1. The Value Line Arithmetic Index -- 1700+ stocks, not cap. weighted ($VLE) -- has been a stock market leader for a decade now. So, it is with concern that the weekly chart has turned down and is even sporting a short term head / shoulders pattern...

Core fundamentals -- monetary liquidity, short term rates, medium quality bond yields, market confidence measures -- remain positive. Earnings indicators are positive, although the weekly lead measures have started to flatten out. Secondarily, there...

Gold entered a price mania in early 2006. There have been frothy price moves up in 2006, 2008, and again this year, when gold closed above the $1100 oz. mark. By my analysis, we have not yet seen a classic bubble in the price. Gold is now strongly...

The market has done a bit better than I expected over the past couple of weeks, and it is tougher to make the case that a classic price consolidation is underway. The major concerns I have had since mid - Sept. have been the 60% + move and whether...

Gold has been on a tear since taking out the $1000 oz. resistance level. Given the much increased volatility of the gold price since 2005, you have to be ready to encounter the occasional dramatic overbought / oversold condition in the market, and you...