Markets

Jun 23, 2006 at 00:00

Earlier this week economists Gary Shilling and Brian Wesbury squared off on CNBC to discuss the current state of the housing market. Wesbury, the younger and far more frequent guest…

Jun 23, 2006 at 00:00

After nearly five weeks of getting relentlessly hammered and eviscerated, it was great to see the flagship HUI unhedged gold stock index stabilize a bit this week. The HUI managed…

Jun 23, 2006 at 00:00

Now that house price appreciation is slowing, or in some cases reversing, buying houses is paradoxically becoming much more expensive.

Jun 23, 2006 at 00:00

When in the early 1970's governments in their wisdom discarded gold from the international monetary system, not only did they cut adrift foreign exchange and interest rates. They also let…

Jun 22, 2006 at 00:00

The continued accumulation of gold and silver ounces in the ETFs likely means that savvy individual and institutional investors (who are driven by fundamentals) are eagerly accumulating the metals after…

Jun 22, 2006 at 00:00

Not surprisingly, gold's steep correction has generated some concern for resource stock investors. So let's take a look at the gold market.

Jun 22, 2006 at 00:00

Finally we turned the corner in gold stocks. The trend is now UP! The XAU and HUI closed above their resistance downtrend lines yesterday and, more importantly, both the XAU/gld…

Jun 22, 2006 at 00:00

The ivory tower culture of actuarial work is vulnerable to the vast but recurring changes in fashions in stocks, bonds, real estate, and (shudder) now in commodities.

Jun 22, 2006 at 00:00

Are you wondering why US Treasuries have firmed, gold has been creamed, and the dollar ($) is attempting to come to life? Peter Schiff does a good job of painting…

Jun 22, 2006 at 00:00

The minutes of the June 8 Bank of England policy meeting, released this morning, confirmed that the members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) remain in wait-and-see mode.