December 31
Most States No Longer Facing Budget Deficits
Dollar Declines to Record, Poised for Worst Year Against Euro
U.S. Weekly Mortgage Applications Hit Year Low
China May Reconsider Yuan Peg, Analysts Say
December 30
Gold: A Rediscovered Investment
Ailing Dollar Keeps Gold Near 8-Year High
Lower Than Expected Economic Numbers Good For Gold
Euro Rises to Another Record Vs. Dollar
Consumer Confidence Falls
December 29
Euro Hits New Record High Against the Dollar, Rises Above $1.25
The Dropping Knife
December 24
It's the Fiat Dollar Stupid
December 23
U.S. Companies Moving More Jobs Overseas
Dollar at Record Low Versus Euro
December 22
Dollar Falls to New Record Low Against Euro
Dollar's Drop Becomes More Ominous
December 18
Frankfurt Rumour Pushes Euro to New High vs Dollar
The Great Mongolian Gold Rush
Bush's Goal to Reduce Deficit Criticized
Tech: Where are the Jobs?
Vanishing Jobs
December 17
Where's the Inflation?
Pigs Get Slaughtered, Part Deux
December 16
Turning Lead Into Gold
Weekly Summary Charts
December 15
Economic Meltdown, Secessionist Crackup?
Analysis: Why China Is Scooping Up Europe's Old Coins
Dollar Drops Again Against Euro to Another New Low
IBM to Move Software Jobs to India, China
$44 Trillion Budget Shortfall Threatens U.S. Future
Stocks Set to Jump After Saddam Capture
Dollar Continues Downward Slide
December 12
OPEC May Trade Oil in Euros to Compensate for Dollar Decline
This Play in Gold is Not for $400 But $480
The Weight of the Evidence - Silver
The Death of Hedging
December 10
The Five Years 'Til Tragedy Rule
More on the Collapsing Dollar
December 9
Q&A: Why the Dollar's in Decline
Dow (Momentarily) Cracks 10,000 Mark
December 8
The Paper Chase
Dollar Drops to Record Against Euro, 11-Year Low Versus Pound
Weep For America
Could China Revolutionize the Gold Market?
Notice to the Gold Community
December 5
Job Growth Far Lower Than Expected
December 4
Euro at New Dollar High as ECB Holds Rates
Brussels Considers Imposing Currency Controls On Runaway Euro
December 3
RBI Mulls New Money Tools as Inflows Surge
Stay the Course: Gold is Going Much Higher
December 2
Dollar Tumbles to New Low Against Euro
Gold Hits New High on Surging Euro
Major Trend Reversal in Fear Index Is Confirmed
The Bear's Lair: 4 Horsemen of the Economy
December 1
Richard Russell On Gold
Insane! $160,000 Gold??!
Gold: Where The Action Is
Gold Over $400 an Ounce on Currency Moves
Soros 'Speculating Against Dollar'
Factory Growth Fastest in 20 Years
November 25
Hispanic Immigrants in U.S. Send $30 Billion Back Home
November 24
U.S. Economy Seen Growing Faster - 8.2% in 3Q
November 24
Technical Analysis For Regular and Aggressive Investors
November 20
Dollar Falls on Concern Investment Will Decline After Bombings
November 19
Early Morning Gold Brief - Bank of Japan Intervenes at 107.61 in Yen
Gold Tops $400 for First Time in Seven Years
Dollar Hits Record Low Versus Euro
The Day the Dollar Reserve Standard Collapsed
Housing Starts at Highest Rate Since 1986
November 18
Richard Russell on Gold
Terror, Scandal Return to Haunt Investors
November 13
Is A New Gold Standard The Answer?
Trade Deficit Widens, Jobless Claims Rise
November 12
December Comex Gold Calls strike $400
What Comes After a Trillion?
Government Outgrows Cap Set by President
The Quiet Bull Market - Gold!
Bullish Euro Challenges Dollar as Zloty Rallies
November 11
Dollar, Growth Bets Likely Losers in Any Trade War
Foreign Investors Now Own Almost Half of Liquid U.S. Treasury Bonds
November 10
Templeton Feeling Bearish
New 20s, New Bogus Bills
November 7
Companies Add 126,000 Jobs in October - Hardly a Dent in the 3 Million Jobs Lost
November 6
Greenspan: Economy Set to Create Jobs (Seeing is Believing!)
November 4
Mutual Fund Scandal Outrage Keeps Growing in U.S.
