Keith KohlUpdated December 22, 2006
The fact that global demand will rise year after year as our craving for oil continues isnt questioned. One might assume the natural course of action would be to ramp up exploration in order to...
Brian HicksUpdated December 28, 2006
Watching the government do practically anything is often akin to watching molasses run down the hill in January. But like that slow running ooze it eventually manages to accomplish its feat. Nowhere...
Brian HicksUpdated January 4, 2007
The New Year got off to rough start for the employees of Mortgage Lenders Network (MLN) yesterday, when the Connecticut-based sub-prime lender announced that it was no longer in the business of...
Brian HicksUpdated January 5, 2007
The brutal correction we experienced the second half of 2006 has now come to a close and the next phase of our bull market appears like it will open 2007 with a bang, taking metals prices much higher.
Keith KohlUpdated January 10, 2007
Baltimore, MDNatural gas prices have taken a hard hit this year, but the future may make you rethink any ideas of leaving early.
Brian HicksUpdated January 11, 2007
Just for laughs, ask your mortgage broker what the yield spread premium (YSP) is on the loan he is doing for you and watch him squirm. Or better yet, go over some of your old settlement statements...
Keith KohlUpdated January 12, 2007
I like gold. But I love silver. That's simply because since silver cost a fraction of gold, it has the ability to tack much large percentage increases during a bull market. In fact, in certain...
Luke BurgessUpdated January 15, 2007
Indium: It's a metal that most folks have never heard of. But in today's high-tech economy, demand for this material is soaring in everything from thin-film solar panels to flat-screen TVs. The...
Brian HicksUpdated January 18, 2007
During the bubblicious frenzy, the mantra of the real-estate crowd was as simple. Housing, they said, was nothing like stocks. And in a certain respect they were right. Because although I have never...
Keith KohlUpdated January 22, 2007
The house unveiled its attack on big oil last week with the introduction of their new energy plan. Yet their plan seems as if it is preparing for a future after peak oil.
Brian HicksUpdated January 24, 2007
Chavez has already announced his intention to have the constitution changed to permit him to run for a third term in 2012. Currently, any Venezuelan president is limited to two consecutive six-year...
Brian HicksUpdated January 25, 2007
The madness of the nation's housing bulls reached new highs this week as they continued to chortle that the show must go on. Desperate for fresh evidence that the boom still has legs, they even...