Markets

Oct 21, 2010 at 08:02

While the US economy continues to weaken, many foreign economies continue to experience solid -- even spectacular -- economic growth. When the global economic crisis began in 2008, many forecasters…

Oct 21, 2010 at 07:55

It's seems the time may have finally come to say goodbye to a lot of the big banks, among them Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

Oct 21, 2010 at 07:41

My friend "BC" pinged me with some interesting employment stats regarding the state of Oregon that apply in varying degrees to every state in the union, and arguably most countries…

Oct 21, 2010 at 07:30

The equities market reversed to the upside Wednesday posting a light volume broad based rally. Remember light volume tends to have a neutral to upward bias on stocks, But it…

Oct 21, 2010 at 07:04

The common refrain of every pull back by the major indexes being followed by another move higher repeated itself.

Oct 21, 2010 at 07:02

In short, there is nothing necessarily right or wrong with claiming the U.S. should go into greater hock because the economy is on the verge of collapse. As per Keynes,…

Oct 20, 2010 at 16:51

One day after reversing recent trends, due to what appeared to be a sudden realization that something-could-still-go-wrong, markets were back in the reflation trade today. Stocks rallied back 1.1%. Volumes…

Oct 20, 2010 at 16:41

Days ago I was watching Peter Schiff on Yahoo Tech Ticker. Normally, I find myself in agreement with Schiff. This time, however I disagreed with his comments on the gold…

Oct 20, 2010 at 16:04

All investors can recall the horror during the five months from October 2008 through early March of 2009 as day after day the markets continued to make new lows. That…

Oct 20, 2010 at 15:03

Businesses, be they purveyors of adult beverages or farms, are different from governments. Governments can, in most cases, print money to pay their expenses, or borrow near unlimited amounts to…