The U.S. stock market has staged one of the more impressive rallies in history this year, as “green shoots” of economic growth whetted investors appetite for risk. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up more than…

According to the financial markets, the world has become a very calm and comfortable place again. But has it?

Just a year ago markets were crashing all around us …

The U.S. housing market had started…

In just a few short years, exchange-traded funds have become the hottest item on the stock-market menu, with U.S. ETFs alone now holding more than $600 billion of investors’ money.

While that’s dwarfed by the $9.3 trillion…

Source: The Gold Report

You don’t hear a lot about "peak gold," but the fact is that great gold deposits are harder and more costly to find these days. Then getting the few finds into production…

Initial Jobless Claims Decline; Nasdaq to Stop “Flash” Order Types Sept. 1; DirecTV Profit Falls But Sales, Subscribers Grow; Comcast Beats the Street; GM Debuts Plug-In Hybrid SUV; Murdoch to Charge for News; Former AIG Execs…

Monday, August 10, 2009

Since March 2009, the foreign currency markets have been driven by rising investor appetite for higher risk assets. On Friday, however, the stock market broke its correlation with the Dollar which could…

August 10, 2009

EUR USD Posts Weekly Reversal Top

The U.S. Dollar posted a strong reversal to the upside today following the release of a better than expected U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls Number. The report which…

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I am expecting a significant stock market correction at any time.

If you’re a regular reader of my columns, that won’t come as a surprise to you. And I’m not alone in that camp either. Analysts,…

While the U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) believes that speculators using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of the real culprits behind the increasing volatility in energy prices, ETF investors this week told that regulatory…

U.S. lawmakers today (Thursday) are expected to approve $2 billion in extra funding for the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), popularly known as “Cash for Clunkers.” The money should be enough to keep the program running…

Over the past five months, world stock markets have put on a historic rally.

Since March 9, the S&P 500 is up 48%. The small-cap index, the Russell 2000, is up 65%. The EAFE international index is…

Last year – at the height of a global financial crisis that tipped stocks into a freefall – investors still added $176 billion to exchange-traded funds, the hot investment class better known as ETFs.

So far…

Friday, August 7, 2009

The U.S. Dollar is trading better ahead of this morning’s U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls Report. Premarket estimates are for the unemployment rate to climb to its highest level since 1983. The preliminary guess…

You probably know an awful lot about “emerging markets.” They’re the countries that aren’t quite as modernized as the U.S. but are developing fast: China, Brazil, India, Russia, etc.

But there’s another tier further down the…

China Business:

China’s lending boom since December 2008 has boosted bank loans by RMB 7.4 trillion (USD 1.08 trillion). Many analysts think that an economic boom will follow in the second half of 2009 – they will…

August 7, 2009

Bank of England Decision Triggers Dollar Recovery

The U.S. Dollar strengthened on Thursday ahead of Friday’s unemployment report. Some Forex markets weakened due to position evening while others softened because of central…