Author: Dian Chu

(Guest Post) By Energy Burrito This week I found myself going off on a tangent as I was researching something else to dig into various reports from the EIA to take a look at current and expected power trends, both in the US...

By Doug Short  (Guest Post) My monthly updates on GDP and its revisions feature column charts illustrating real GDP. These have the advantage of highlighting the patterns of change and the correlation between...

By Frank Holmes (Guest Post) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) offered a sober assessment of the global economy this week when it released the September 2011 update of its World Economic Outlook. The IMF stated the global...

By Chris Vermeulen (Guest Post) Over the past week precious metal investors have had a wakeup call from their big shiny nest eggs. Last week’s free fall in both gold and silver spot prices was enough to get investors...

By Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse  (Guest Post) Are you unemployed and out of options?  Well, if you live in most areas of the country there is not much hope for you.  But there is one state where...

By Elliott Wave International (Guest Post) Bear markets are cunning beasts. Don’t get me wrong — we are not in the bear market territory yet. At least, not officially. An “official” bear market...

By Tim Iacono  (Guest Post) We’ve been on our own now health insurance-wise for almost five years, rolling the dice with a high-deductible plan and, despite having our premiums rise about 20 percent a few months...