The markets appear to be rolling over. It was noted there have been three seminal events since 2000 - 9/11, the 2008 financial crisis and the...
Rising oil prices are just one of the things that one has to be concerned about. Inflation (rising oil prices are inflationary, but not the only...
Despite the decline in Repsol results, there are business areas that have performed positively, such as Customer (+82%), Industrial, and Low Carbon Generation (+21.4%), which were...
Oil prices (along with all commodities) have played a role in inflation particularly over the past 75 years. We show how rising and falling oil prices...
The PPI came out this week and was somewhat higher than expected. The Fed made hawkish statements. Markets swooned, gold dropped, USDX and bond yields rose....
We've been surprised at how quickly we started reading bullish stories for the market. Our chart of the week revisits the gold market where we look...
The jobs numbers surprised but as usual nothing seems to add up. The housing markets remain vulnerable, consumer confidence is slipping and manufacturing is pointing to...
Markets have hit support/resistance points with the stock markets (S&P 500), gold and gold stocks at resistance and USDX at/near support. Some divergences with both the...
Markets are still sinking and volatility is everywhere but we do see signs that a temporary low may be at hand. The U.S. dollar is still...
The U.S. passed $31 trillion in federal debt. We have a look at that and attempt to explain what it means. Credit Suisse is touted as...