By Andrew Butter The latest idea coming out of the “Hedge-Fund” camp that I saw to explain the recent climb in the price of gold as expressed in US dollars is “Real” interest rate. Leaving aside what...
Read MoreBy Charles Rotblut U.S. stocks have been slumping, losing ground for almost seven consecutive weeks. This week remains up for grabs between the bulls and the bears, but the short-term losses are in the books. On the...
Read MoreBy Ilene (Guest Post) Greece has a population of just over 11 million people. Compare that to the New York City metropolitan area population estimated at 18.9 million. It may seem strange that Greece’s travails might...
Read MoreBy Bob van der Valk (Guest Post) The Obama administration’s decision to release 30 million barrels of sweet crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), located in Louisiana, makes no sense. House...
Read MoreBy Ilene Elliott, writer of PSW’s Stock World Weekly (Guest Post), and I recently began a series of interviews with Lee Adler, chief editor and market analyst at the Wall Street Examiner. (The interview was on May 11,...
Read MoreBy EconMatters World crude oil market has been rocked by the surprise announcement of the International Energy Agency (IEA) to release 60 million barrels of oil from member countries’ strategic petroleum reserves...
Read MoreBy Charles Rotblut (Guest Post) CFA Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke continues to be the enemy of savers. On June 23, the Boston Red Sox fan reiterated his belief that interest rates should be kept at rock-bottom...
Read MoreBy Ilene Elliott, writer of PSW’s Stock World Weekly (Guest Post) and I recently began a series of interviews with Lee Adler, chief editor and market analyst at the Wall Street Examiner. (The interview was on...
Read MoreBy Ashraf Laidi (via ashraflaidi.com) In order to understand the SPR release of 60 million barrels, we must go back to the November G20 meeting when Asia/Latam Emerging Markets protested against the Fed’s...
Read MoreBy Central Bank News (Guest Post) The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions from nine central banks around the world. Of those reviewing policy settings, only Uruguay adjusted its interest...
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