Markets

Jun 02, 2011 at 12:45

On May 11, hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam was found guilty by a federal jury of engaging in a seven-year conspiracy to trade on illegal tips from corporate executives, bankers,…

Jun 02, 2011 at 12:14

The only thing student loan programs do is saddle students with debt and pad the pockets of educators, especially for profit colleges. Students are defaulting in record numbers. Worse yet…

Jun 02, 2011 at 09:02

Lately the news on the economy has continued to deteriorate. GDP growth has slowed to a snail's pace, new orders have fallen off as manufacturing is on the decline, and…

Jun 02, 2011 at 08:26

The ongoing tragedy of Japan's Daichi Fukshima nuclear complex will prove to be a boon for renewable energy in Japan, and astute investors should begin carefully to follow Tokyo's new…

Jun 02, 2011 at 08:19

China was never a major investor in foreign mining deals - that has recently changed with China now a very active and increasingly aggressive investor.

Jun 02, 2011 at 06:28

It was a crazy session as the stock market slid over 2% on heavy volume. This type of price action means fear has taken control of masses and they are…

Jun 02, 2011 at 06:14

Silver's bearish harami pattern, coupled with s/t DeMark exhaustion signal, has tempered the recent recovery and opens up potential for a resumption lower.

Jun 01, 2011 at 14:41

Well, it's the first day of the new month and suddenly, all of those investors who really loved stocks between 3:55 and 4:00 yesterday decided they really hate them today.…

Jun 01, 2011 at 14:26

My readers are familiar with my forecast that the US dollar is in terminal decline. America is tragically bankrupt, unable to pay its lenders without printing the dollars to do…

Jun 01, 2011 at 12:57

Recently, I read a book titled The Good Soldiers that also serves as an object lesson in the disconnect between what's going on in Washington D.C. and reality. It was…