November 3
Russall Says — Gold To Reach $556
Gold Summary
October 29
The Trouble with the Whole World
NASD Probing 30 Fund Firms
October 28
Better Job Market Cheers Consumers
October 27
Changing Course
October 24
Gold's Rise: Something New To Worry About
October 23
Senate Approves $3400 Annual Pay Increase For Itself
October 22
Merck Posts Flat Earnings, to Cut 4,400 Jobs
GE to Cut 1,000 Jobs in New York, South Carolina
October 21
Sony Plans Up to 20,000 Job Cuts
Gov. Red Ink Hits Record $374B in 2003
October 20
"Sizzling" US Economy May be a Flash in the Pan: Experts
More Companies Downsize Family-Friendly Programs
October 17
Silver Technicals
Be Careful on the Dollar
October 15
Hawkish King Fears High Debt Could Tip UK into Crash
October 13
Japan: The Rapid Run on Dollar Assets
October 9
Russia Might Price Its Oil in Euros
October 8
New $20 Bill Reaches Public Thursday
Look Out Above If Russia Prices Oil In Euros
The Rich World's Disappearing Jobs
October 7
Prefer Dollars to Gold? You Better Consider This!
October 6
Intel CEO Admits: Jobs Aren't Coming Back to US
Spending our Way to Disaster: Consumer Debt May Make Stock Bubble Seem Minor
China Opens the Door to Lucrative Auto Loans
Rising Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses
October 2
The Bear's Lair: Escaping From Depression
Trade in Gold, Silver Futures From Oct 3
It's Not Jobs Lost, It's Jobs Not Found
Is the U.S. Headed For Trouble?
October 1
Forecast A Stronger Rally
Dubai Aims for Half the World’S Gold
Millions Of US Jobs Headed To India
Consumer Confidence Fell in September
Time to Flee America?
Senate Speeds Toward Passing Iraq Package: Look Where Your $87B is Going
September 30
Gold and Silver Train Wreck
43.6 Million Don't Have Health Insurance
September 29
The Global Impact of the Gold Dinar
$36-Bn Private Chinese Gold Investment?
Islamic Banking Worth $260 Billion
September 26
Poverty Rises, Income Down, Census Says
134,000 Lost Jobs in August 'Mass Layoffs'
September 25
Dollar Cannot Risk a Sudden Free Fall
China's Gold Rush
Silver to outpace Gold?
Russell On the Dollar & Gold Stocks
Oil Prices Surge After Surprise OPEC Cut in Production
India Starts to See China as a Land of Business Opportunity
Poll: Worries About Housing Costs
September 24
Chainsaw Jim is Back For More!
Fed Leader Says Weak Dollar is a 'Stimulus'
September 22
Gold Futures Touch Seven-Year Highs
U.S. Dollar Briefly Sinks to 33-Month Low
The Ultimate Insult: 9% Mortgage
Aussie Dollar Bolts Towards 5-1/2 New High
China Defends Currency Policy
The Stalker Strikes With Another Huge Gold Buy Order!
September 19
COT in the (Final?) Act
US Dollar 'Could Collapse At Any Moment'
September 17
Show Me The Silver
September 16
Derivatives Exposure Soars at Big U.S. Banks
A Week with Richebacher in Cannes
September 15
How the Huge Federal Debt Affects Americans
September 12
Calling a Code Red in the Rust Belt
September 11
To Buy Or Not To Buy Precious Metals...
Silver Poised to Explode
September 10
Important Gold Observations
Machine Tool Consumption Collapsing
September 8
Gold in Euros and Yen
Asian Debt Withdrawal Threat to US Deficit 2
Paper Money and Tyranny
Asian Debt Withdrawal Threat to US Deficit
Electronic "Glitch" on CBT
September 5
Job Growth Still the Missing Link
Foreign Investment in UK Collapses
Gold Men $tack$: 8 Minutes, $317M
September 4
ID Theft Strikes 1 In 4 US Households
Productivity Jumps in Q2, But Weekly Jobless Claims Rise
September 3
$4.6 Billion Buy Order Propelling Gold Price!
Apocalypse This Way Comes
Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist
1.4 Million More People in Poverty in 2002
September 2
Labor Day No Picnic for the Unemployed
Richard Russell on the Markets & Gold
August 26
Silver Shares Leading the Way
August 26
World Bonds - Echoes of LTCM in Recent U.S. Swaps Market Storm
Two High Profile Execs Leave World Giant Hedge Fund
Bear-Market Sign: Insider Sell-Rate Near Record Levels
August 25
Blacklisted By the Bank
Look for Contradictions in Order to Find Direction
A Tally of US Taxpayers' Tab for Iraq
August 19
600 Laid Off, 3,000 Lose a Week's Pay at IBM
Check Holding Extended?
August 18
More Rope to Hang the Dollar?
