I just need to dispel the myth contained in that first statement, about rates being at historical lows. This is false. See attached. Fed Funds is...
It could always close unchanged, you know. That might even be a good prediction. You got one bunch looking for lower, mostly lots lower, another...
I just have to respond to this one. Yes, VIX is a fear index. I think most people know that. The correct response to my post, quite obviously,...
No, not joking. The long-term potential growth rate of the US economy is around 4 to 4.5%: 2.5 to 3 for productivity, 1 - 1.5 for labor market...
Full disclosure: I thought they were stupid to go over 4.25, and then just crazy to go over 4.5 back when they were raising. All this did was make...
Vix hasn't made a new high for the fourth day in a row, which all by itself is news. It was beginning to look like it was going to make a new high...
Spectre2007: Massive deflation, which is what we had a brush with in 2000, would initially be good for the dollar, very good for Treasuries, bad...
stock trad3r, I have watched you make post after post belittling this stuff. I went flat on my spec acct on the 20th, when all kinds of momo...
...and a meltup in Treasuries, which would help me, anyway, keep my losses in my 401k to a minimum.
As a baby boomer, yep. It's not like we have a lot of time left to accrue money, after all. I went to a USG bond fund for my 2nd largest holding...
Hmph. This reminds me of 1990 or so, when the NY banks were on the ropes. Manufacturers' Hanover, an old NY bank, long since folded into one of...
If you're account blew up, yeah. Kind of like what they say about being unemployed: it's a recession when your neighbor loses his job, and a...
Change the title? Nah, that title's a freakin' gem. Masterpiece, even.
Kitco has 659.9 as today's low. Ino.com has 654.3.
Mirror image was a very sharp upmove in the dollar. If this holds, then this move in gold is over for now. Crucial battle at 80 on the NYBOT's...
Just a post to say thanks. I don't understand a lot of this, but I've bookmarked this thread and will be rereading it at my leisure.
The markets are smelling blood, I think. Gold is creeping up as I write this, after Bear reported that its funds went belly up and INTC published...
Well, I've developed a daily system for swing trading and a longer-term system for position trading based on weekly data. Both use whether the RSI...
http://www.kitco.com/charts/historicalgold.html
Joachim Fels, in an article for Morgan Stanley in 2003 or 2004 (it was titled "The Euro: Coming of Age or Coming Apart?". Can't find it online at...
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