Ah, the Christmas season. The hustle, the bustle, the inevitable familial strife over whether everyone can afford exchanging gifts this year.While most folks are preparing for the holidays by weighin

Just when bank executives appear near the peak of this mountain of populist rage, another landslide sends them tumbling back down again. This week has produced several setbacks, and it’s still

It's no wonder that gold is soaring with the US, UK, and China all printing money like mad. Throw enough money around and gold is bound to rise regardless of anything else that might happen (all of i

Greetings from New York, where I drive the first Chinese car brand in America. Yes sir, for the first time I’m actually ashamed of my semi-ironic SUV purchase. In fantastic bury- the- news fash

While the yellow metal has captivated our attention in recent weeks, the “poor man’s gold” has also been quietly reaping big gains.Silver is up 56% this year, hitting a record of $1

Editor's Note: This article was written by Chris Tormey, who is presently retired. Until March 2009, he was a partner at SpearpointCapital, a Global Macro Hedge Fund located in New York City.I didn&r

Do you wanna play tetherball? Not right now Napoleon but I can’t blame you for your complex (given you're so short) as this tape has more swings than a Hedonism vacation. For my part, I'm

“There’s no need for argument, there’s no argument at all. And if you never hear from him, that just means he didn’t call.” --Van MorrisonWe don’t “do”

1) There's No One Driving the Train So, finally, this is what it's come to; things are so far off the rails, so far past any decent person's sense of normalcy, what's one more bizarre incident throw

I entered today with short side exposure in the financials, S&P puts and some Apple (AAPL) puts. I added to the first two into the initial hot popper but missed doubling down my Apple bet (which