output ceiling. This would be much more important - and NYMEX Crude…

Jun 08, 2011 at 12:34

Please consider this interesting interview by Bloomberg columnist Al Hunt with Ron Paul on the debt ceiling, big government, and military spending.

Jun 08, 2011 at 12:11

The high rate of inflation most of us believe is waiting not too far down the road will be an earthquake for investment markets. The likely winners (gold, silver, precious…

Jun 08, 2011 at 10:16

Sometime in the next 12 months, an energy IPO offering in distant Mongolia already has foreign investors salivating. The darling of the international energy community is coal company Erdenes-Tavan Tolgoi…