While we've yet to set new highs, the trend has collectively been upward, although we have that strange anomaly caused by the late 2012 tax-planning strategy that impacted the Personal Income.
Financial promises made under different conditions and assumptions are null and void, period.
Hollande is – similar to many of his predecessors – apparently very concerned about keeping France's unique cultural heritage alive and kicking, even if that means he has to invent and/or raise a few more taxes here or there.
Wholesale gold bullion prices fell to three week lows around $1410 an ounce Wednesday, as European stock markets ticked higher, reversing earlier losses following disappointing Eurozone growth data.
Seems like hardly a week goes by now, without at least one international think tank or commentator talking about lofty-looking Canadian realty prices and the over-exposure of Canadian banks and taxpayers via the CMHC underwriting of high leverage loans.
Over the past two years the spot price of natural gas fell from nearly $5 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in June 2011 to less than $2 per MMBtu in April 2012, before beginning a steady climb back to the current level of about $4 per MMBtu.
Japanese government bonds experienced a spectacular sell-off in the past few days, with the 10-year JGB yield rising by a half of its value.
Howard Baker’s famous question, uttered in the days of the Watergate hearings, is now being echoed in reference to Benghazi and other matters: “What did the President know and when did he know it?”
The Dow was higher by 0.82% and the S&P 500 closed at a new high rising 1.01%. Hedge fund titan David Tepper set the tone for the market this morning on an interview on CNBC prior to the open. He feels the U.S. economy is in a “goldilocks” phase when it comes to growth and the stimulus provided by the Federal Reserve.
The end of a little-known energy agreement that signals the beginning of a surge for "the other yellow metal."



