Markets

Mar 07, 2004 at 00:00

The question on every Bear's mind is, when can we expect a significant downside trend change to occur? While not predictive, the following chart can offer us confirmation while identifying…

Mar 06, 2004 at 00:00

There is no evidence that the up move of the past 2 weeks is ending, but the recent (past 2 months) rhythm of the market suggests it does not have…

Mar 06, 2004 at 00:00

The answer is no. Let me throw you some odd statistics. First, since November, the actual labor force (according to the BLS) has dropped by over 700,000, even though the…

Mar 05, 2004 at 00:00

Fed Governor Bernanke was out again this week espousing Milton Friedman's flawed views of the causes of the Great Depression: "The Fed's first grave mistake, in their (Friedman and Schwartz)…

Mar 05, 2004 at 00:00

It is hard to believe, but right now today the venerable CRB Commodities Index is at its third highest peak in its entire half-century history! The index is within a…

Mar 05, 2004 at 00:00

Well for one thing they have huge investments in hedge funds. The very name hedge funds is a misnomer as many of them are anything but. Hedge funds make their…

Mar 05, 2004 at 00:00

Whilst the market has continued in its most testing time of late, it is still holding above its long term trend line, just. The fund selling continues to be the…

Mar 04, 2004 at 00:00

But this is a crucial time in human history, especially in the history of the gold market. Well, this needs correction again: there's nothing new in the history of the…

Mar 04, 2004 at 00:00

This shows that during the 1960's the year-over-year increase in personal income was 0.41% higher than the increase in spending. This has flipped and so far during this decade the…

Mar 03, 2004 at 00:00

I think something worse -- perhaps significantly worse -- than a mere "healthy correction" is lurking out in the future. The "how-can-this-be?" explanation of why awaits another time. The question…