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Following a reckless resumption of risk appetite last week (perhaps led by an erroneous interpretation of Euro strength by algo computers? See: Biggest Market Headfake ever for an interesting take), the fear gauge is resuming alarm today. This updated chart of the … Continue reading →

An excellent article in this weekend’s Globe on tax and spend choices: We seem to have forgotten the simple fact that if we want government services (and we do), we need to pay for them.  (thanks Howie) In my experience, … Continue reading →

As global markets rallied in a manic spike this week, we note a remarkably similar pattern with the price behaviour of late 2008. Volume continues to be weak and typical of the “two guys trading” lack of institutional buyers which … Continue reading →