Markets

Dec 14, 2015 at 08:34

Total U.S. public and private debt levels have climbed to the staggering level of 327% of GDP, which is nearly 600% of Federal tax revenue. Therefore, humongous debt levels and…

Dec 14, 2015 at 08:16

It appears as if the worm has finally turned for the equity markets. The SP500 recorded its largest weekly decline since August, and the broader risk markets took a beating.…

Dec 14, 2015 at 07:33

Janet Yellen will increase interest rates for the first time in nine years on Wednesday. She isn't raising them because the economy is strengthening. The economy just happens to be…

Dec 14, 2015 at 07:15

On October 18th, the Swiss went to the polls to cast their votes in the country's parliamentary elections. The right-wing triumphed as the Swiss Peoples' Party or SVP won 29.4%…

Dec 14, 2015 at 06:42

Gold is not going anywhere (though silver can go up and down, in gold terms). It's the dollar that mostly goes down, though not this week in silver terms! The…

Dec 14, 2015 at 06:20

Expanding government power will not increase our safety; it will only diminish our freedom. Americans will have neither liberty nor security until they abandon the fantasy that the US government…

Dec 14, 2015 at 06:15

In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,060 and profit target at 1,900, SP500 index). Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish…

Dec 14, 2015 at 05:59

Silver keeps heading toward strong support at 13.51 (19/08/2009 low). The metal is oriented to decline below 14.00. Hourly resistance can be found at 15.45 (declining channel) seems way too…

Dec 13, 2015 at 16:10

The SP500 is doing almost identically what it did last year: an important top the Friday after Thanksgiving (Dec 4), a rejection of the 20 day moving average the Thursday…

Dec 13, 2015 at 12:23

At this point, the possibility that the bull market is over is just that: a possibility! But the market should not keep us guessing too long about whether or not…