ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Energy Dominoes From Japan | Alternative Energy Stocks Rising oil prices and increased attention towards the risks of nuclear energy in the ring of fire will increase alternatives to conventional energy production. As our mistaken assumptions about the security and sustainability of traditional energy sources fall like dominoes, alternative energy businesses become more and more … Read more
PIMCO Total Return dumps U.S. government-related debt | Reuters The world's largest bond fund has gone ultra bearish on the United States, dumping all of its U.S. government-related debt holdings. (tags: treasuries govt_spending debt BillGross)
Greenspan knows inflation? « Inflation Watch Suddenly, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan knows inflation. In fact, he now sees inflation as a real danger. Greenspan discussed a variety of economic topics with a crew from CNBC. I was quite intrigued, and VERY surprised, at his commentary on inflation and even gold. It is as … Read more
Rampant oil volatility forces big margin hikes | Reuters Whipsaw trade in oil prices forced exchanges to hike trading margins sharply on Thursday, including the first U.S. increase in over two years, potentially forcing some traders to close out positions. (tags: oil margin commodities)
Silver is Approaching Stage Two of its Bull Market – Precious Metals – Resource Investor Admittedly, I was a little early with my forecast about when gold would enter stage two. So perhaps I will again be early by forecasting that silver will enter stage two of its bull market this year. Regardless of the … Read more
Solar Firms Call for a Common Permit Process – NYTimes.com In a new study, the industry estimates that the permit dance adds an average of $2,500 in costs to each installation, and streamlining things could provide a $1 billion stimulus to the residential and commercial solar power market over the next five years. (tags: solar … Read more
Department of Energy seeks to cut solar costs by 75 percent | Reuters The U.S. Department of Energy said on Friday it will spend $27 million on a new effort to reduce the costs of solar power by 75 percent by the end of the decade in a bid to make the renewable power source … Read more
T2108 Resource Page: A Service from One-Twenty Two I will use this page as my central resource page when discussing the indicator on my main financial blog "One-Twenty Two." You can also come directly this page to see the latest charts for T2108 – I plan to update this page every Sunday at a minimum. … Read more
Outlook 2011: Irreversible Upward Pressures – Precious Metals – Resource Investor The best I can come up with is that speaking about gold is like one of those good news bad news jokes, you know the ones – your doctor phoned with some good news and some bad news. The good news is they will … Read more
Bond market may signal US financial crisis to come – Bill Fleckenstein I am becoming more convinced that the various elements of a funding crisis will be picking up the pace and intensity sooner, rather than later, and they may well be the most important factors to consider with regard to investment decisions in 2011. … Read more