Business

The Dollar Index, a trade-weighted benchmark of the Greenback versus six other currencies, put in significant bottoms in early 2008, late 2009 and late 2010, ……Read More

On February 24th, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard took the floor and trotted out his version of the Fed’s "dog and pony show" ……Read More

Recent unrest in Libya has led to unrest in the world’s oil markets.  In this posting, I’ll take a brief look at Libya’s contribution to ……Read More

Last week, the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the International Monetary Fund released its report entitled "IMF Performance in the Run-Up to the Financial and ……Read More

President Barack Obama said at his inauguration two years ago that, "a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous." Ironically, the President’s ……Read More

When presented with the evidence of surging food and energy prices, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and others have cited the sluggish housing market as ……Read More