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Markets

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Cash-out, Start Trading, or Languish

Sep 05, 2008 at 00:00

For one reason or another, Fibonacci time intervals of 34-units have maintained an excellent record of accomplishment over the past 150 years in identifying semi-generational peaks and troughs in the…

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Housing Debacle

Sep 05, 2008 at 00:00

This chart illustrates what we have been saying all along for a very long time. The housing market exploded to such heights that it must literally be destroyed before it…

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Down the Rabbit Hole

Sep 05, 2008 at 00:00

In recent months, investors have been unjustly chastised for their lack of consistency. In truth, they have an unblemished record of drawing the wrong conclusions. Last week's 2nd quarter GDP…

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Unemployment Number Saves Gold

Sep 05, 2008 at 00:00

This morning's huge surge in jobless numbers has knocked the dollar, thus causing gold to pop up nearly $20 as I write this near the open. The conclusion's simple enough:…

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ETF Bubble Trouble?

Sep 05, 2008 at 00:00

Whether it is the tulip mania of 17th century Holland or US technology stocks during the late 1990s, financial bubbles have been recurring features of the historical investment landscape.

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Operation Melt Down, Part III - Only 3 Weeks and 170 Tonnes to Go

Sep 05, 2008 at 00:00

ONCE UPON A TIME money meant gold (and ever less silver), freely exchanged between private individuals looking to buy and sell, invest and spend. But then came the 20th century…

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US Jobs Report and Relative FX Strengths

Sep 05, 2008 at 00:00

The jump in the August unemployment rate to a new 5-year high of 6.1% from 5.7% leaves little doubt to currency traders that the USD rally remains largely a manifestation…

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Gold Mining Challenges 2

Sep 05, 2008 at 00:00

With seven consecutive years of rising gold prices, the gold mining industry has had ample reason to boost output. The demand for gold has grown and will continue to grow…

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Merk Economic Calendar: Week Ahead in U.S. Financial Markets (September 8 - September 12 2008)

Sep 05, 2008 at 00:00

The week of September 8-12 will see a heavy week of US macro data. Inflation will be at the forefront with import prices and producer prices released on Thursday and…

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Is this an Institutional Investor Warning?

Sep 05, 2008 at 00:00

You know the reality ... Institutional Investors have the directional control over the markets because they are responsible for 50% to 70%+ of the stock market's volume on any given…