You have read it in the papers and you have experienced it while planning your travels: the US dollar has fallen to a record low. Like Hillary Clinton’s quest to become President, the question o

You know that a country’s economy is headed for trouble when its commander in chief achieves only a 19% approval rating. It must be tough to rank lower than even Tricky Dick at the end of Waterg

Minyan Peter is discussing The Courage to Choose: I believe that in time, historians will define the last twenty years in America as the “Age of Aspiration” where, thanks to unpreceden

Prof. Shedlock's bearish read of the commercial real estate market is proving increasingly correct. Yesterday in his blog he noted that deals simply are not getting done, which creates a val

Stocks to watch for Friday, December 28, 2007: Anadarko Petroleum (APC) aid it completed a $2.2 billion monetization of its midstream asset portfolio and will use the proceeds to reduce acquisi

At the beginning of 2007, Gold was priced below the $650 mark. After a steadily increasing and flirting with $850, the commodity has broken a flag pattern into year-end.Minyanville's profess

Morning Perspective: China’s Energy Focus AP reports China promised Wednesday to give “top priority to developing renewable energy.” In a 44-page report, the Chinese government said

Stocks to watch for Thursday, December 27, 2007: Apple (AAPL) shares surpassed the $200 mark yesterday, reaching a new all-time high. The company attributes the stock's growth to strong sa

Just when it seemed like the bears were in control today, late-day buying pushed stocks into positive territory. The Dow Industrials added +2 points, or +0.02% to 13551, the S&P 500 added +1 point

Greetings from the NASDAQ Marketsite where everyone would be a lot happier if they just dropped the ball and let us go home already.  I've got a family hang-over that could kill a yak, I'm b