Commodities
The Biggest Misconception About Inflation
Ask 100 people on the street to define inflation, and 99 of them will tell you… Read more
What Treasuries are Saying
Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) did not exactly blow it out in the first quarter of the year. It… Read more
What Can the World’s Largest Aluminum Company Tell us about the Market? (AA)
The largest aluminum producer in the world, Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) outperformed analyst consensus … Read more
Clarifying the Chinese Coal Story (LLEN, PUDA)
Shortly after publishing yesterday Read more
Oil Prices and Spending
MasterCard Spending Pulse, a data-tracking service, reports that, for the week of April 1, Americans bought… Read more
How to buy gas for a 33% discount (UNG)
A barrel of oil contains 42 gallons, and has the energy equivalent of about 7 million British… Read more
Government Shutdown Coming
It’s April 7th, four months into 2011, already. And Congressional Republicans and Democrats are still wrestling over which government entitlement programs to target… Read more