Markets

Dec 05, 2009 at 00:00

That said, Friday's jobs data were better than expected, but far from suggesting an expansionary hiring period is directly ahead for U.S. businesses. Nonetheless, the key point is investor perceptions…

Dec 05, 2009 at 00:00

For the past 2 weeks, I think, the market has been dominated by positive seasonal factors which have ended. If that theory is correct next week should be down. I…

Dec 04, 2009 at 00:00

While perhaps not obvious from an asset price perspective, there are unmistakable Bubble and Ponzi Dynamics at work. The entire U.S. financial and economic recovery rests on a flimsy foundation…

Dec 04, 2009 at 00:00

Natural gas prices have plummeted. Natural gas storage is at a maximum. Producible gas reserves are up 35% in the United States. Demand for natural gas is down because of…

Dec 04, 2009 at 00:00

Consider that most money managers are paid to maximize pretax returns -- the figures published in client performance statements. Yet, as both investors and taxpayers, maximizing investment returns on an…

Dec 04, 2009 at 00:00

If you want to know how real stock investors really behave, the major stock indexes are the wrong place to look. Published results from firms like Dalbar and Vanguard consistently…

Dec 04, 2009 at 00:00

Investors and central banks accumulated US Treasury bonds and Dollars at an increasing rate since the 1980s despite reckless US monetary and fiscal policy and the Dollar no longer being…

Dec 04, 2009 at 00:00

Gold's performance over the past month has truly been epic. Since late October, it has soared 18.2% higher. Over a 21-trading-day span, no fewer than 16 days achieved closes at…

Dec 04, 2009 at 00:00

With the Gold market hitting the point of recognition, and Silver soon to follow, investors should now spend their energy focusing on the companies. In fact, that is why we…

Dec 04, 2009 at 00:00

The Gold story is in some aspects eerily similar to the Oil story of 2008. From Jan 07 to June 2008, oil moved from low of $50 to a high…