Articles by EconMatters
Slow Relief at the Pump As Gasoline Decouples From Crude Oil
5/14/2011, 7:28 pm from EconMatters in Investing, Commodities, Economy, Futures
By EconMatters The Reuters Jefferies CRB Index is down 8% so far in May with almost every single commodity in the index registering red. Even the ongoing geopolitical tension in the... Read >>
Social Network: Why So LinkedIn?
5/11/2011, 9:17 am from EconMatters in News Headlines, Technology, Business, Travel and Lifestyle
By EconMatters Dubbed as the Facebook of business professionals, Linkedin has expanded into more than 200 countries and territories with 101.5 million members worldwide by the... Read >>
Speculation Does Not Explain High Oil and Gasoline Prices? Please!!
5/7/2011, 12:31 pm from EconMatters in Investing, Commodities, Futures, Options
By EconMatters WTI (West Texas Intermediate) Crude Oil futures traded at its lowest in almost two months in New York on Thursday, May 5 in its biggest selloff in two years, plunging 8.6%... Read >>
All's Fair In Coffee and Sugar
5/3/2011, 8:18 pm from EconMatters in Investing, Commodities, Investing Ideas, Stocks
By EconMatters You might recall that bitter coffee divorce from last December when Kraft Food (KFT) took Starbucks (SBUX) to court to prevent Starbucks from unwinding a 13-year... Read >>
A Sunday Vertical Drop of Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium
5/1/2011, 8:53 pm from EconMatters in Investing, Commodities, ETFs, Futures
By EconMatters I was fully expecting a non-eventful Sunday afternoon when out of no where, precious metals started their contest of vertical drop, as shown... Read >>
Infographic: The Fall and Rise of iSteve Apple
4/27/2011, 3:07 pm from EconMatters in News Headlines, Technology, Business, Stocks
By Dian L. Chu, EconMatters In late 1996, Steve Jobs returned to Apple (AAPL) after being ousted as CEO 12 years earlier. He soon became Apple's interim CEO,... Read >>
Physical Silver Investors Are Being Hoodwinked by the Futures Market
4/26/2011, 12:59 am from EconMatters in Investing, Commodities, Economy, Futures
By Dian L. Chu, EconMatters The Silver market is in a bubble stage right now. No one really knows how long this will last, whether Silver goes up another $5, 10, 20 doesn`t really matter for... Read >>
QE2 is Damaging the Economy and Reducing GDP Growth
4/25/2011, 9:36 pm from EconMatters in Investing, Economy, Commodities, US Markets
By Dian L. Chu, EconMatters QE2 is going to go down as one of the worst monetary policy initiatives in the history of the modern Federal Reserve era. On almost any metric applied, QE2 ends up... Read >>
The Fed Must End QE2 on April 27th
4/23/2011, 7:53 pm from EconMatters in Investing, Economy, Commodities, US Markets
By Dian L. Chu, EconMatters The Federal Reserve has lost all credibility on Wall Street, and most of the American public with the absolute refusal to recognize the dire effects on asset... Read >>
Silver Market: Why CME Must Raise Margin Requirements by 30%
4/23/2011, 10:59 am from EconMatters in Investing, Commodities, Futures, Options
By Dian L. Chu, EconMatters If you think the crude oil market has gone totally out of control in the past month or so, observe the Silver. The Silver market has basically gone... Read >>