Markets

Jan 18, 2011 at 17:28

Another quiet, weather-dampened day as a minor ice/slush storm trickled across the Northeast. Traders easing back from the holidays defaulted to the recent, easy trade of buying stocks and selling…

Jan 18, 2011 at 16:45

The Fed is trying to bribe bond speculators with risk-free profits. That's how the Treasury/Fed check-kiting conspiracy makes sure that there will always be plenty of buyers for government debt,…

Jan 18, 2011 at 15:53

For some nine years I have been predicting that the economy is going to a recession morphing into a depression, using a purely theoretical argument. The essence of my argument…

Jan 18, 2011 at 13:21

Between the high frequency trading and other shenanigan's the bureaucracy's price managers employ to goose the stock market higher on a daily basis, one could think both it and the…

Jan 18, 2011 at 12:21

On January 18th and 19th, the top officials of the two most powerful nations on Earth are to meet in matters of far reaching significance. There will be not one…

Jan 18, 2011 at 11:11

Some penny stock investors have written to me, laughing at my prediction of coming bread lines. Jim Rogers, the greatest food commodity trader in the history of the world, doesn't…

Jan 18, 2011 at 10:59

Humans, for whatever reason, tend to project the past into the future. It is an emotional flaw in our genetic makeup. It is also the reason why so many otherwise…

Jan 18, 2011 at 10:40

The Dow Jones Precious Metals Index hasn't gone anywhere for five years, while Gold has more than doubled. The next two (the XAU and GDX) are trading right at their…

Jan 17, 2011 at 20:53

Many commentators like to speculate on where the dollar-denominated gold price is ultimately headed. Some claim that it is destined to reach $3,000/oz, others claim that it won't top until…

Jan 17, 2011 at 15:28

Long-time readers of Outside the Box are familiar with the names Dr. Lacy Hunt and Van Hoisington. They are a regular feature here, as quite frankly, anything that Lacy writes…