Markets

Dec 12, 2015 at 08:02

Summary: Long term - on major sell signal since Mar 2012 when $HUI was at 550. Short term - on mixed signals. Gold sector cycle - down as of 10/30.…

Dec 12, 2015 at 08:00

I think it's only fair to see if there is a way to uncover hidden weakness. Business inventories provide a method. The consensus estimate for month-over-month changes in inventories was…

Dec 11, 2015 at 14:33

Since 2012, the American people, looking at the world through our broad equity markets, have been given the impression by the Federal Reserve that "We have your back." When they…

Dec 11, 2015 at 14:31

The markets have for the most part already priced in a Fed rate hike which is expected next week. Yesterday fed funds futures indicated an 80% chance of a rate…

Dec 11, 2015 at 14:29

A geopolitical game of chance seems to have dragged the investing world back into the mire. The current boom was in response or consequence of the series of quantitative easing…

Dec 11, 2015 at 14:26

FRA Co-Founder Gordon T. Long discusses the Austrian School of Economics with German Finance bestselling author, Ronald-Peter Stöferle. Ronald is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and a Certified Financial Technician…

Dec 11, 2015 at 14:24

As amazing as it now sounds, companies deemed to be highly risky were able to borrow money from US investors for less than 6% as recently as June 2014. To…

Dec 11, 2015 at 14:22

Retail sales disappointed once again today. And for the second month in a row, autos led the decline.

Dec 11, 2015 at 09:41

Gold's deep new secular lows of recent weeks were fueled by American futures speculators' overpowering fear of Fed rate hikes. They believe zero-yielding gold is doomed in a higher-rate world,…

Dec 11, 2015 at 08:01

The lies we tell ourselves are only exceeded by the lies perpetrated by those controlling the levers of our society. We've lost respect for ourselves and others, transforming from citizens…