From WSJ, The U.S and the International Monetary Fund are pressuring China to let its currency, the yuan, climb in […]
School Daze, School Daze Good Old Golden Rule Days
From Pimco site, By Bill Gross, The past several decades have witnessed an erosion of our manufacturing base in exchange […]
Spring buying boosts home prices in 13 US cities
WASHINGTON (AP) — Home prices in most major U.S. cities are rising for the first time in eight months, boosted […]
Are We Running Out of Silver?
By Jeff Clark, The Daily Reckoning, Silver has been on fire for the last three years – substantially outperforming its spotlight-grabbing […]
Financial Advice Gleaned From a Day in the Hot Seat
by Paul Sullivan, NY Times, When I started writing this column almost three years ago, one of my goals was […]
U.S. and Pakistan: Afghan Strategies
By George Friedman U.S. President Barack Obama will give a speech on Afghanistan on June 22. Whatever he says, it […]
Why Gas Prices Should Be Lower Soon
Oil markets were roiled today when the United States and the International Energy Agency jointly announced that they would release […]
Where Rich Chinese Are Buying Real Estate
From Forbes Blog – Ken Rapoza, Vancouver, London and the big cities down under are second homes of choice for […]
With Ad Sales Doubling, Why is China’s Renren Getting Clobbered?
By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, Shares of China’s social network Renren (RENN) are now worth half their May 4 IPO […]
Burbank Contrarian Bets on Saudis Show Why Oil Reality Helps Return 23.6%
By Edward Robinson, Bloomberg, As a hedge-fund manager who thrives on turbulence in the commodities markets, John Burbank couldn’t have […]