Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.
Thursday saw the rally extended even further, once again blowing through my upside projections like an over-achieving marathon runner. Thursday had the distinct feel of…
Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.
Thursday saw the rally extended even further, once again blowing through my upside projections like an over-achieving marathon runner. Thursday had the distinct feel of…
What if, today or Monday, the S&P 500 (SPX) suddenly broke out of the trading range it’s been in since August?
Weak bears would likely cover their shorts immediately, and bulls would almost certainly add to the…
By now, most traders know that Apple had its tree shaken yesterday. It missed earnings and disappointed analysts, largely due to iPhone sales coming in much lower than expected. After hitting a new all-time closing high …
Foreign central bank dumping of Treasuries and Agencies reached record levels this week, far beyond anything seen in the 9 years since I started tracking…
Folks interested in policy/financial regulation should be interested in the possible Senate race between Massachusetts incumbent Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren, who has decided to run for the Democratic nomination (in 2012) after being thwarted in…
U.S. August ISM Manufacturing Report on Business (Text)
QBy Editor: Alex Tanzi – Sep 1, 2011 10:19 AM ET
Following is the text of the U.S. manufacturing conditions from the Institute for Supply Management.
August Manufacturing ISM Report On Business…
If the economy falls back into recession, as many economists are now warning, the bloodletting could be a lot more painful than the last time around.
Given the tumult of the Great Recession, this may be hard to believe. But the economy is…
Student loans will keep a lid on how high housing prices will recover once the economy does settle down.
It is amazing to think that currently $1 trillion in student loans still need to be paid and the amount of student debt is only growing. Th…
I’m having a lot of difficulty believing what Comex or New York is putting up re gold/silver.
I was again at the Perth Mint yesterday and there was an EVEN LONGER queue than the last time. Didn’t see any sellers at all.
And – the silver kilo bars are…
Both banks and foreign central banks (FCBs) have normal buying cycles, and this week’s evidence suggests that both are just past the peak of those…