Financial Sense Exclusives on the Economy
30 May 2012
This week will be a big week for the markets. In addition to the ongoing Euro debt crisis there will be a plethora of economic reports including six PMI reports that will tell us a lot about future economic growth. Of the 13 monthly PMI reports...
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25 May 2012
The final May reading for the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey came out today at 79.3, above the 77.8 consensus estimate and above April’s 76.4 reading. The 79.3 reading puts the survey at its highest level in four years as...
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24 May 2012
We would equate the current market environment to the events that precede a declaration of war. Prior to the declaration markets sell off due to the fears of uncertainty that precedes the breakout of hostilities. Once the war begins, and the...
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22 May 2012
Over the course of the current economic cycle I have written numerous times about the theme of “the tale of two economies”. In short, large companies have enjoyed a vigorous recovery, record profit margins and all time high nominal profits. But...
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22 May 2012
To clarify where we stand, I think the gold shares might have made THE cyclical low last Wednesday. This conclusion is predicated on a number of factors: the valuation of gold shares relative to gold hasn't been this cheap since the 2008...
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8 May 2012
Given its tendency to serve as a harbinger of national trends, California is currently pointing towards a future that, although full of bright and shiny potential, could end up 13,000 feet underwater.
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4 May 2012
As was highlighted in Ryan Puplava’s Market Observation yesterday, there are two sectors of the market that are moving to all-time highs as they leave the shackles of the 2000 secular bear market behind.
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2 May 2012
Professor Paul Krugman and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) went head to head on BloombergTV this week. True to his neo-Keynesian form, Prof. Krugman insisted that the US government could and should add further debt to stimulate growth. Rep. Paul...
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27 Apr 2012
It is tempting to think that prostitution is simply a moral issue. However, prostitution is just as much a matter of circumstances, or even economics, than it is of morality. What are the circumstances often associated with prostitution then?...
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27 Apr 2012
The currency markets are largest financial market in the world, and thus tracking currency movements and spotting inflection points can provide vital clues for how other asset classes will respond.
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