Markets

Jul 12, 2010 at 19:09

I cannot endow a chair, but in honor of Chairman Greenspan (and of Paulson's profiting from his errors) I am offering a special deal on my book, Maestro, My Ass!

Jul 12, 2010 at 19:04

Here's a piece on municipal bonds by Rich Bookstaber, an SEC adviser and author of Demon of Our Own Design, a well-received book on derivatives. The article is a few…

Jul 12, 2010 at 18:51

Real GDP has improved for four consecutive quarters (2nd qtr. est.), albeit at a substandard pace following the steep decline in economic activity of the previous year and a half.…

Jul 12, 2010 at 17:13

Moving averages are used by many traders to identify trends as they smooth out price action and act as key support on the way up, and resistance on the way…

Jul 12, 2010 at 16:58

Last week, GOP chairman Michael Steele came under fire for daring to say what a lot of Americans already know - that our involvement in Afghanistan is an ill-advised quagmire…

Jul 12, 2010 at 16:55

In the early part of last century, the world used the Gold Standard a system where gold certificates represented an amount of gold [such as the one here]. These certificates…

Jul 12, 2010 at 14:39

Almost 70 respected economists, academics, gold analysts and market commentators (see list below) are of the firm opinion that gold is going to go to at least $2,500 if not…

Jul 12, 2010 at 14:24

Recently we posted an update on using a 9 RSI indicator setting because it is fast and pretty good at showing positive divergences. Another benefit of using the 9 RSI…

Jul 12, 2010 at 12:32

With all that's going on in the world these days, ranging from the continued politicization of the oil spill (catastrophe) in the Gulf of Mexico to the possibility of war…

Jul 12, 2010 at 11:48

The major index ETFs opened slightly lower and caught a modest bid from there only to see prices fade fifteen minutes later. The bears lost control in the next fifteen…