Markets

Mar 28, 2008 at 00:00

So the Fed fixed the price of credit well below the rate that would have been set by the free market. This sent false economic signals to the market that…

Mar 28, 2008 at 00:00

Sometimes investors who speculate in the junior market are burned. And being burned on a junior gold stock can certainly be harmful to one's capital. This is just one of…

Mar 28, 2008 at 00:00

There were two big rumor events in the last 24 hours. Both rumor events turned into news and both had a huge affect on the underlying instruments.

Mar 28, 2008 at 00:00

An analysis of the market action of last week, shows that the tumble of the gold and silver prices took place just ahead of the recovery of the $, but…

Mar 28, 2008 at 00:00

The G7 financial, central bank and banking regulators are in full battle mode trying to prevent the bankruptcy of the financial system. Since last Monday, almost 1 trillion Dollars of…

Mar 28, 2008 at 00:00

The Term Auction Facility (TAF) that the Fed initiated in mid December of last year was a stroke of genius. In recent days, however, it seems to be failing to…

Mar 28, 2008 at 00:00

There has been some talk that the recent weakness in corporate profits is due to the problems being encountered by the financial sector. Excluding the financial sector, everything is rosy.

Mar 28, 2008 at 00:00

There is another date that could be important. One hundred and eighty calendar days from the October high around April 8th can be significant especially if around the price levels…

Mar 28, 2008 at 00:00

The U.S. consumer accounts for 70% of the U.S. economy and consumer spending is under serious pressure from a weakening labour market, ongoing carnage in the housing industry, and massively…

Mar 28, 2008 at 00:00

Seventy-five years ago this month Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States. Within days after swearing to uphold the U.S. Constitution, through a Presidential…