speculation

There are essentially three reasons why I think oil prices will go through a rather dramatic correction over the next several years: 1. Many investors who, in recent years, have added commodities to their portfolios as a hedge will…

Some easy questions and some harder ones about why gold is rising in price - Go ahead take the quiz.

Here is Omid Malekan back with a video explaining inflation to the layman. You have seen his videos on Bank Bailouts Explained and Quantitative Easing Explained. The QE explained video was especially popular and went viral on the Internet.…

Amidst the swirl of concerns about not-so-latent inflation pressures adding helium beneath the entire commodities complex, a development in the gold ETF GLD that has been underway and largely unnoticed caught my attention. Take a look at…

Some investors are tiring of our cautioning of a “possible correction,” “waiting until you see the whites of their eyes,” and so forth. Some wish the market would stop dithering and just head north into mania territory. Or wish Casey…

Marc Faber was on CNBC talking about the intersection of asset markets with monetary policy. His view is that the Fed will be accommodative for the indefinite future, resulting in a move into riskier assets by investors starved for real…

By John Mauldin Loose Monetary Policies and Emerging Markets So far we have focused on the United States and other mature, developed economies that have far too much debt. With Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and…

This morning the Chinese central bank lifted the reserve requirement for banks another 50 basis points to a record 20% in order to curb speculation. The Chinese have been forced to tighten monetary policy due to inflation concerns and…

By Marc Chandler There seems to be a general consensus among observers that contrary to the talk of repatriation that the yen's rise is largely speculative in nature. This is very much in line with our assessment from the get-go.…

Here are some links that seem useful in the context of the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi 1 nuclear power plant situation. I also have a picture about radiation levels in Japanese below. The Haaretz link is related because it shows that some…