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Markets

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Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (January 4-10, 2010)

Jan 10, 2010 at 00:00

Back from the festive season break, traders pushed stock market indices to new highs for the rally, logging a full house of five up-days for the S&P 500 Index and…

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Is the Stock Market Rigged?

Jan 09, 2010 at 00:00

If we assume an orderly market even in the midst of a manipulation campaign, we can also assume that, for some length of time leading up to the game's culmination,…

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The Utica - An Emerging Canadian Shale Gas Play

Jan 09, 2010 at 00:00

Recent developments in both horizontal drilling techniques and the multi-stage hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells have turned shale plays from being marginal or un-economic to being the "darling' of the…

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This Correlation Still Exists

Jan 09, 2010 at 00:00

As you all know, there has been a tight correlation between the US Dollar Index and equities for the better part of 9 months. If the Dollar goes down, then…

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2010 Forecast: The Year of Uncertainty

Jan 09, 2010 at 00:00

Consumer confidence is rising, but from truly awful levels. The levels are still well below any level in previous recessions and certainly do not indicate a robust economic rebound ...

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Technical Market Report

Jan 09, 2010 at 00:00

The market followed the seasonal pattern for the 1st week of January leaving it overbought. If the seasonal pattern holds, next week should be down. I expect the major averages…

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Market Holds Well...Earnings On Tap....

Jan 09, 2010 at 00:00

The market had every excuse on planet earth today to just fall out of bed. A very bad jobless report hit the street when there was a loss of 85,000…

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Gold Moved Higher, But Is This Move Really The Beginning of a New Upleg?

Jan 09, 2010 at 00:00

The decade just ended was one in which the U.S. endured two market crashes, one at each end of the decade, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, a war in Afghanistan…

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Financial Lessons of the Ages

Jan 08, 2010 at 00:00

While Americans pride themselves on being well informed, the vast majority do not understand the history of money and banking and the close relationship that these have had with U.S.…

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Economic Aspects of the Pension Problem: Part II

Jan 08, 2010 at 00:00

One may get the impression from reading Mises that an increase in marginal productivity is always beneficial to society -- as indeed it would have been under the conditions he…