By Stan Abrams (Guest Post) Well, whether China’s trade numbers bother you depends on who you are, I suppose. If you live in a country that lives in fear of cheap Chinese imports, you have nothing to worry about. Three...
Read MoreBy Jesse’s Cafe Americain via Ilene (Guest Post) As always, when Jesse discusses economic theory and politics, he clearly and concisely explains why the currently popular mind-numbing theories haven’t...
Read MoreBy Doug Short (Guest Post) The Fed justified the recent round of quantitative easing “to promote a stronger pace of economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at levels consistent with its...
Read MoreBy Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) Gold has a nice bid so far today. There are so many reasons to own gold. I think a factor in today’s price action is the Swiss National Bank. This is a slow motion breaking...
Read MoreBy Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) The date will be on or about September 30th. The issue will be the need to pass a Continuing Resolution by the House. For more than 850 days the US has gone without a budget. The House...
Read MoreBy Prieur du Plessis (Guest Post) Growth in the global manufacturing industry tanked in July. My GDP-weighted manufacturing PMI for the major economies sank for the fifth consecutive month to 50.9 from 52.8 in June. The...
Read MoreBy Tim Iacono (Guest Post) Forty years ago yesterday, President Richard M. Nixon “closed the gold window”, forever severing the link between paper money and precious metals, or so they thought at the time....
Read MoreBy Jason B. Leach of Cravens Brothers Wealth Advisors (via Doug Short) (Guest Post) On May 16th, we published a piece discussing the correlation between the S&P 500 and the Yen carry trade currency crosses. You can see...
Read MoreBy Ilene (Guest Post) After an amazing week of whipsawing market action, we explore why trading was so erratic and conclude that the days of fearless dip-buying and trust that “The Powers That Be” can...
Read MoreBy Doug Short (Guest Post) The S&P popped at the open, remained undecided for a couple of hours and then marched upward for the rest of the day to close with 2.18% gain. Volatility subsided, with the VIX closing for the...
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