– By Fred Dunlap – Greetings Everyone! It’s been 40 days since my last missive, and in that time, some things in the investment world are the same and some things have CHANGED. When we last left our Super Heroes, Energy prices were threatening low levels ($50/barrel). The Greeks were embarking on their Excellent Adventure, after voting […]

– By Fred Dunlap – Our friend, Mario (Baby) Draghi, came out today with a BIG fire hose in the form of massive bond purchases. And the world responded as expected. The Euro fell further in value vs. the US Dollar, and the US stock market roared in response. The Dow finished up 260 points and […]

– By Fred Dunlap – The Swiss National Bank got up yesterday morning, and decided to rock the region. After having pegged their currency to the Euro for the last 3.5 years, the SNB unhinged their currency yesterday morning and let it move with the market. This caused the Swiss Franc yesterday to soar nearly 20%. […]

– By Fred Dunlap – HO HO HO! Welcome to the week that the market sleeps. It’s that week between Christmas and New Years, when people are taking vacation, and health clubs are filled with people who sat too close to the dessert tray… Is Santa Claus REAL?? Well, if you were an investor in the Dow, […]

– By Fred Dunlap – When you woke up this morning, you didn’t know that this was going to be a historic day. Last night, the Russian Central Bank elected to raise rates from 10.5% to 17% to stave off more erosion in the value of the Ruble (vs. other international currencies). It was a drastic […]