Commodity Trading & Trend Following

The bastion of safety that Muni bonds held in the past might not be that safe any more. All one has to do is use a little common sense. In this economy sales tax, income tax and property tax revenues are declining. The question is can we expect more defaults like Harrisburg, Vallejo [...]

Gurus come and gurus go. What is interesting is Charles Nenner most people have never heard of him. He started Charles Nenner Research Center in 2001. Prior to this he spent years as a senior technical analyst for Goldman Sachs as well as head of trading research at Rabobank International.
Charles Nenner recent forecasts include:
In March [...]

Paul Krugman the Nobel-prize winning economist and writer for the NY times thinks we need another Stimulus. Further more he believes the money should be spent on infrastructure. I am not a noble prize economist nor a writer for the NY times but if the first stimulus just put our grand children in debt what [...]

Below are a list in descending order of ( maybe) safest banks in the world.
1.Shizuoka Bank Japan
2. Nat’l Bank of Kuwait
3. Intesa Sanpaolo Italy
4. Pohjola Bank Finland
5. BNY Mellon US ( Thank God)
6. Nordea Bank Sweeden
7.DBS Bank Singapore
8.HSBC Holdings UK
9. ASB Bank New Zealand
10. Banco Santander Spain (???)
11.National Australia Bank
12. Royal Bank of Canada
13.Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank [...]

If you listen to David Rosenberg a famed economist he makes points that are very clear. Not to be negative but the facts speak for themselves.
1.GDP projections for 2010 to the 1.5 to 2 percent range
2. Unemployment is unabated
3.Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans has publicly stated that government programs to help distressed homeowners [...]

In all reality how can you spend your way out of crisis.. Can you imagine telling your wife we do not have any money…and go and spend more…and btw you will just print up some money to take care of her spending. It is a ridiculous thought but that is what politicians are doing. You [...]

After Fridays ( relief) rally is it safe to come out and play or invest? Probably not, As a trend follower the trend is still down on the SP 500. Even with Friday’s nice rally, the index is still below the 50 day moving average as well as most importantly 200 moving average.
Nothing has [...]

On Thursday of last week Nouriel Roubini from Roubini Global Economics told CNBC that he believes the chances of a double-dip recession exceed 40 percent and the Fed has only a few options to stimulate the economy. Interesting enough the next day the stock market took off on the comments of Bernanke. Who do [...]

This word Double dip seems to be on so many investors minds. The idea of the double dip is not a dip in the pool but rather an another dip into a recession or worse a depression. Looking at the facts and not being pessimistic, the housing market is showing no signs of a recovery [...]

As I have stated repeatedly, I do not know the future nor do I make predictions. I will let Jim Rogers go on CNBC and make statements (many times he is correct) such as the housing market and even his recent about buying Euro dollars. This was a wonderful trade for commodity traders. Jim Rogers [...]