Luke BurgessPosted August 25, 2006
Average retail gasoline prices have fallen significantly since the beginning of the month and are now at multi-month lows. Here in the U.S., the engine fuel has dropped over 5% since August 4th...
Brian HicksPosted August 23, 2006
At Ward's gift shop in Boston there has been a run on St. Joseph statues. In fact, they are selling so many that the owner, Donald Ward Cranely, is having a hard time keeping them on the shelves.
Brian HicksPosted August 22, 2006
The image is comical until you realize what it means. In an ad I saw yesterday for an Israeli foreign currency exchange service, Uncle Sam dangles from a parachute down your computer screen. "Wake...
Brian HicksPosted August 18, 2006
As we look around us, the world is becoming an increasing dangerous place. Whether it is a war, a rumor of a war, terrorism, corrupt government action, insane financial risk, fiat currencies, trade...
Brian HicksPosted August 15, 2006
After days turned into weeks, we have now come to the close of a full month of high-intensity conflict between Israel and Lebanese militia Hizbullah. As the armies cautiously tiptoe back to...
Brian HicksPosted August 14, 2006
Honesty is the best policy. Twain knew this well. But unfortunately in the housing market the truth is often the first casualty of the bidding war.
Brian HicksPosted August 9, 2006
Baltimore, MD- Where once there were fortunes made only the weeds now grow. But it's not the weeds here that are so noticeable as it is the silence.
Luke BurgessPosted August 8, 2006
While the rest if the commodity world is focused on the 400,000 barrel per day oil shut-in at Prudhoe Bay, I'm looking over 7,000 miles away to the northern Atacama Desert of Chile where their...
Brian HicksPosted August 8, 2006
The last time I headed to the Middle East during the summer, my ever-cautious mother asked me if I packed my raincoat. No, I answered, It doesnt rain there in summertime. No one knows...
Brian HicksPosted August 4, 2006
In the boxing match of global commerce, the World Trade Organization is in a position to award championship belts. Unfortunately, though, the fighters too often walk away from the ring.
Brian HicksPosted July 31, 2006
Throw another Yule log on the fire, grab yourself another eggnog, and call the kids down to unwrap their presents. Sure it is a little hot outside, but it's never too early to be thinking about...
Brian HicksPosted July 26, 2006
In his Congressional testimony last week, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke set to the task of dutifully rearranging the deck furniture. Calm as ever he made no move whatsoever to the lifeboats and coolly...