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Is the gold market about to be “cornered”?

Ever since Thales first cornered the olive market in the 6th Century BC, commodities have been susceptible to manipulation by…

GOLD – A TEST OF FAITH

By Ben Turney. We’ve been quite categorical about our position on gold over the summer. We are bullish and believe…

THE DEFICIT CEILING IS BACK!

By Filipe R. Costa These days, looming economic threats are just greeted with a collective shrug of the shoulders and…

Risers & Fallers courtesy of Spreadex

Risers Smiths Group, +3.42% Shares in technology firm Smiths Group have surged during this morning’s trading, registering the most impressive…

An interesting blog on the divergences in the market at present from riskreversal

The S&P 500 index makes a new high.  Numerous divergences exist.  The market continues higher, rendering those divergences meaningless.  Eventually,…

Why the Stock Market Prefers Yellen So Much for New Fed Chief

With recent news on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s possible replacements, we’re seeing even more evidence that the stock market…

Zak Mir – S&P & Gold & “the taper’s in the price”

I do generally make a point of watching Squawk Box Europe between 7am and 9am on weekdays on the off…

Overnight roundup courtesy of Spreadex – 18/09/13

Federal Reserve policymakers are due to announce their final decision regarding the tapering of monthly bond purchases today at 19:00.…

Where Are the architects of the Lehman Bros downfall now?

This week was a milestone in U.S. financial markets history, being the fifth anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse. Lehman’s…