By Prieur du Plessis at Investment Postcards (Guest Post) The U.S. dollar has been on a tear during September as a deteriorating global economic outlook and debt concerns spooked investors. However, the greenback sharply...
Read MoreBob van der Valk (Guest Post) Speaking at the U.S. State Dept. hearing By Bob van der Valk Truth and justice were absent at the raucous U.S. State Department hearing held in Washington DC on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10 a.m. My...
Read MoreBy Vitaliy N. Katsenelson (Guest Post) Everyone is looking with horror at Europe, waiting for the European Economic and Monetary Union to break up and for the PIIGS to start dropping like flies, taking the rest of the euro zone...
Read MoreBy Frank Holmes (Guest Post) There’s value in the market. That’s the message the market is sending through the recent strategic acquisitions in the energy and gold mining spaces. This week it was announced that...
Read MoreBy Jeff Miller of New Arc Investments (via Doug Short) (Guest Post) For several months US stocks have traded within a range of 1120 – 1220, give or take a few points. Active traders who have played this range have done...
Read MoreBy Bob van der Valk (Guest Post) Canada is still the largest exporter of total petroleum right now, exporting 2,626 thousand barrels per day in July 2011 to the United States, which was an increase from June’s 2,524...
Read MoreBy Prieur du Plessis at Investment Postcards (Guest Post) The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is generally regarded as the “fear gauge” of Wall Street, measuring implied volatility of S&P 500 Index options. The...
Read MoreBy Michael Pettis (Guest Post) My friend Mark Williams sent me last week a reference to a very interesting paper written by Malhar Nabar, an economist at the IMF. The paper is called “Targets, Interest Rates, and Household...
Read MoreBy Central Bank News (Guest Post) The past week in monetary policy featured monetary policy decisions from 12 central banks around the world. Those that increased interest rates were: Nigeria +275bps to 12.00% and Belarus...
Read MoreBy Tim Iacono (Guest Post) In this item at MarketWatch, Peter Brimelow brings us details of the latest investment performance of the folks at Elliott Wave, a group that comes about as close as you can get to being perma-bears...
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