Markets

Feb 24, 2006 at 00:00

Financial markets have many innate characteristics that investors and speculators really need to understand in order to trade profitably. One of the most important is that all markets, even during…

Feb 24, 2006 at 00:00

Right now it takes a negative savings rate, expanding credit, and excessive government spending just to stand in one spot. If one subtracts imputations and hedonics, and adjusts the GDP…

Feb 25, 2006 at 00:00

It is widely believed that the Federal government has an unofficial policy that some banks and other financial institutions are simply too big to fail. As a result, it is…

Feb 24, 2006 at 00:00

So, owning a silver ETF through your IRA account is owning a paper promise (from your broker) that they hold a paper promise (from Barclays) who may hold yet still…

Feb 24, 2006 at 00:00

Whether you are aware of it or not, we are living in a highly inflationary, war cycle. The money supply is surging at an alarming rate and nations continue to…

Feb 23, 2006 at 00:00

Many are familiar with the term "Dow theory," but very few people actually know anything about Mr. Dow himself. In an attempt to give you more background information on Charles…

Feb 23, 2006 at 00:00

Recent data releases and comments from European Central Bank policymakers confirm the view that the ECB will hike the refi rate 25 basis points next week, to 2.50%.

Feb 23, 2006 at 00:00

Sometimes it's an exercise in fun rather than futility to turn the pages back and look over what you've written in the past. Though some may view it as a…

Feb 23, 2006 at 00:00

Economists deal in principles that are universally valid for all time in the realm of human action; they deal in the apodictic laws and limitations governing cause and effect between…

Feb 23, 2006 at 00:00

The Japanese economy is strengthening enough to cause an unwinding of the massive YEN carry trade. The last time this happened, there was the LTCM collapse.