Markets

Feb 24, 2011 at 09:15

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must really be kicking himself. It now seems that the [notably demented] President of Iran may be the latest victim of the law of unintended consequences. Some may…

Feb 24, 2011 at 08:53

We head into Thursday's trading session with an extended market that now has two negative fundamental factors to focus on; the Middle East and rapidly rising oil prices. Regardless of…

Feb 24, 2011 at 07:54

In its latest Gold Demand Trends 2010 report, the World Gold Council said gold demand hit a decade high as jewelry buyers returned to the market after the previous year's…

Feb 24, 2011 at 07:38

Negotiations among the United States and Pacific Rim trading nations to conclude a Trans-Pacific Partnership have recently crossed some noteworthy thresholds.

Feb 24, 2011 at 07:34

Bear markets begin when something fundamental breaks. Usually the sector initially affected will roll over before the general market and tends to be a warning sign of what lies ahead.

Feb 24, 2011 at 07:18

The Middle East and North Africa are undergoing the kind of political transformation that marked the end of communism in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It…

Feb 24, 2011 at 07:07

I am sure it has been pointed out by others, but while it is early to call this a correction-in-the-making in equities-land, the behavior of the VIX certainly suggests that…

Feb 23, 2011 at 16:41

The turmoil across North Africa and the Middle East is threatening not only to overthrow aging dictatorships, autocracies and monarchies, but also to upset the geopolitical balance between the countries…

Feb 23, 2011 at 16:00

On November 8, 2010, Sarah Palin commented that the Fed’s quantitative easing monetary policy was tantamount to printing money out of thin air. Sarah Palin may not know much about…

Feb 23, 2011 at 12:55

In the field of robotics, we have no Newton. No one who, assisted by a falling fruit, cried out, "Eureka, I have it, and it is called a... I know...…