A V-Shaped Boom May Be Very Bad News - Asia Times
Hope Rises for Real Financial Reform - Washington Post
IMF Urges Strong Yuan - Business Week
The Government’s Losing War on Finance - MarketWatch
Goldman’s Charges Will Have No Market Impact - Minyanville
America’s Least Capitalized Big Bank: The Fed - Real Time Economics
‘Black Swan’ Volcano Offers Us All [...]
Housing Deal, Hope for Insurers Lift Stocks - Yahoo Finance
Crude Oil Rises - Bloomberg
Gold Rises on Investor Demand for Store of Value - Bloomberg
There Are Still Plenty of Shadows Looming Over Stock Market - Economist
Lesson #1: Trust Nothing, Question Everything - Bloomberg
How to ‘Black Swan’ Proof the World - Nassim Taleb, Financial Times
Businesses Get Ready [...]
Dow Plunges 700 Points - AP
London Suffers Sharpest Fall Since ‘87 - Telegraph
How Will We Know if the Bailout Succeeds - The Atlantic
Fed Will Provide as Much as $900 Billion in Loans to Banks - RealClearMarkets
Is This a Replay of 1929? - Washington Post
The Next Crisis: The Economy - MSNMoney
The U.S. & the New Financial [...]
S&P Sinks Most Since 9/11 Terror Attacks - Bloomberg
The Brave New World of U.S. Finance - Barron’s
U.S. Firefight Switches to AIG - Financial Times
Oil and Commodity Prices Plunge - Financial Times
Fed Expands Lender of Last Resort Role as it Draws Bailout Line - Bloomberg
Gold, Silver Gain as Investors Seek Safe Haven Amid Market Turmoil - [...]
What’s Next for Fannie & Freddie - Forbes
Living in a World of Extreme Moral Hazard - Financial Times
The Bailout’s Real Winner? People’s Bank of China - Slate
OPEC to Keep Production Steady - RealClearMarkets
Oil Drops to Near $100 - Bloomberg
Is China Really an Economic Threat - RealClearMarkets
Stunning Use of Federal Power - Washington Post
Pending Home Sales [...]
U.S. Takes Control of Mortgage Giants Fannie & Freddie - Wall Street Journal
LTCM Is a Short-Term Memory - New York Times
A Delicate Balance in Fannie/Freddie Action - Financial Times
The Economy’s Uncertain Outlook - Weekly Standard
Welcome to the Mortgage Business - Ciovacco Capital
Is the Dollar Really King? (PDF) - Brown Brothers Harriman
OPEC Considers Cutting Output [...]
Will U.S. Follow Up Japan into a Decade of Stagnation - The Economist
Markets Stuck in a Vortex of Volatility - The New Yorker
It’s Deflation, Stupid - RealClearMarkets
Recessions are Good for the Economy - Telegraph
U.S. Treasuries Climb on Concern Credit-Market Turmoil Widening - Bloomberg
U.S. Economy: Home Resales Rose More than Forecast - Bloomberg
Gold Falls on Speculation [...]
Blake Robben, Senior Market Strategist with Lind Plus, believes that price declines in several commodity markets have provided buying opportunities for those that have been waiting to go long. Blake recently presented a webinar analyzing the stock market and commodity markets. You can read his commentary here: Stocks Still Bearish; Commodities Bullish.
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Crude Falls for 4th Day; Down 11% for the Week - MarketWatch
Gold & Oil for Soros; Illiquidity at Merrill - Forbes
Ben Bernanke Is Boxed In - The Economist
Why Not to Panic on Inflation - New York Post
Fannie & Freddie, Damned by Faustian Bargain - Financial Times
The U.S. dollar’s affect on commodity markets can’t be overlooked. It’s part of the reason (along with demand) that commodities have been in a bull market. Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Matt Roma presented a webinar yesterday on how the dollar affects the energies, grains and softs. You can view the webinar below or read [...]
