Are the stock markets topping? We had another big reversal day on March 8 and despite the market bouncing back it appears to be failing the...
In October 1975, only four years after the US Treasury broke the dollar’s link to the Bretton Woods $35 gold peg, IBM (#1) had an enormous...
The Fed left rates unchanged at this past week's meeting as expected but the guidance was hawkish. Markets didn't like it and gapped down on Thursday....
We can compare any period of a data series with any other when using the Bear’s Eye View technique. Let’s now compare the four decades our...
I’ll say this; the key to the future for the stock and gold markets is to be found in the bond market. When bond yields once...
The major concern I have for the market is the NASDAQ Banking index (#21), closed the week below its BEV -50% line. These banks have lost...
Do you want to know what is really plaguing the entire banking system? A plethora of high-risk loans was made when money was virtually free during...
Following August 1971, volatility in banking stocks increased greatly. This banking index found itself below its BEV -40% line frequently. At the bottom of the sub-prime...
In 1938 dollar terms, the investment in the Dow Jones still lost money, but not enough to crimp the lifestyle of a 1938 millionaire who somehow...
Reaching the debt ceiling does not automatically trigger a default on U.S. debt as the Treasury can still use funds from the Treasury General Account (TGA)...