Markets

Oct 31, 2010 at 13:43

Gold and silver at last staged the expected correction necessary to unwind the extremely overbought condition that had persisted for weeks. Once the correction started we had figured it would…

Oct 31, 2010 at 13:42

We saw a strong rally by silver on Friday that took it to a new closing high, although it did not get above earlier intraday highs. As we can see…

Oct 31, 2010 at 13:35

While acknowledging that events in the future, including the eventual path of the stock market, remain subject to unknown happenstance, I feel more confident than usual that the prospects for…

Oct 31, 2010 at 13:26

The official Credit Suisse policy is that investors should have 10% of their portfolio in gold. Parker doesn't like gold at its current prices and prefers investing in South African…

Oct 31, 2010 at 11:51

Quite often simple explanations are the best. There are dozens of reasons why another round of QE will fail, but much of comes down to "Money's Already Quite Cheap".

Oct 31, 2010 at 11:31

The primary trend change associated with the rally out of the March 2009 Phase I low still remains intact in accordance with Dow theory. We do have other tools and…

Oct 31, 2010 at 11:29

The stock market has always been a dynamic affair but until the turn of the century 10 years ago, there were always a few tried-and-true relationships you could always count…

Oct 30, 2010 at 16:26

Although US major market indices were not able to put in another multi-month high on close of Friday, October 29, the last trading week of October was at least good…

Oct 30, 2010 at 13:26

In the recent weeks of "earnings season", the arguments are even more compelling and the numbers even more unrealistic. Statements are being made that "stocks are cheaper" than in February…

Oct 30, 2010 at 11:27

After trading in its normal range from April through August, the bulls won a key battle for Dow 10k, and the VIX submerged into QE-3 territory (readings beneath 20) amid…