Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) June SIGN study typically has generated several changes, especially in view of the market’s pullback over the past several weeks.  Indeed, lifting the weighting on one perceived... Read More

While month over month overall trading volume increased by half a percent in June, dark pools volume dropped by 5 percent, the third straight monthly decline, according to the... Read More

Entering the 12th round of the heavyweight fight the force of which has never before been seen, former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission... Read More

Despite rising gold prices and good market conditions, gold companies burned through $11 billion in cash over the last decade, leaving shareholders out in the cold. The failure to... Read More

Diminishing disposable income in Ireland could soon affect share prices, as consumers spend less money in the private sector. Inflation beating increases in items such as alcohol and health... Read More

As quantitative investment methods to solve risk management problems advance, ETFs, considered “passive” investment methods, are a focus for new tools.  But are these new products based on valid... Read More

Italy is considered to be the Eurozone’s second largest problem, following Greece. High levels of debt, poor productivity and a banking system on the verge of collapse are pushing... Read More

A gold mine is a hole in the ground with a liar on top–Mark Twain The above chart illustrates how historically cheap gold mining equities are to gold. Not since... Read More

ECB stimulus should be supportive of low U.S. interest rates and stocks, but watch for European issues to outshine The European Central Bank’s €1.1 trillion quantitative easing program, announced this... Read More

Ben Axler founded Spruce Point Capital Management in 2009, and since then, he has targeted a lot of companies he believed were making poor acquisition choices. One of his... Read More