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Markets

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The Next And Newest Risk - Global Growth

Aug 04, 2008 at 00:00

For months now the hopes of investors have been kept alive by the notion that global growth will bail out the US economy. We are told that global growth has…

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Washington's Intervention Addiction

Aug 04, 2008 at 00:00

Some mistakenly identify the falling home prices as the disease instead of merely a symptom - which they plan to fix with more easy credit and more liquidity to push…

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Well Planned Portfolio Configurations Critical At This Point

Aug 04, 2008 at 00:00

Once more people's savings are wiped out in the stock market however, the lights for increasing numbers will come on, which will overpower those who chose to ignore gold's traditional…

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Gold Investment Fundamentals and the Transfer of Capital

Aug 04, 2008 at 00:00

The transfer of the financial system is akin to the explosion of information on the internet. The players that used to have a monopoly on information become less effective. There…

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Will Consumer Spending Drive the US Economy into Recession?

Aug 04, 2008 at 00:00

Roubini's views need to be carefully considered because they echo the received wisdom that consumer spending is the road to higher living standards. But as the classical economists explained, consumer…

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Merv's Non-Edibles Futures Page

Aug 04, 2008 at 00:00

Weekly Technical Information and Ratings

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Technically Precious with Merv

Aug 04, 2008 at 00:00

Zig, zag, but more zag than zig. Very strong support at the $850 level and that may be where gold is headed. Will it hold there? Most commentators suggest that…

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Aggressive Portfolio -3.27% YTD

Aug 04, 2008 at 00:00

Changes To Model Allocation and System Weights: Through experimentation and backtest, I have found a simplified "one screen" method that produces slightly improved results over the original blend of two…

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Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (July 28 - August 3, 2008): Part II

Aug 03, 2008 at 00:00

As oil prices seesawed through the past week, fresh uncertainty about the outlook for the beleaguered financial sector triggered another wave of volatility in financial markets.

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Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (July 28 - August 3, 2008)

Aug 03, 2008 at 00:00

As oil prices seesawed through the past week, fresh uncertainty about the outlook for the beleaguered financial sector triggered another wave of volatility in financial markets.