Wal-Mart: The recession buster - November 14, 2008 14:05

If there is one company that is set up to operate and thrive in one of the worst economic crises in decades, it is Wal-Mart. With economic panic and daily retail losses gripping the market, Wal-Mart calmly came in with a 10 per cent increase in its third quarter earnings over last year’s report.

Oil below $60, gasoline follows suit - November 12, 2008 11:05

Economic data continues to get worse in the US. Consumer spending continues to slow according to surveys and retail sales data. The Federal government is currently working on details of a major new bailout plan designed to help lenders work with struggling homeowners to avoid foreclosures.

Investors not excited for O’Bama presidency - November 7, 2008 10:00

There has perhaps never been a more profound and emotional response to a presidential election in US history. It was estimated that over 200,000 people showed up at Chicago’s Grant Park for President O’Bama’s acceptance speech. New voter turnout hit a new record.

Gold Steady as Stocks Sink, UK Slashes Interest Rates to 57-Year Low - November 6, 2008 13:40

THE SPOT MARKET PRICE of Gold held steady in London on Thursday morning, trading just shy of $745 per ounce as world stock markets sank to a one-week low and UK interest rates were slashed to their cheapest level in more than five decades.

The gold decline at election time - November 5, 2008 11:28

The presidential election held to pre-election polling form on Tuesday (November 4) evening as Barack O’Bama carried all of the states expected and stole a few states won by President Bush in 2004. The election has already impacted investors who were in a hopeful mood leading up to the results on Tuesday. Investors pushed the […]

US Inflation: Like a Hurricane! - November 4, 2008 12:11

“A COUNTRY’S LONG-RUN INFLATION is caused primarily, or perhaps exclusively, by increases in its own monetary base,” wrote Richard G.Anderson – a vice-president and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St.Louis – in a 2006 paper. Which would mean America is about to get hit by a hurricane of money-blown inflation in the […]

Government and Banking, who rules? - October 31, 2008 9:05

The events of the last two weeks have presented enormous ‘moral’ hazards for governments and the banking industry. When we call them moral hazards we are not talking about biblical morality, but the principles behind government [Democracy] and banking [Profit and Prudence].

Why the Indian market buys gold when the price is falling. - October 30, 2008 9:49

The short response to such a question is that they aren’t. They are buying gold in Rupees, whose price has been stable as the gold price fell in the U.S. $. Because the Rupee is falling, gold has appeared to hold steady in the Rupee. Because Indians see the Rupee as a problem there is […]

Fed rate cut widely expected - October 29, 2008 10:42

The Dow managed to gain a ho-hum 890 points on Tuesday (October 28), the second largest point gain for the index this month, and also, by the way, ever. Most analysts agreed there really was very little news on Tuesday to drive such again. It was simply a matter of the same momentum buying that […]