Oil Relief - And Its Timing - Come Into Better Focus Much is written about “alternative energy” and the relief from high oil prices that might come from solar, wind, nuclear or some other approach. But all of these are “solutions” to a problem that as of now does not exist: a lack of...

Why Oil Speculators Are Not To Blame Oil speculators have been blamed for skyrocketing oil prices… but it’s not their fault.It’sa supply and demand issue. Even Warren Buffett agrees. “In my lifetime, up until the last year or two, there’s been a huge amount of excess ... Go to...

Week Ahead for July 14 - 18 Calendar The US has no major scheduled news on Monday or Friday - however, the markets in the US are extremely jittery as the fate of Fannie and Freddie, and some other Financial institutions look tenuous. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is back in ... Go to Full...

Forex News: NZD retail sales in at -1.2% NZD retail sales numbers in at -1.2%, Expected at -.1%. These numbers could weigh heavily on NZD USD and the pair tried to break through to the downside and looks only to be supported by the 100, 200 bar MA. Go to Full Article

Forex News: US Treasury to Boost Line of Credit Just across the news wires- US Treasury to boost line of credit and tkae an equity stake in GSES; FED may allow GSES to borrow directly from the NY FED if necessary. USD reacting very positively towards this announcement on an initial ... Go...

Forex News: Weekend Press from some global newspapers NY Times: "Fannie and Freddie Grew, Protected by Washington ". WSJ:"Fannie Mae Ugly" "Crisis Deepens as Big Bank Fails". read more. Go to Full Article

14 July Probability Studies - Watch UK PPI Amidst the failure of Freddie and Fannie and the battering of the Greenback we have inflation in figures in the form of PPI in the UK and Eurozone Industrial Production. Later in the US session, the Fed Governors Vote on Mortgage Rules ... Go to...

Week Ahead for July 14 - 18 Calendar Below is a Consolidated Summary of Scheduled News Events that I am watching for the "Week Ahead" Note: All times are listed in US Eastern Time Zone and there are other scheduled events that I may not have listed. ... Go to Full Article

July 14 market commentary and technical levels Mon, 14th of July, 2008 By Setyo Wibowo (analyst@fxinstructor.com). EURUSD Outlook In last three days, the Greenback slumped against Euro. Friday, the pair topped at 1.5947 and closed at 1.5936, but sharply corrected early today in ... Go to...

Today’s coffee thought A lady from Shanghai office was complaining to me. She has been working hard and save but, yet, still unable to buy a small apartment back in Shanghai, China. According to her ’source of information’, there will be a second round of ... Go to Full Article

Play Solar Strength This Summer What’s the story lately with alternative energy stocks in this ragged market? Is big growth making this group a good option for diversification these days? Zacks senior analyst Jon Kolb was on-hand to let us know. ... Go to Full Article

Earnings Preview For July 14 - 18 It is likely to be a very volatile week for the equity markets, with earnings announcements from 6 Dow components, inflation data, Fed minutes, option expiration and testimony from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. ... Go to Full Article

NSX Aims Itself At ETF Trader Market As technology evolves, so does the Wall Street playing field and exchange traded funds (ETFs). Traders have discovered a competitor in the ranks, the National Stock Exchange (NSX), an electronic trading platform created by Joseph ... Go to Full Article

The First Round Is On BUD Shareholders The saga over InBev’s (INB) offer for Anheuser Busch (BUD) is finally quieting down, and it appears that all it took was more money. We were taken by surprise by the rapid succession of negotiations between the two brewing giants, ... Go to Full...

Oil Manipulation Is Off The Table; ETFs Remain Successful The recent gush on high crude oil prices had many pondering if there was a conspiracy that was conspiring to send prices, shares and exchange traded funds (ETFs) off the charts. Speculators, in particular, were suspected of being the...