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How to Benefit from the Bernanke Bounce

Guest post by Investment Contrarians  “Impressive” is the only word I can think of to describe the moves of the…

Bank of America Fund manager Survey results out

Global investors remain confident in the outlook for economic growth despite their sharply decreased growth expectations for China, according to the BofA…

Afternoon comment courtesy of Spreadex

European markets remain little changed on Tuesday after UK CPI and German ZEW figures came in slightly below expectations. UK…

Is gold about to pop and put the real squeeze on the shorts?

We have opined in depth on this blog on numerous occassion over the last several weeks that gold is likely…

When 5% is the new 6%

By Ben Turney  Just over a year ago you couldn’t open a financial website or publication without seeing a headline…

Overnight roundup courtesy of Spreadex

A strong start to the U.S earnings season has helped lift global equities with Asian shares rising overnight for the…

Zak Mir on Iofina, Xcite Energy & the deadly hush…

The last time I identified a stock where the price action consisted of a deathly hush, it was at Iofina…

A reminder of our call of Thurs 20 June against consensus.

We posted below on Thurs 20 June and it is interesting that the S&P made a low of 1560 just…

AAII Goes Into Overdrive

And so, once more, after the short-lived “taper caper”, US stocks are on fire. From a cynic’s perspective, one that…

Zak mir on Vanity Purchases

As most of us are aware, one of the first things that billionaires like to buy when they attain that…