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Chart of the Day: Treasury Yields in Freefall
Below is a chart of the ten-year Treasury yield over the last three months. After peaking near 4% in April, it has since dropped to below 3% and currently yields for 2.97%. This is as abrupt a move as you are likely to see in…
Case-Shiller: Highest Year-on-Year Numbers in Four Years
This morning Case-Shiller released a report showing the largest price increase in the American residential property since August 2006. Prices for April 2010 in the broad Composite 20 index were up 3.9% year-on-year while prices in the…
Dollar and Yen Rally, Euro Bears Brunt
Highlights The US dollar is broadly higher, alongside the Japanese yen, amid heightened anxiety over the possible stalling of the global economic recovery and the fragility of the banking system. The euro has borne the brunt of…
Dykstra Tells Creditors To Pile it On And They Oblige
Let's re-visit one of the more salacious stories to hit the papers in the post-Bernie Madoff era. I'm talking about the story of Lenny 'Nails' Dykstra, the former all-star baseball player turned stock picker made by TheStreet.com's Jim…
G20 Post-Mortem: No Fresh Trading Incentives
The G20 meeting did not provide much in the way of fresh trading incentives. However, there were a couple of developments that were noteworthy. The most important of these is the balance struck between growth and fiscal…
FX Market Looking for Direction
Highlights The US dollar is narrowly mixed to start the new week. It is hanged against most of the major currencies as the market waits for fresh trading incentives. The euro was turned back on the initial test of the $1.24…
China, the Yuan and Euro
The euro has declined about 0.75% this week. This seems fairly resilient, given that news stream that included the downgrade of a large French and Dutch bank, record premiums by Greece and Portugal and disappointing euro zone…
Dollar Firms, Risk Aversion Dominates
Highlights The US dollar is little is generally firmer in a risk averse environment ahead of the weekend. The notable exception is the Swiss franc, which is benefiting from tensions in the euro zone and the recent downgrade of…
Comstock: It’s More Than Just A “Scare”
Below is the weekly commentary from Comstock Partners. The softening in the economy that we have been looking for is now becoming a reality as a wide sampling of the latest monthly or weekly economic releases clearly indicates that a…
For the Last Time, Is Gold in a Bubble?
Jeff Clark, Senior Editor, Casey’s Gold & Resource Report
While a few mainstream outlets are coming around to at least acknowledging gold’s stellar run, most remain skeptical or outright bearish. And the blasphemy they purport is…