Does pricing the market in gold tell the whole story? Maybe not, but it does tell a story, and an important one. That story is that you can manipulate stock prices higher, but if you price it in gold, it will tell you the truth. Another example of why gold will tell you everything.

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Congrats college grad! Now it’s time to ship out that resume and get your real life going. As you know, the job market is tough and competitive. If you’re lucky enough to land a “real” position straight out of college, it still might not come with the salary, benefits or job …

The ADP employment report showed that private employers only added 13,000 jobs in June – well below the consensus estimates.  Friday’s Labor Department employment report is expected to be fairly ugly with negative job creation due to U.S. Census layoffs.  Yet another month goes by with the job situation not improving.

At first glance of this headline, you’re probably thinking, well that’s easy… it’s the recession.  People have lost jobs and are potentially losing their homes.  In short, they’re struggling.  I would submit that it’s a much deeper issue than this, and is one worth exploring.
The reality is that the recession has revealed Americans’ weaknesses, not caused them.  The recession has shown that Americans are incredibly vulnerable to any external disruption such as a shaky job market, a shaky stock market, etc.  The recession has shown that Americans have way too …

As the market moves to test some support levels, the S&P 500 chart is very interesting. What is of interest to me is how the climb a few months ago to the April highs was a slow, melt-up. The decline, however, was much more violent with much larger declines than inclines (on the way up).  We’re approaching critical support levels (1040ish) on the S&P.  Just a few weeks ago with the bounce off these levels, people were saying the correction is over and it’s time to resume the …

How absurd in today’s high-octane stock market where stocks like Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Research In Motion (RIMM) are all the rage.  Great article today about a top adviser with an excellent track record over the last 30 years.  Charles Allmon has had a model portfolio with about 80% parked in cash for the last 20 years.  During the 90′s dot-com boom, his strategy was considered insane, but the last decade has proven different.
What I find very interestingly from his strategy is that his 20% position in stocks is …

If Warren Buffett really wanted to be charitable with his billions, he would have concentrated on making billions more. Simply put, I don’t believe in philanthropy or charitable giving — at least not the ordinary kind.

On early trading Tuesday, the Dow Jones is below the much-watched 10,000 mark.  While this level is not overly important, people watch it so take it for what it’s worth.  Stocks are lower on the Chinese market potentially rolling over in recent trading.  Also worth noting is 10-year Treasuries are now yielding under 3% – deflation?