Markets

Feb 04, 2011 at 07:30

If you have ever looked at the 1 minute TICK, it looks like a picture of chaos as seen below. But it can be used by investors looking for an…

Feb 04, 2011 at 07:23

In the last days we have seen the gold price hit $1,324 and yesterday spring to $1,355, leaving it in a neutral zone technically speaking. More than 10% of the…

Feb 04, 2011 at 07:13

While it would have seemed implausible during the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, the financial markets and economy are getting a boost from commercial real estate.

Feb 04, 2011 at 07:01

This week, the financial media celebrated as the Dow closed above the 12,000 mark for the first time since June 19th, 2008. For many, this milestone is another sign that…

Feb 04, 2011 at 06:59

It has been a most interesting month of January. A likely presage to an interesting year to come. We have spoken often about what will be the first real domino…

Feb 03, 2011 at 16:02

When protests demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak erupted in mid-January, the consensus was that he would be removed from office in a week, suffering a similar fate as…

Feb 03, 2011 at 15:26

When protests started in Egypt last week, mainstream news outlets cried "democracy!" and compared the situation in Egypt to the Berlin Wall and Tienanmen Square. Meanwhile, STRATFOR (an intelligence company…

Feb 03, 2011 at 14:56

It has been years since I last watched The Matrix, a lapse I corrected last night. As the movie makers intended, the film serves as stark metaphor of the world…

Feb 03, 2011 at 14:42

Bond markets and stock markets have more or less lost interest in the revolution in Tunisia, the amazingly persistent unrest in Egypt (today Mubarak told ABC that he is "fed…

Feb 03, 2011 at 14:12

I am constantly amazed at the number of people who think that a budget deficit is the same thing as the total federal deficit, which it ain't. Actually, I remember…