Markets

Feb 14, 2011 at 16:02

For the past three decades, the Federal Reserve has been given a dual mandate: keeping prices stable and maximizing employment. This policy relies not only on the fatal conceit of…

Feb 14, 2011 at 14:15

Despite last week's confusing employment data, the increasing threat of another decline in home values, political uncertainty in Egypt and the broader Middle East, and sharp pullbacks in some emerging…

Feb 14, 2011 at 13:48

On July 23, 2009 the primary trend, in accordance to classical Dow theory, was confirmed as bullish. To date, nothing has occurred to invalidate that setup. According to Dow theory,…

Feb 14, 2011 at 12:47

The Iron Ages began over three thousand years ago and a major expansion of iron's use is the earliest of waypoints on the road to industrialization. The market for iron…

Feb 14, 2011 at 11:08

In the spirit of my recent observations concerning our corrupt bourgeoisie's penchant for turning up the heat in order to get what they want, and that we could be very…

Feb 14, 2011 at 08:28

Mr. Market has had an appetite for S&P 500 bears for several months now. In each instance in which the bears think they are going to get away, Mr. Market…

Feb 14, 2011 at 08:08

The upheaval in the Middle East has done nothing for gold. It looks like gold is ready for more downside action. A move to $1305 would not be good. The…

Feb 14, 2011 at 07:37

Indexes measure the market, but some indexes are price weighted, some are market value-weighted or market share-weighted, and some are float weighted. It is sometimes why, a few stocks can…

Feb 13, 2011 at 19:42

Individual stock cycles in price and time are the building blocks of major market index cycles. Historically it has been more effective to study stock market cycles using major market…

Feb 13, 2011 at 19:11

The funny thing about cycles is they repeat, as expected, just like clock work. While the bull bear debate rages, eventually price aligns to the dominate cycle. Cycles gain respect…