Markets

Dec 29, 2015 at 13:18

Several readers sent emails prior to the Fed hike on December 16 that the stock market would collapse immediately following a rate hike. I commented on that sentiment ...

Dec 29, 2015 at 10:41

Markets and economies usually run in cycles and there have been numerous previous reversals where falling interest rates have been replaced by rising interest rates. The soothing reassurances from many…

Dec 29, 2015 at 10:16

As 2015 comes to an end, gold feels solid. There are many factors coming into play in 2016 that should incentivize investors to add to their positions, and do so…

Dec 29, 2015 at 10:15

The Italian economy is growing, albeit barely. But Italy is still saddled with massive amounts of debt. Citizens are upset about a recovery that has passed most of them by.…

Dec 29, 2015 at 05:49

Most people assume that prices move as a result of changes in the money supply. Instead, let's look at the effect of changes in interest. To start, consider a hamburger…

Dec 28, 2015 at 19:23

As suspected, the gains seen last week in both gold and silver ( and copper for that matter) were primarily the result of short covering. My view is that the…

Dec 28, 2015 at 18:13

Cycles tell us that the rally should continue into a final high in the first quarter of 2016. DXY is expected to then begin a bear market which will last…

Dec 28, 2015 at 14:45

Starting with a recent op-ed in the New York Times by Bernie Sanders, let's take a look at various proposals floating around to fix the Fed and other central banks.

Dec 28, 2015 at 14:44

In the short term, China is still a mess, and the reasons are all but obvious. Greed and stupidity fueled the bubble that popped back in June of this year.…

Dec 28, 2015 at 14:42

Forecasting today's volatile, high-frequency machine driven and manipulated futures markets using fundamental analysis is futile, as a great many precious metals bulls will attest. To complicate matters, an obsession with…