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Commodities Snapshot
If you look closely at the charts for Natural Gas, Platinum, Copper, Silver, you can see that these…
December 7, 2008
Baltic Dry Index: A Valuable Leading Indicator?
The Baltic Dry Index is a very important indicator of the health of trade globally, as it measures…
December 5, 2008
10-Yr+ US Treasury and Canada Yields Falling
During the December 1st liquidation of stocks, the yield on 10-Yr. US treasury securities fell to 2.81%, a…
December 1, 2008
'Encouraged by a wicked wizard, Greenspan, Bernanke toils at his printing press'
The Guardian has published below, an insight-full essay by Hugh Hendry, CIO, Eclectica Asset Management. Hendry's brash and…
November 28, 2008
Must-Read China Reading: World Bank Quarterly
If you read one thing on China this week/month/quarter/season, let it be the new World Bank China Quarterly.…
November 27, 2008
Bill Ackman: Pershing Square Q3 2008 Letter
Pershing Square Q3 2008 Investor Letter by Bill Ackman, November 15, 2008 at 11:44 pm These are extraordinary…
November 27, 2008
ScotiaMocatta: Precious Metals Forecast 2009
ScotiaMocatta has put out an an informative report, published November 20, 2008, "Precious Metals Forecast 2009." Here is…
November 26, 2008
Mr President: spend, spend, spend
The United States is ready to roll towards prosperity, if a good hard shove can be given in…
November 26, 2008
McCulley: The Paradox of Deleveraging will be Broken
Paul McCulley, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, PIMCO, earlier this year wrote a landmark discussion piece titled, "The…
November 24, 2008
Hendry: Going long on government bonds
By Hugh Hendry Published: November 19 2008 16:03 Someone once said there are certain things that cannot be…
November 24, 2008
Worst Oil Bear in Decades
The 53% decline in oil prices since September 22, 2008, without a 20% rally is the biggest since…
November 15, 2008
Donald Coxe: Barron's Interview
This week's issue of Barron's features an in depth interview with Don Coxe, Chief Investment Strategist, BMO Capital…
November 9, 2008
Donald Coxe: Post US Election Analysis
Donald Coxe and his colleagues at BMO Harris provided their post-election views following the Obama victory: Donald Coxe,…
November 9, 2008
Commodities Snapshot
A snapshot view of commodities reveals that they have all experienced some mild recovery at the end of…
November 5, 2008
Better To Be Late, Amid Credit Crises: Thomas Barrack, Jr.
Thomas J. Barrack Jr., billionaire and Founder of Colony Capital, which controls $39-billion in real estate assets, in…
October 30, 2008