By Frank Holmes (Guest Post) Siberia’s western oil fields have been a mainstay of Russia’s economic growth for decades, but the world’s largest producer of oil is now looking elsewhere in its country to...
Read MoreBy Stan Abrams (Guest Post) Well, it looks as though that bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, a consortium that reportedly includes investment from China, probably won’t go through. Still, you gotta...
Read MoreBy Doug Short (Guest Post) Here is a series of real (inflation-adjusted) monthly close charts of the Nikkei 225 and the S&P 500 since 1970 with their respective annualized rates of inflation shown below. This series...
Read MoreBy Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) It was pretty clear to me that Solyndra was facing trouble. But I had no idea that they would file Chapter 11. I also made note of some scuttlebutt that George Kaiser (Oklahoma oil...
Read MoreBy Mike “Mish” Shedlock (Guest Post) U.S. 30-year mortgage rates are at record lows but it does not matter. Too few want to buy and many cannot refinance because they are underwater. Fixed...
Read MoreBy Doug Short (Guest Post) In honor of Labor Day, which was signed into law as a national holiday in 1894, I spent some time this morning studying a topic I’ve occasionally mentioned: The shift in the United...
Read MoreGraphic Source: CNNMoney By Ilene (Guest Post) Adapted from Phil’s Stock World: While world markets sell off, and President Obama and Congress wrangle over some form of job-creating legislation, the Federal Reserve is busy...
Read MoreBy EconMatters Despite our recent Wall Street banks coverage, our hats off to JP Morgan (JPM) for this creative depiction of the current European debt crisis (via Reuters, h/t Tim Iacono) : Legend: Red lines indicate...
Read MoreBy Tim Iacono (Guest Post) There’s been lots of recent gold news already, not the least of which was the $70 plunge in price that the mainstream media says is due to profit taking, a rotation back into equities,...
Read MoreBy Doug Short (Guest Post) Oh, it’s a long, long time from May to December, But the days grow short when you reach September. When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame, One hasn’t got time for...
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