By Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions There has been some new information since June 8, when I quoted a Belgian newspaper–De Standarrd–that the Jones Act may have caused a delay in the oil spill...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions Despite the vow by President Obama to keep the Gulf oil spill a top priority until the damage is cleaned up, 50 days after the BP rig exploded, a definitive date and meaningful...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions Based on the discussion in my previous article on biflation for the next two years, I also see a potential drag on stock prices by margin squeeze with companies unable to pass...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions There have been some nice pullbacks in commodities like copper and crude (Chart 1), which should trend significantly higher by year-end. Both crude oil and copper tumbled after...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts and OpinionsDeutsche Bank AG recently noted that commodities will continue to “struggle” as the dollar strengthens and China seeks to restrain growth. Looking at the recent performance between...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions Dr. Marc Faber told investors to buy stocks on March 9, 2009 when S&P reached its low since 1996, and predicted a 20% decline if the index broke a new high. Now with the...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions Investors are tempted back into the market after a nearly 4% sell-off on Thursday, the biggest one-day drop since April 2009, leaving stocks at more reasonable valuations....
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & OpinionsNatural gas for June delivery on the NYMEX tumbled 4.24% on Wednesday settling at $4.158/mmbtu. The flaming fuel has rallied 10% this month to an eight-week high of $4.582/mmbtu...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & Opinions A seasonal stocks timing strategy–“Sell in May and Go Away”–holds that if you shift your holdings out of stocks into bonds and return to the market in November every...
Read MoreBy Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts & OpinionsGold prices were hitting record highs as gold’s appeal as a safe haven asset exploded. June gold was down 1.1% to settle at $1,229.20 an ounce on Thursday after hitting a...
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