Why You Can’t Stop Bubbles Now that we are in the recrimination phase of the cycle, we are seeing more and more of what happened and how do we stop it happening again questions and investigations. While the article focuses on Europe, a parallel process is ... Go to Full Article

British Pound Could Suffer More After Bank Of England’s ... Many traders are already on leave ahead of the long US Labor Day weekend holiday, causing trading volume to be thin in the forex, stock and oil markets. And with such reduced volume and trading interest, the markets are trudging...

Investors/Traders Guide To Bear Markets Perhaps one of my best articles yet. Plain no-bs truth about bear markets…enjoy. Bear Market: A market condition in which the prices of securities are falling, and widespread pessimism causes the negative sentiment to be self-sustaining ... Go to...

PACCAR Suffering US Slowdown PACCAR, Inc. (PCAR) is benefiting from rising prices and increasing market share, along with strong growth in Mexico and Australia. However, a downturn in the US leads us to rate the stock a Hold, with a target of $44. ... Go to Full Article

Of the Top Ten Funds In July, Seven Were ETFs July was a notoriously troubled month for the markets, but not all exchange traded funds (ETFs) were suffering. John Spence for MarketWatch notes that there were 708 US-listed ETFs in July, with 24 managers at the helm, and $578 billion ... Go...

Anecdotal Evidence Suggests The UK Economy Is Indeed Buggered Punters who have been around the block more than once or twice know that relying on anecdotal evidence can be fraught with peril. Taking an incomplete dataset and attempting to extrapolate a larger picture is a difficult skill; ... ...

King A Hold, Pre-Alpharma Deal We had a Sell rating on King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (KG) for a significant period of time based on concerns regarding top-and bottom-line growth prospects. Thanks to increased competition, generic threats, and declining prescription ... Go to Full Article

Past the Olympics, China And Taiwan Are Ready To Resume The ... Now that the Olympics have come and gone, Taiwan and China are making plans to resume talks in Taipei at the end of 2008, the result of which would be a boost both economies and the Taiwan-focused exchange traded fund (ETF). ... ...

Forex Trading: USDJPY testing key resistance again at 109.55 A break will target 109.93 which is key 50% retracement level on longer term chart . Go to Full Article

Forex Trading News - USD/CAD PM Harper on the Wires Canadian Prime Minister Harper notes there are no signs of a real recession. He added the following:. Harper adds that income growth is significant; employment is staying at high levels. 2 consecutive quarterly GDP declines are not a ... ...

Forex Trading. USDCAD approaches resistance at 1.0527 200 Hour Moving average. Go to Full Article

Forex Trading. EURUSD bounces off trendline and moving average support The EURUSD bounced off key support at 1.4730 after the GDP number. The 100 hour moving average (blue Line) and the trendline up from the lows are both located at that level. This level is a key level on the downside in...

Exxon Mobil Per Second: $1400 In Profits, $4000 In Taxes, $15000 ... Obama thinks government is not getting a “reasonable share” of oil companies’ profits, which in 2007 were, as a percentage of revenue (8.3%), below those of US manufacturing generally (8.9 %). Exxon Mobil pays almost...

Brazil’s Currency, ETF Could Benefit From New Ties With Japan When it comes to foreign investing, don’t forget about currency exchange traded funds (ETFs). WisdomTree Dreyfus Brazilian Real (BZF) presents a great way to get exposure to global currency and diversification all in one ETF....

The Three Rules That Will Lead To Long-Term Profits By Keith Fitz-Gerald. During a two-year stretch every 20 years or so, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index can be expected to lose 35% or more of its value. In 1974, according to research by Ibbotson Associates, that truism manifested itself ......