This week’s review comes to you in a shortened format as I don’t have access to my normal research resources while on the road in Europe. Although very little commentary is provided, a fu

We like to think of ourselves as ethical investors all year round at Minyanville. But did you know this is official National Ethical Investment Week and an estimated $2.71 trillion can be characteriz

It’s becoming common knowledge that commodity-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have some basic design flaws that not only affect their performance but also have an impact on the very futures

This week’s review comes to you in a shortened format as I’m about to leave Cape Town for a visit to the colder environs of Switzerland and Slovenia. Although reduced commentary is provid

Perhaps the only real surprise from the Fed’s post-meeting statement yesterday, market pros note, is that there was no surprise at all.So says Dennis Gartman, editor of The Gartman Letter. As t

Editor's Note: The following article was written by Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist, Jeff Saut. It has been reproduced with permission for the benefit of the Minyanville community.Las

Rewind the movie to before the stock market lows of March 9: stocks down, corporate bonds down, commodities and gold down, emerging-market currencies down, safe havens in fashion, including the US do

Old habits die-hard and die-hard habits rarely get old. Case in point this past weekend as Bobby rocked the Beacon, the Raiders took a spanking (New York teams have outscored Oakland 82-7 this season

Risky assets remained in favor during the past week, generally helped along by fairly robust economic data and better-than-expected corporate earnings reports. A number of bourses, crude oil, inflati

In one of the previous essays, I drew readers’ attention to the fact that gold has now decisively broken above the $1,000 level, and that this profound action has important implications for all