Markets

Feb 09, 2011 at 20:52

It is a long standing proposition of many, supported on both theoretical and historical grounds, that one of the surest roads to hyperinflation is one grounded in a government whose…

Feb 09, 2011 at 19:37

WHAT WOULD the world look like if, as a handful of economists, investors and politicians hope, gold really was money again? In a word, cheap...ish. Cheaper, at least, than much…

Feb 09, 2011 at 18:47

It was Otto von Bismarck who explained that "politics is the art of the possible." We can thank him for that much, but he didn't tell the whole story. I'll…

Feb 09, 2011 at 17:23

The global financial cataclysm is mushrooming with every stroke of the keyboard at a central bank, with the issuance of new debt to cover old debt, and with the illusion…

Feb 09, 2011 at 13:40

The news was a bit more varied and interesting on Wednesday; bonds were higher and stocks lower but it is hard to attribute that to any one piece of news.…

Feb 09, 2011 at 13:29

Yesterday, a client forwarded us a copy of a chart from an article, Stocks Remain Poised For A Steep Decline. They asked for our interpretation of an ominous looking chart…

Feb 09, 2011 at 11:25

At the risk of stating the obvious, the recent market action in the commodities has been manic with wild gyrations of price in a wide variety of basic materials, metals,…

Feb 09, 2011 at 10:39

We are very bullish for the long-term for the resource sector, i.e., gold, silver and the resource shares. However, we need to live life and the markets in real time…

Feb 09, 2011 at 05:47

Despite the fact that most recently the market regularly defied all probabilities and odds for closing lower, on close of Monday, February 7 2011, another negative setup had been triggered…

Feb 09, 2011 at 05:16

I read many times on your blog how bubbles created by the Fed led to the overpricing of assets such as real estate and stocks. Someone paid those overpriced valuations.…