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The mainstream financial media may have caught a break in 2011. Neither the S&P 500 nor the Dow fell more than 20% from respective highs, meaning that nobody ran with the “Bear Is Back”... read more »


A golden cross occurs when a market’s 50-day moving average crosses above its 200-day moving average. We believe conditions have improved since central banks have cranked up the printing presses,... read more »


In 2011, the S&P 500 began the year with remarkable fanfare. The benchmark raked in 2.4% in January alone. And yet, in 2012, the S&P 500 has been even more impressive, snagging an... read more »


[Note to readers -- sorry for the delay. As everyone knows, I always plan for the week ahead and I usually write about it. Sometimes I have a recreational weekend, so the writing is... read more »


Copper is one of the world’s most popular metals. It is used in everything from water pipes to radiators to air conditioning systems. Some will say that the industrial metal posesses a Ph.D. in... read more »


EUR: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM EU SUMMIT
European leaders will be gathering in Brussels on Monday for this year’s first EU Summit. As usual there has been a lot of pomp and circumstance... read more »


Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper isn’t too pleased that Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, a vessel that would have shipped crude from Alberta’s oil sands to the Gulf of... read more »


Since late 2010, a sentiment has developed in the US markets that the FED will shield the US Stock Market from any overwhelming collapse. Its solution to print as much money as needed until... read more »


Thanks to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, we have enjoyed a very nice rally in currencies and equities. The central bank pledged to keep monetary policy highly accommodative for the next 2 to... read more »


Before starting on the subject of debt I wanted to make a quick reference to something sent to me by Charles Horner, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. I am glad to say that the... read more »











