Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2009) Battle-weary investors remained skeptical of a banking quick fix and endured more grim economic fodder during the past week, causing US stocks to hit their lowest level since 1997. After the worst January (-8.8%) on reco...

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (February 16 – 22, 2009) A perfect storm of a deepening global recession and banking woes last week battered equities and supported the safe havens of the US dollar, government bonds and gold bullion. A dismal corporate earnings outlook, fears...

Worst January EVER! What a way to start the year! I've decided to delve into the bear case this weekend to see if I can talk myself out of thinking we've suffered enough at the 8,000 line. I'll be posting as I read in a Weekend Reading section but I thought it would be a good idea to first review wh...

Filed under: Dell (DELL), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), ETF Investing, Goldcorp Inc (GG), Kinross Gold (KGC), Stocks to Buy If there was any doubt whether the rally at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 was anything but a bear market rally, this week put these doubts to rest. The Dow Jones In...

Filed under: Dell (DELL), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), ETF Investing, Goldcorp Inc (GG), Kinross Gold (KGC), Stocks to Buy If there was any doubt whether the rally at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 was anything but a bear market rally, this week put these doubts to rest. The Dow Jones In...

USO - Crude Oil DBA - Grains GLD - Gold SLX - Silver The metals are continuing to turn into a bullish mode. The Grains went crazy on the Midwest rain. Now they are a crap shoot. If the rains did harm, the Grains will shot higher. If not, they go lower. You now wait for each crop report to see which ...

Filed under: Commodities, Recession Gold initially touched $1000/oz this morning as a confluence of factors caused investors to flee to safety. While initially hitting the $1000 mark and then settling back a bit, gold prices appear to be running unabated while investors' willingness to hold stocks, ...

XLF XHB XLU OIH XLE USO SMH GLD XAU XLB RTH XLI This market is going no where fast. As many Bloggers have written about, the markets are in triangle formations. It looked like we were going to break out to the downside on Friday, but the ABK news saved us. It will be interesting if the news of a dea...