public Stock Market • 3 min read Dow 60,000: Here We Come The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 40,000 for the first time on Friday, May 17 (chart). Today it…
paid Housing Market • 2 min read The Economic Week Ahead: May 20 - 24 The week ahead is a light one for economic reports. The focus is mostly on the housing sector, which is…
paid Commodities • 2 min read Copper, Oil & China Is the global economy suddenly taking off? It seems that way given the sudden vertical ascent of several metals prices,…
public Copper • 2 min read What Does Dr Copper Say About The Global Economy? Copper is often described as the shiny metal with a PhD in economics because it provides useful insights into global…
public China • 1 min read China Scrambles to Avoid Lehman Moment How do you say "Lehman Moment" in Chinese? The Chinese government is scrambling to avert such a calamity…
public Bonds • 1 min read Copper, Gold, Bonds & Stocks The ratio of the nearby futures prices of copper to gold has been falling lately. The ratio has been a remarkably good indicator for the 10-year US Treasury bond yield.…
public Inflation • 1 min read Three Related Signals of a Global Economic Slowdown The widely followed proxy for the expected inflation rate in the 10-year TIPS market dropped in recent days from over…