Sunshine Profits

The past week has failed to provide clear signals in most markets worldwide.

Starting January, American workers will start to see changes in their paychecks as the Social Security tax break that was signed into law last Friday takes effect

Gold has gained 26% this year, putting it on track for its third double-digit gain of the last four years.

This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on December 11th, 2010

  This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on December 10th, 2010 We picked up the Asian addition of The Wall Street Journal this week and on the back page was an article titled “China reveals Huge Appetite for Gold.” The article states: Gold’s record rally has been attributed to everything from worries … Continue reading

  This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on December 1st, 2010 Even though we have posted our previous essay just a few days ago, much happened since that time, so without further introduction we will dive right into the USD Index chart (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com.) The long-term USD Index chart gives … Continue reading

This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on December 1st, 2010….

  This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on November 19th, 2010 A recently published paper that studied the stimulus efforts in 44 countries showed some interesting findings. Ethan Ilzetzki of the London School of Economics and Enrique G. Mendoza and Carlos A. Vegh of the University of Maryland argued in their National … Continue reading

  This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on November 19th, 2010 It’s no secret that the U.S. is borrowing too much, that China manipulates its currency and that Europe’s fiscal troubles are growing at the same time that “the luck of the Irish” is running out. There does not seem to be … Continue reading

  This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on November 12th, 2010 Now it’s official! The yellow metal has gotten the golden seal of approval. This week none other than the President of the World Bank said leading economies should consider readopting a modified global gold standard to guide currency movements. Writing in … Continue reading