Real estate tends to ride an emotional rollercoaster, as anyone who made it through the 2000s can attest. But in some ways the current market
Something strange has been happening in precious metals lately. Gold has been doing a lot better than silver, even as the paper market internals have
Financial crises tend to start at the periphery and work their way into a system’s core. Think subprime mortgages (a tiny little niche of a
Back in the 1990s, critics of the dot-com bubble used to point out that the global economy depended on the US stock market and the
Jerome Powell, the new Fed Chairman, made his debut last week. It was jarring to see a modest, reasonable, straight-talking person in that spot after
Friday’s commitment of traders (COT) report for gold and silver offered more of the same. Which is to say the gold futures action was boring
So many patterns that have held for decades seem to have broken down, leading to one of two conclusions: Either this time really is different
For a while there it looked like the blow-off top of this expansion was somewhere in the future. Now it’s starting to look like 2017
If you’re getting the sense that stocks always go up, that’s because they’ve been doing so for a really, really long time. From CNBC today:
Dave, the plumber who saves us every six or so months when a leaking pipe, water heater, or toilet threatens to destroy our walls and
Normally the action in the gold and silver futures markets tends to be pretty similar, since the same general forces affect both precious metals. When
Analysts disagree about which indicator is best for calling market tops, but the easiest to understand — and the most tragic — is probably margin
The “pension crisis” is one of those things — like electric cars and nuclear fusion — that’s definitely coming but never seems to actually arrive.
Self-destruction usually happens in stages. At first there’s a binge in which the thrill outweighs the sense of transgression. This is usually followed by remorse,
Critics of “New Age” monetary policy have been predicting that central banks would eventually run out of ways to trick people into borrowing money. There
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