In economics, this term refers to the ability to create money. It’s a nice ability to have. It’s even nicer to do it on a world scale. The US has […]

The housing market is key for an economic recovery in the US. But it’s not happening yet. Some disturbing news..

Exports are virtually the only bright spot in the American economic picture, greatly helped by a cheap currency and robust economic growth in the rest of the world. Until now. 

At least so the saying goes. Another one tells us that when market panic and negativity is very large, that’s really when the bottom is being set. Jim Cramer argues […]

We have written quite a bit about loose regulations against naked shorting, and how the tide now seems to be changing. The SEC introduced new rules against naked shorting for […]

There is a large distinction between the short-term and the medium/long-term outlook for the oil market. Short-term, as we predicted, decreasing demand for oil has cooled the market. Mid to […]

With food and energy prices running amok, income not holding pace, wealth badly battered by falling house and equity prices, and credit much less available, what can the stalwart of […]

t doesn’t happen often, but our oil market prediction of July 9th looks spot on, and for all the right reasons..

So far, the US economy has, somewhat miraculously in our view, stayed out of official recession territory. Growth was held up by booming exports and expansionary fiscal and monetary policy. […]