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Markets

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Dow 12000 Illusion Or?

May 13, 2006 at 00:00

While it appears that the Dow has put in several multi year highs they are not true highs because the US dollar itself has lost so much of its value…

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Technical Market Report

May 13, 2006 at 00:00

From a big picture perspective, there was a bull market from late 1974 to early 2000. During those 25 years the DJIA delivered a compound annual return (CAR) of a…

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Do Trade Deficits Matter?

May 13, 2006 at 00:00

This week we look at the links between the US trade deficit, the low savings rate in the US, home prices, and interest rates, all in an effort to answer…

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Reasons

May 13, 2006 at 00:00

We are all witnessing first hand an extraordinary period in financial market history. A strong case can be made that global asset-market speculation has gone to a whole new level…

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Dollar Weakness Getting Too Big to Ignore as Gold Skyrockets

May 13, 2006 at 00:00

The "silent dollar crash" that I wrote about in my last article link, is getting too large to ignore by the mainstream, including the ongoing disparity between the skyrocketing price…

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Trading the CRB Index

May 12, 2006 at 00:00

What an amazing week in the commodities markets! The combination of the first $700+ gold closes in over a quarter century, all-time-record platinum highs above $1250, copper soaring over $3.75,…

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Charts and Commentary

May 12, 2006 at 00:00

A nasty down day yesterday brought investors a little deeper into the fear mode. Our Fear Index had its fast green indicator move down to the edge of Fear territory…

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Bank of England Assumes Rates Will Go Up - But Probably Not Anytime Soon

May 12, 2006 at 00:00

Today's Quarterly Inflation Report from the Bank of England has thrown some cold water over those market watchers who were starting to anticipate a rate hike from the BoE as…

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As Bernanke Presses Pause Stocks Threaten To Rewind

May 12, 2006 at 00:00

While the mainstream press would have you believe that yesterdays sharp decline in equities was solely in response to increasing commodity prices, and that when the Fed finally 'pauses' the…

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Banks and Bubbles II: "We will focus on these high-growth markets"

May 12, 2006 at 00:00

In 1990 American families owed banks, car dealers and credit card companies about $3.6 trillion. Today we owe nearly $12 trillion. The cost of servicing this debt eats up about…