Bernanke Births ‘Tapering’, But Timing Uncertain
By Chris Wrenn    Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve began easing with the goal of seeing the U.S. through a difficult economic landscape. By lowering rates and...
Stock Market Report and Economic Update: June 2013
By Greg Naylor  June was an eventful month in terms of economic news, with a press conference by Ben Bernanke on June 19 sparking a sell-off...
Bernanke Reverts to Type, Dollar Destruction Follows
Given the great expectations preceding it, market reaction to the release of the June 19th FOMC meeting today added up to a distasteful case...
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...