Markets

Apr 02, 2004 at 00:00

We ask you quite importantly and quite sincerely, just where would our economy be today had it not been for household real estate inflation over the last four years? You…

Apr 01, 2004 at 00:00

The sheer size of the increase in tonnage bought last week has overwhelmed us all and it seems to be continuing, making quite a few bite their nails. What is…

Apr 01, 2004 at 00:00

For decades, our case has been that the Fed would aggressively accommodate virtually every aspect of a great financial mania and would never voluntarily do anything to curb it. No…

Apr 01, 2004 at 00:00

While the increase in commodity prices has been slow to cause prices of consumer products to increase, there have certainly been other economic effects. Federal Forge is one and there…

Apr 01, 2004 at 00:00

But even the high meaning of P/E ratio can become higher if market's participants want to reduce equity risk premium further. It is really a challenge to try predicting how…

Mar 31, 2004 at 00:00

Last year I reported that the Monthly DJIA time paths preceding the 8 deep Monthly DJIA Coppock Curve buy signal dates since 1950 pair off into 4 patterns. Given that…

Mar 31, 2004 at 00:00

If the Chinese accumulate the dollars and return them to the US Treasury they are 'not allowing the market to determine' the value of their currency (read: they are not…

Mar 30, 2004 at 00:00

Innovation is supposed to create new businesses, new technology, new industry...and new jobs. Last we heard, a busload of unemployed whiners was making its way across the U.S. to try…

Mar 29, 2004 at 00:00

While it has been a very long time, most of us firmly acknowledge that "hard assets", including precious metals have been extremely sensitive to both the fears, and the reality,…

Mar 28, 2004 at 00:00

There is no change in the labeling this chart this week. The labeling T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 used to make a distinction between a TERMINAL and a normal…