Discount Platinum?
As one of the earth’s rarest precious metals, platinum’s mystique extends deeply into the collective cultural consciousness. According to jewelry specialists Flash Manufacturing, all the platinum ever mined in human history would fit inside the space of an...
3 Sign The Sell-Off is Over… and one that Suggest Otherwise
Talking Numbers, a popular financial news segment hosted by CNBC’s Brian Sullivan, recently interviewed Larry McDonald, an author and senior director of Newedge, to discuss the latest volatile conditions affecting the U.S. equities sector. McDonald is seemingly...
The October Curse
Following a devastating week on Wall Street, including a 2-day sell-off in which the volatility was unmatched for 17 years, the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average has given up its gains for 2014. A similar fate awaits the more “broadly defined” S&P...
Delta Airlines and The Ebola Virus
A contagion is in the air and for once, we’re not referring to the endless dump of artificial liquidity by global central banks, nor are we discussing the rapid downfall of governmental or societal ethics. It is an odd circumstance indeed for a common metaphor...
Apple: Lone Survivor or Lost in Denial?
Apple Can Do No Wrong Such is the enigmatic power and charisma of Steve Jobs, whose vision alone commandeered one of the great paradigm shifts in consumer retail history. Just as Sony was once synonymous with portable audio technology for Generation X (anyone remember...
