Category Archives: MN Gordon
Removing All Doubt
Oil prices jumped above $106 per barrel this week. What gives? The short answer: global supplies are tightening while consumption is increasing. “Energy economists continued to gauge how recent unrest in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria will affect exports from … Continue reading
A Modest Alternative to Monkeying with Currency Markets
Late last week, while many were busy paying tribute to their Irish brethren with good cheer and libations, the Group of Seven (G-7) nations were busy monkeying around in foreign exchange markets with their first coordinated intervention in over 10 … Continue reading
Up the Creek Without a Paddle
This must be, without a doubt, one of the worst weeks we can remember. Each day the news out of Japan goes from bad to more bad. Here in the U.S. we gawk and grimace at the destruction wrought by … Continue reading
Advice Worth Considering
The Ides of March “Beware the Ides of March,” warned a soothsayer on March 15, 44 B.C. “Well, the Ides of March have come,” joked Julius Caesar. “Ay, they have come,” replied the soothsayer, “but they are not gone.” Before … Continue reading
