Markets

Jun 23, 2009 at 00:00

The fear of higher interest rates triggered adjustments in the markets overnight. This week the Treasury will auction a record $104 billion in notes. This huge amount of supply hitting…

Jun 22, 2009 at 00:00

The 2008 stock market meltdown brought panic and forced liquidation to all market sectors and especially junior resource shares and their associated warrants. Shares of companies that had a solid…

Jun 22, 2009 at 00:00

"If you see signs of a possible new bull market, why are we still sitting on so much cash?" It can be answered by using a fence analogy. We have…

Jun 22, 2009 at 00:00

Our Great Recession is every bit as global, earlier hopes for decoupling in Asia and Europe notwithstanding. Increasingly there is awareness that events have taken an even uglier turn outside…

Jun 22, 2009 at 00:00

Facts have a different feel when they're personal. And speaking personally, evidence that Americans are seriously spooked is starting to pile up.

Jun 22, 2009 at 00:00

Perhaps we should establish an official day of mourning for the loss of independent thinking now so widespread among today's journalists. In the U.S., independent journalism has died. Most of…

Jun 22, 2009 at 00:00

Don't lose sight of where we are at this point in the recession - in an intermission in the bad economic news. When it becomes apparent that the good ole…

Jun 22, 2009 at 00:00

Since Institutional Investors represent over 50% of any given day's trading volume, they are a key controlling element in the stock market. It never pays to go against what Institutional…

Jun 22, 2009 at 00:00

Last week Congress passed the war supplemental appropriations bill. In an affront to all those who thought they voted for a peace candidate, the current president will be sending another…

Jun 22, 2009 at 00:00

Will history repeat in terms of the widely followed stock market comparisons that many now put against present conditions. As you may know, often, when a system that is used…