Weak Dollar Lifts Gold, Copper And Resource Stocks
The dollar weakened against the euro in the European foreign exchanges Monday, helping the gold price hit a fresh record high, boosting...
If you blinked, you missed the US$ rally
Just like that, the US$ has given back all of last week’s modest gains and then some and gold is rising to another fresh record...
Back in the USSA
Ahhh, its good to be back in the USSA (United States Socialists of America), where profits are private but all the risks are socialized!...
Dovish Fed Comments Send Futures Soaring
St. Louis Fed member Bullard said over the weekend that he favors extending the Fed’s program of purchasing mortgage-backed securities...
Cramer: “People Like Overpaying!”
(CCN Englewood Cliffs NJ) With The Dow at new highs of 10440, CNBC¹s resident revisionist historian Jim Cramer encouraged what...
How Overrated is Sentiment in Economics?
There is a small cadre of Economists — original thinkers, contrarians, out of the box theorists — whom I respect a great...
Pinot Noirs for Thanksgiving
Sometime later this week, you will come to the realization that you are either travelling to or hosting a *Thanksgiving dinner. As these...
Animated Unemployment Rates by County 2007 – Present
Fascinating visualization of unemployment in the United States as it progresses over time, from January 2007 to Present. The animation is...
Words from the Investment Wise 11.22.09
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (November 16 – 22, 2009) Stock markets succumbed to a bout of profit-taking last...
How Google Can Better Fulfill “Don’t Be Evil”
I’m a longtime fanboy of Google, an early beta tester of their search product, and one of the few on Wall Street who was allowed to...