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As most followers recognize, I break the commodity markets into seven sectors: financials which include the indices and debt markets, energies, currencies, livestock, metals, grains and finally the

Ireland gets a bailout and at least part of it will be provided by money printing, aka quantitative easing (QE).  This bailout is not enough to solve the entire problem that Europe faces as a

Ireland gets a bailout and at least part of it will be provided by money printing, aka quantitative easing (QE).  This bailout is not enough to solve the entire problem that Europe faces as a

The world markets moved like Superman last week.  They lifted off and moved higher in a decisive manner.

No matter where investors look in the developed world, the picture isn’t pretty. In the U.S.

The election went according to prediction; gridlock is the most likely outcome for the next two years.  President Obama is faced with a choice to either move more to the center on domestic iss

Stocks, gold, commodities.... they are all going up in lock step.

As the American economy continues to grow at a painfully slow pace, investors have begun to lose confidence in the once rock solid greenback.

The developed world is de-leveraging and Europe is moving toward deflation and depression.  Meanwhile, the Chinese, Southeast Asian, and Indian-led developing world is growing and experiencing

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” - Chinese Proverb.

DEBT LEVELS IN G-7 COUNTRIES