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Fill 'er Up

Luke Burgess
Posted 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...

Home Sales Down, Saint Statues Up

Brian Hicks
Posted 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.

The dollar drops - your money grows! If...

Brian Hicks
Posted 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...

A World in Chaos...Buy Gold

Brian Hicks
Posted 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...

Paying for War

Brian Hicks
Posted 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...

Housing's Ill-gotten Gains

Brian Hicks
Posted 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.

The Game Has Changed

Brian Hicks
Posted 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.

Chile Copper Export

Luke Burgess
Posted 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...

Where There's Water, There's Fire

Brian Hicks
Posted 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 doesn’t rain there in summertime.” No one knows...

World Trade on the Ropes

Brian Hicks
Posted 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.

Ho...Ho ...Ho...These Homes have Got to Go

Brian Hicks
Posted 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...

The Iceberg Looms

Brian Hicks
Posted 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...