Markets

Jul 05, 2010 at 10:08

Worries over the fragility of the economic recovery continues to haunt investors and dominate the new headlines. The latest headlines point to a widespread expectation of a double-dip recession by…

Jul 05, 2010 at 09:39

It is absolutely clear, except to the most bigoted Democrat, that Obama's economic policy of borrow and spend and then borrow and spend more and more has been a total…

Jul 04, 2010 at 16:01

The current trader-dominated market activity is creating a high level of volatility in which it is often difficult to determine the lasting strength or weakness in moves. There are several…

Jul 04, 2010 at 13:59

Saturday's New York Times has an article on Illinois' finances that is must reading for anyone who thinks the U.S. has turned the corner ...

Jul 04, 2010 at 13:48

Since April 26th, the S&P 500 has plunged 16.2 percent, the NDX has dropped 16.1 percent, the Industrials have lost 14.0 percent, and the Wilshire 5000, which is essentially the…

Jul 03, 2010 at 13:46

The market went from oversold to extremely oversold last week. A bounce of some kind is overdue. I expect the major averages to be higher on Friday July 9 than…

Jul 03, 2010 at 13:35

I'm going to go through some signs that rabid bears might do well to pay attention to because I think the market is very close to a major bottom. (That…

Jul 03, 2010 at 12:39

The 7¼-year cycle has been quite regular since the first bottom in 1980. The next bottom was at the crash in October 1987. The next one was November 1994, which…

Jul 03, 2010 at 12:28

On Thursday, the SPDR Gold Trust (symbol: GLD), which is the ETF that tracks the performance of gold, saw its worst one day performance since February, 2010. No one would…

Jul 03, 2010 at 11:10

There's a reason economics is called the dismal science, and weeks like this just give it further meaning. In economics, there is what you see and what you don't. This…