Social Mood Fuels the China Bull"China, despite its 5,000-year burden of history, has emerged as a dynamo of optimism, experimentation and growth," enthuses a Time magazine piece about Chin

Even though we brace for the worst, when the unemployment numbers are announced each month, it’s hard not to be shocked. With the news on Friday that the unemployment rate is now at 10.2%, no o

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The peak oil theory is simple on the surface: Over the long haul, oil supplies will diminish. Production rates will reach a peak and then decline. However, the simple Hubbert Curve doesn't account fo

Surprise, surprise, surprise -- not: The oil-hype story as discussed in Ten Reasons to Ignore the Hype Over Secret Oil Meetings has blown sky high already, just hours after I wrote it.Russia Denies T

Once again everyone is hyperventilating over "secret" moves to trade oil in currencies other than the US dollar. Please consider The Demise of the Dollar by Robert Fisk.  “In

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Following one of the wilder wire-to-wire 24-hour stretches in recent memory, I return to my turret with a few thoughts in mind. As there's a lot going on, lemme share them in no particular order

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