By: Adrian Ash, BullionVault London Gold Market Report THE PRICE OF GOLD held in a tight range as London re-opened after the Summer Bank Holiday on Tuesday, slipping $3 an ounce to…
Month: August 2010
The Best Way to Bet on America
Chris Mayer There is lots of ugly economic news out there, but one key bright spot is world trade. In the US, one particular industry will enjoy windfall profits from exports this…
Why A Devaluation Wave Could Push Markets To March 2009 Lows
As I said in last week’s column, liquidity indicators and leading economic indicators have deteriorated quickly since March. At the same time sentiment indicators reached levels usually seen at stock market highs….
Play the Yield Curve with New ETNs
Many individual investors spend their time thinking about stocks. Which stocks are going up? How high are they going? Should I buy now? These can be important questions, but stocks aren’t the…
Two Ways to Prepare for “Tail-Events”
With bond yields and stock markets in the world’s major developed economies petering away, more people are asking: Where can we find investment returns? Wall Street’s answer: Emerging markets. The long-term growth…
Why M&A Activity Is Heating Up
The markets have been taking a beating over the past few weeks. Plunging existing home sales, disappointing jobless claims and weak manufacturing activity numbers are to blame. However, as you can see…
Why weekly charts work
Many traders get so involved with the market on a daily or even an intraday basis, that they somehow lose out on the bigger picture. Weekly charts are enormously helpful in giving…
Efficient Market Hypothesis: R.I.P.
By Elliott Wave International Of all the belief systems of Wall Street, few can claim the devoted following of the Efficient Market Hypothesis, the idea that stock prices adhere to the same…
Carts and Horses
By: Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. In a CNBC debate last week, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich presented a set of contradictory beliefs that unfortunately reflect the conventional wisdom of modern…
Why Gold Is Not In a Bull Market
What is a Bull Market? What is a ‘Bull’ market? It is a market in an upward price phase of a market with the expectation that it will be followed by a…