Markets

Jun 22, 2007 at 00:00

Now that yields on ten-year Treasuries have cracked through 5%, on their way to infinity and beyond, many on Wall Street are wondering how high rates must go before bonds…

Jun 22, 2007 at 00:00

The phenomenal performance of this year's red-hot Chinese stock markets has led them to become the most-eagerly-watched financial markets on the planet.

Jun 22, 2007 at 00:00

...What people don't fully appreciate is the extent to which our financial system has geared up over the last twenty years to finance the worldwide residential housing boom...

Jun 22, 2007 at 00:00

Cash is trash! Today, currencies continue to perform their function as a medium of exchange, but they certainly aren't a genuine store of value; or a guardian of purchasing power.…

Jun 22, 2007 at 00:00

In following a large number of gold bulls (newsletter writers, market commentators and technical analysts), we are noticing a persistent increase in bearishness.

Jun 21, 2007 at 00:00

Last week T-Bonds ended the capitulation move at the "obvious" support. They should now consolidate the fast move down before heading to 95. This consolidation should take some time, could…

Jun 21, 2007 at 00:00

We have had a lot of inquiries about rising bond yields because they have been making the market jittery. So this morning we will do an in depth look at…

Jun 21, 2007 at 00:00

My focus here is on how this hedge funds' story also highlights the difficulty that public market equity investors in this 2002-07 cycle will continue to have in accurately gauging…

Jun 21, 2007 at 00:00

Over the last year and a half we have witnessed several attempts by the foreign holders of dollars stymied in their attempt to spend them as they wish. Distant in…

Jun 21, 2007 at 00:00

"You and your money, and the money of your little goon squad storm troopers here, is what is dying, and is going to die! And you will follow it into…