Markets

Mar 26, 2008 at 00:00

A dead, defunct currency says the world's money supply is about to unleash an awful inflation...

Mar 26, 2008 at 00:00

Copper: I still think this is the most important chart of all the charts to follow. The breakout is still intact as support levels hold. If there is "hope" for…

Mar 26, 2008 at 00:00

Below are a series of charts illustrating aspects of record U.S. indebtedness. Although I have used most of these charts in various previous commentaries, they are assembled here in one…

Mar 26, 2008 at 00:00

I am frantically pantomiming 'dialing the telephone' with the little mobility I have in my right arm, trying to get someone to call 911 to get me a little medical…

Mar 26, 2008 at 00:00

So, in the end the Fed decided to copy Enron and become a Special Purpose Vehicle, more commonly known these days as a Structured Investment Vehicle. (SIV) The Fed has…

Mar 25, 2008 at 00:00

Since last we visited, $Gold has entered the correction that had been due for some time. $Gold has fallen about US$100 from the trading high. Having reached a short-term over…

Mar 25, 2008 at 00:00

There have been some rumors that JPM was actually willing to pay around $15 instead of the initial $2 at their 1st proposal. But the Fed and Treasury Dept had…

Mar 25, 2008 at 00:00

...updated display of our Stocks Market Predictor Y(ellow)B(rick)R(oad). As can be seen it has picked up the March lows with great precision and that was done 9 months ago...

Mar 25, 2008 at 00:00

Households have been running deficits - i.e., spending more than their after-tax income - since just before the peak in the NASDAQ stock price index. There are only two ways…

Mar 25, 2008 at 00:00

Since last August we have watched as the sub-prime crisis turned into a credit crunch and from there into a liquidity crisis. Like a cancer spreading through the financial system…