Markets

As you may have figured out from my recent commentary, I am a lot more bullish on global markets than I was just two weeks ago.  I feel that we have passed a very important stage in this credit crisis and that the panic phase is over --…

Last week, I wrote a cheeky little post called "The Panic is over," in which I argued that the Panic phase of this crisis would ebb and the more chronic problems of excessive debt, leverage and recession would move center stage. Of course,…

Oil has traded as low as $68.57 today, its lowest since August 2007. Gold is down $40 to below $800 an ounce. And all other commodity prices are getting pummeled. Now, I certainly foresaw some major declines in commodity prices as a major…

CNBC and other media sources are reporting that a number of hedge funds are collapsing under the weight of poor performance and massive fund redemption. Given the market volatility in credit, sick, bond and currency markets, it was only a…

In 1999, Edward Chancellor wrote a wonderful book called "Devil Take The Hindmost," which I recommend to anyone who is interested in the history of bubbles, financial speculation, and market panics. In it, Chancellor traces the origins of…

This amazing chart is interactive at the NYTimes:

I knew today was going to be a fantastic day for equities given what we saw in Asia overnight and in Europe. But, 936 points up for the Dow is pretty spectacular. As bad as this past Thursday was for the market in general and financial…

Looking at the action in overnight trading, I see a very strong move to the upside in the offing in equity markets worldwide. All of the data is looking bullish. In Australia, the All Ordinaries is up five percent led by banking shares.…

SourceDow Jones Chart - Yahoo! Finance

Jeremy Grantham has seen this crash coming for quite some time. Nevertheless, he is not selling everything and waiting out the market in Kruggerrands and cash. has kept a good long-term perspective about investing that bears repeating here.…