Dave Chappelle has a great skit sequence called “When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong,” about the problems one encounters by being too honest. It’s hilarious. In one skit, as a rising ex

Editor's Note: The following is a free edition of Jeff Cooper's Daily Market Report.  For a 2-week trial FREE trial, click here.Secrets stolen from deep insideThe drum beats out of time"Tim

Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Don Fishback, of Don Fishback's Market Report.Can’t take it anymore. I’ve seen this too many times to not comment. Yesterday, a reporter for the Was

God said don't give me your tin horn prayers Don't buy roses off the street down there - Tom Waits, Sins of My FatherSome things are near impossible to conceive without the grace of reality. By that,

Open interest in copper has been rising since early December 2008. Click to enlargeUntil recently, the rise in open interest (black dotted line) was driven by commercial traders (blue line in ch

When some investors hear about options, they get very excited and can't wait to begin trading. That's usually the result of hearing some ultra-hyped commercial that promises fantastic profits. Unfort

Many people have referred to the purchase of naked credit default swaps (CDSs) -- i.e. the purchase of CDSs for speculative purposes rather than to hedge the holding of the underlying debt -- ak

Events during the past few days were dominated by the announcement of US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s financial stability plan and a deal reached by Congress on the economic stimulus b

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