Stocks vs Gold
Jim Picerno of The Capital Spectator addresses the relationship between the Dollar and Gold, in THE COMFORTING AURA OF GOLD. Note that...
Kodak? Buh-Bye!
Eastman Kodak’s long slide to oblivion continues. Yesterday, they announced their Maginot Line in the sand: Hey, this digital...
Currency and Pre-announcements and Oil – Oh My!
An unholy trinity of negatives is weighing on equities: From the G7 meeting, we got weak dollar to start off the week; Pre-announcements...
Minimum Wage, Inflation and Job Loss
Marc Brazeau over at the Blogonaut asks the question: “Two common arguments against raising the minimum wage are possible...
Minimum Wage versus CEO compensation
Marc Brazeau of Blogonaut asks the following question: The minimum wage expressed in 2000 dollars had a value of $7.80 in 1968, $6.80 in...
G7 placating US public opinion?
Quote of the Day “Other G7 officials said privately that the communiqué was more a bid to placate domestic US public opinion than...
Insider Selling
Jonathan Moreland has an interesting perspective on insider selling over at RealMoney.com: Records may be made to be broken, but the fact...
DVD recorders
Shopping this past weekend, I came across 3 DVD recorders — all under $500: – Phillips for $499; – Panasonic for $449;...
Turning Japanese?
Does the U.S. want a weak or strong dollar? That’s the $64,000 question for currency traders. Earlier this year, a weakening dollar was...