It has been an action-packed two weeks with a variety of economic/political events. Let's get to it. 1)  The European Central Bank...

Spanish bond yields continue to hover just under 7%, an unsustainable level.  European Central Bank President, Mario Draghi, ignited a...

I hope you had a pleasant weekend. Let's take a look at what is going on in the economy. Last week we learned that: - U.S. retail sales...

No update would be complete without discussing Europe.  We found an interesting chart that compares credit creation (bank lending to...

The big story in the news this weekend was Spain officially requested a $125 billion bailout to rescue its banks.  As recently as May...

For the third straight year, summer is being welcomed in by a slumping stock market. This is something we warned about in our update on...

The S&P 500 is now down over 9% from its recent high. This pullback was long overdue as news over the past few months had indicated the...

Today is what I call "Jobs Friday", the most important monthly economic report from my perspective.  The Labor Department reported only...

The stock market rallied in the first quarter as the market focused on improving economic data in the U.S.  If this sounds familiar, it...

The 2nd round of the European Central Bank's Long Term Refinancing Operation (LTRO) was completed last Wednesday.  In short, the European...

We are forty-five days into 2012 and the high volatility of the stock market that we grew so accustomed to in 2011 has vanished.  The...

The news flow has slowed this week with the holidays approaching.  Some positive U.S. economic data has been overshadowed by...

As ugly as last week's stock market fall was, this week saw a complete reversal with the market surging.  Let's take a look at the...

In late July the debate over Congress raising the debt ceiling dominated news coverage.  Of course Congress kicked the can down the road...

Last Thursday the stock market soared as the latest resolution from Europe regarding the debt crisis there was announced.  If you are...

Good afternoon; With the cool weather rolling in it will be interesting to see if it has any impact on the subject of this week's...

I have received more questions surrounding Gold over the past year and here is an article from the Wall Street Journal that I...