Fed Policy: Uncle Ben and the Ill Communication
To paraphrase Warren Buffett, by most accounts the 5 year tide of the Federal Reserve's grand experiment in monetary accommodation is about to start...
Commodities Outlook Video
In his week's video, I take a closer look at various commodities such as Crude Oil, Coffee, Gold, and Cotton, as well as the...
Stock Market Report and Economic Update: May 2013
By Greg Naylor    May was an eventful month in terms of economic news, with some Fed officials starting to murmur about reducing stimulus. Bond...
How Is This Market Like the Tech Bubble? Margin Debt.
Earlier this afternoon we noted Margin debt struck an all-time-high in April - and that the market's net worth is plumbing levels last seen...
Margin Debt Vaults to An All-Time High in April
April continued 2013's idyllic period for risk-taking everywhere. A back-of-the-napkin survey shows US stocks went up with the S&P 500 (SPX) clearing +1.85%, while...
Turnaround Tuesday: Is the Market Vulnerable to a Trend Reversal?
Considering that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen 18 times in a row on Tuesdays, investors probably shouldn't be hitching their wagons to...
Stock Market Report and Economic Update: April 2013
By Greg Naylor   April was an uneventful month in terms of economic news, allowing the stock market and bond market to continue...
Tightening Fed Policy: Is A Smooth Exit A Sure Thing?
What factor is most responsible for the recovery Fed policy has - by most accounts - stimulated in financial (housing and labor also?) markets...
Heads Up: It’s NFP Friday!
By Andrew Kassen Welcome to Non-Farm Payroll (NFP; a.k.a. "the monthly unemployment data) Friday! Excluding Central Bank rate decisions and the occasional errant twitter...
Doc Copper: The Personal Physician to King Dollar
By Andrew Kassen Copper is often held up when analysts and commentators are having an "intermarket analysis" moment to bolster whatever argument they're...
