Category: Markets Written by Glen Asher

There is a relatively little discussion about one particular parameter of the economy, the velocity of money.  As you will see in this posting, recent changes in the velocity of money may be a harbinger of things to come for the economy.   Let's start with a bit of background

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Category: Markets Written by James Stafford

As the world economy teeters on the brink and rising oil prices threaten to de-rail the delicate roots of recovery Oilprice.com asked legendary investor Dr. Marc Faber to join us and give his views on high gasoline prices, the shale boom, alternative energy, developments in the Middle East and much

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Category: Markets Written by Glen Asher

As my regular readers know, I like graphs.  I guess it's the scientist in me.  To me, graphs are a very simple way of explaining things, particularly things that are transpiring in the economy, particularly when comparing the present to the past.  I source quite a number of my graphs

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Category: Markets Written by Glen Asher

We are all aware that China has massive foreign exchange reserves; at the end of December 2011, China held a total of $3.181 trillion in various currencies, mainly in United States Treasuries.  The exact composition of China's foreign reserves is a great mystery, however, the Treasury

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Category: Markets Written by Paul Collins

Small list of Big Bankers who have resigned recently
 

• 1:  ROMANIA ~ Romanian prime minister and cabinet resign en masse.
• 2:  GERMANY ~ Embarrassment for Merkel as German president resigns in disgrace
• 3: SWITZERLAND ~ Bank chief resigns over £1.5bn
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Category: Markets Written by Tapa Menon

Category: Markets Written by Glen Asher

Now that the Keystone XL pipeline project looks like it’s future is up in the air, I thought that it was timely to take a look at a recent paper by J. David Hughes of Global Sustainability Research Inc. entitled "The Northern Gateway Pipeline: An Affront to the Public Interest and Long

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