By Dian L. Chu, EconMatters If one studies markets trading during the week, one thing becomes glaringly obvious– there is too much cheap money sloshing around markets these days (See Chart Below). You no longer have...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, EconMatters The latest inventory report came out on Wednesday, March 30 from the U.S. EIA (Energy Information Administration) showing Cushing stocks at a record 41.9 million barrels (Fig. 1). And guess what?...
Read MoreBy Bob van der Valk Time has not made much of a difference since 2008…at least in the price of crude. The price for the U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil was $107 a barrel on September...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, EconMatters Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, when speaking to reporters in France on March 26, stated, “If the economy is as strong as I think it is, then...
Read MoreBy Russ Winter It’s one of the most shocking behavioral displays I’ve seen in my (now long) life. Market participants are wandering in a jungle, ignoring all the warning sights and sounds....
Read MoreBy Bill Willoughby “Windfarm on Oahu’s north shore. As soon as we started shooting, the wind stopped.” from Jane Wells [CNBC, Hawaii] Wind and solar power have a problem in reliability. We all know the...
Read MoreBy Dr. Mark. J. Perry Diane Sawyer at ABC reports, “There’s a new chapter in this very serious battle of the sexes. In this fragile recovery the race is on for jobs and it’s all heating up, and one...
Read MoreBy Kurt Cobb Famed student of risk and probability and author of The Black Swan–Nassim Nicholas Taleb–tells us that in 2003 Japan’s nuclear safety agency set as a goal that fatalities resulting from radiation...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, EconMatters Speaking through a telephone call to state television, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi delivered quite a defiant tirade on Sunday, March 20 vowing a ‘long war to victory’ and...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, EconMatters The world’s fifth-largest 9.0 magnitude quake and the resulted tsunami not only devastated Japan, but also wreak havoc in the Japanese stock market. The worst two-day rout in 40 years caused a...
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