Fixing the Economists Article of the Week by Philip Pilkington It is often the case that whole debates rest on a misunderstanding or lack of clarity over the definition of key terms. Take the ongoing...
EUR/USD Intraday: further advance. Pivot: 1.1 Most likely scenario: long positions above 1.1 with targets @ 1.115 & 1.12 in extension. Alternative scenario: below 1.1 look for further downside wit...
The following is an excerpt from an article I originally wrote for InvestorPlace. There is nothing more dangerous than an “obvious” investment. Markets being what they are, by the time an investm...
Twitter, (TWTR) Inc. is no stranger to buyout rumors and February is proving to be yet another month of more of the same. The microblogging site that was co-founded by Jack Dorsey back in 2006 has s...
The current turmoil on the stock markets (and we’ve just started another bout) is being induced by a weak oil price which is being taken as emblematic of weak global demand, although, clearly, it do...
Germany ramped up its gold repatriation project last year, joining other European nations bringing gold home. The trend underscores the importance of holding physical gold within easy access. Germany...
A review of last week’s performance, plus a summary of the best stock charts for the coming week and where I think the markets are headed. Video Length: 00:26:28 ...
A huge move is brewing in coffee, mark our words. In this article, we take a look at the picture in coffee and sugar, separately. First, coffee is close to a MAJOR breakout or breakdown point. This pa...
I am entertaining the notion of a “Job Gain Recession“. A chart of year-over-year nonfarm employment shows that’s nearly what happened in the 1970 and 1980 recessions. Nonfarm Payroll Job Losses...
Greg Ip had a piece in the Wall Street Journal yesterday discussing the debt burden in the USA and how low interest rates have “moved back” the “hands on the doomsday debt clock”. The arti...