Markets

Dec 04, 2004 at 00:00

This was another positive week for the stock market with all the major indexes making new highs for the move and with the NASDAQ overcoming its previous January high by…

Dec 04, 2004 at 00:00

Typically, December starts and finishes strong with weakness in the middle. Next week includes the 4th through the 8th trading days of December. As you can see in the table…

Dec 04, 2004 at 00:00

As a long time student of the bond market, I suspect there are many out there who look at the traders inhabiting the bond pit in much the same way…

Dec 03, 2004 at 00:00

This is the reason why contrarian investing can be so profitable, and at the same time why it is so hard. Our emotions help dictate our investment decisions. We are…

Dec 03, 2004 at 00:00

I also read these days much commentary regarding the American consumer. Some believe the spendthrift American household sector (along with the abstemious Asian and European consumers!) is to blame for…

Dec 03, 2004 at 00:00

The $ gold price is looking somewhat out of breath. But it has done well, so far, much better than most thought. Certainly if it consolidated for a while, it…

Dec 03, 2004 at 00:00

The day of reckoning for America, her deficits and her dollar is surely on its way. Investors who haven't yet bought gold as protection could be forgiven for thinking they've…

Dec 03, 2004 at 00:00

When this new gold ETF went live a couple weeks ago I was ready to jump for joy in the streets! I have literally waited years for this day and…

Dec 03, 2004 at 00:00

The financial and popular press has lately focused on the now obvious problems for the dollar created from our massive budget and trade deficits. Indeed, everyone now realizes that for…

Dec 03, 2004 at 00:00

This is the question some gold and silver stock traders are now asking. Has the XAU index topped, short-term? Or is there some more life left in its uptrend? There…