Markets

Dec 14, 2010 at 11:36

The "dumb money" shows lots of bulls while company insiders continue to sell at a very strong clip. Investors don't seem too concerned - it is the end of the…

Dec 14, 2010 at 10:06

Further to my post of yesterday, "Stocks: anticipator of economic health", where my conclusion was that the stock market is an excellent anticipator of underlying economic growth, I decided to…

Dec 14, 2010 at 09:15

Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money and control credit, and with a flick of a pen they will create…

Dec 14, 2010 at 08:11

Maybe you already find the royalty model to be an attractive method to gain exposure to mining and metal prices? Or perhaps you have heard about royalty companies but don't…

Dec 14, 2010 at 06:48

After a large gap up open, the markets can't hold on and slide somewhat dramatically into the close...

Dec 14, 2010 at 06:39

It might help if people understood the math. In the futures world, for every long there is a short. A very important corollary is: If speculators do not want to…

Dec 14, 2010 at 06:37

In the first phase of its bull market in the earlier portion of the last decade, Commodities began a bull market on the back of a falling US Dollar. The…

Dec 13, 2010 at 14:52

Stocks ended flat on the day, but bonds ended higher for a change. The catalyst, interestingly, was a court decision. Bonds had been lower overnight, and stocks higher as has…

Dec 13, 2010 at 14:39

Today's Wall Street Journal has a short piece by American Interest editor Walter Russell Mead on how November's election changed things for California, Illinois, and New York -- and for…

Dec 13, 2010 at 13:07

China surprised the markets this weekend. Even though inflation in running at the highest rate in two years, China is focusing on curbing liquidity rather than trying to slow down…