August 14
Platinum Trading Starts in China
Get Ready for the Breakout
August 11
States, Pension Fund Suing Freddie Mac
August 8
£250,000 (US$404,625) for Average London Home
August 5
Depositors Scramble Amid Rumors of Bank Account Freeze
Calfornia's Bonds are Downgraded Again
August 1
US SWAPS - Big Spread Blow-Out on Mortgage Hedging Havoc
Inflation or Deflation? 2
July 31
Japan Sells Record Amount of Yen to Protect Exporters
Strong Signs for Economy
Man Your Battle Stations, This is No Drill
July 30
Muslim Call to Thwart Capitalism BBC Reports
Malaysia's First Gold Dinar Available to Public Next Week
What's the Problem?
One in 10 U.S. Tech Jobs May Move Overseas
July 29
Is a 1987-Style Scenario Taking Shape?
US Agency Spreads Wider, Risk-Takers Pull in Horns
July 28
Gold to Catch Fire in August
ECB Sheds Holdings of U.S. Agency Debt, Person Says
July 25
Suicides in Japan Said to Hit Record High
Russia May Soon Shift From Dollar to Euro, in Billing its Energy Exports to Europe
Jobless Claims Dip for 2nd Week
Big-Ticket Orders Up 2.1% in June
Microsoft to Add Up to 5,000 Jobs
U.S. Bank Hit by International Hackers
California's Debt 'Nearly Junk'
July 23
Bernanke: Fed Could Cut Rates to Zero
The Fed Takes a Dangerous Stance
Economists See Euro at $1.50 as US Trade Deficit Adjusts
U.S. Jobs Jumping Ship
July 18
Price of Gold $425 by October 10?
July 18
Asia Fills Her Boots: Dollar Reserves Skyrocket
Three-day Losing Streak Ends
What Do Record Deficits Mean For You?
Profit Worries Force Shares Down for Third Straight Day
Scraping by on Minimum Wage
July 17
Boeing to Cut Up to 5,000 More Jobs
U.N.:World Can't Afford Rich China
Jobless Claims Fall to 3-Month Low
Record 4.5 Million Seniors Forced Back in the Job Market
GM Earnings Drop 30% but Beat Expectations
American Airlines Parent AMR Posts Q2 Loss of $357M, Beats Forecasts
July 16
'Turning Point' Forecast for U.S. Economy
July 15
White Collars Join Jobless Ranks
Food Shortage in the Homeland
Retail Sales Better-Than-Expected in June
Red Cross Says Disaster Fund Nearly Depleted
Greenspan Says Fed Could Cut Rates Again
White House Projects Record $455B Deficit
July 14
1929-style Stock Exchange Crash Likely This October 2003? - Part 1
1929-style Stock Exchange Crash Likely This October 2003? - Part 2
1929-style Stock Exchange Crash Likely This October 2003? - Part 3
1929-style Stock Exchange Crash Likely This October 2003? - Part 4
1929-style Stock Exchange Crash Likely This October 2003? - Part 5
Venezuela Sells About 34% of Debt Privately
Venezuela's PDVSA Cuts Oil Output Costs, Drilling
The Gold Wars: Is America's Gold Gone?
Hard Times In Silicon Valley
Teenagers Facing Hard Competition for Summer Jobs
Iraq Cost Could Peg $100 Billion; Impact on Other Programs Feared
The White Metal
July 11
U.S. Trade Deficit Climbs in May
IP Here Bracing for Cuts
Is Red China the Big Silver Short?
The Fuss About Interest Rates!
July 10
Outrage Growing over End of Overtime for Millions of Workers
Gold Correction Should Be About Over
China Posts Big Surge in Output
No Signs Yet of Improvement in Euro-Zone Output, Sentiment
Iraq Costing U.S. $4 Billion a Month
Continuing Jobless Claims at 20-Year High
July 9
SARS to Cost Tourism $519M This Year, Cut 5,300 Jobs
July 8
Gold Market Summary - The Morning After
July 7
A Short History Of Fantastical Government Incompetence
Number of Doubly Jobless Couples Rises — as Do Tensions
Telemarketers Worry About Their Jobs
China Wealth Grows from Seed Cash
July 5
Gold For Dummies?
July 3
The Greater Depression, Part I
The Greater Depression, Part II
Silver - The Undervalued Asset Looking for A Catalyst
June Unemployment Rate Soars to 6.4%
July 2
Why Dump The Hedgers?
American Laying Off 3,100 Workers
Flood of Immigrants Breaking Bank in California
Gauging Economic Risks
July 1
Six States Begin With No Budgets
Analysis: Manufacturing Slow, Construction Wobbly
A Skewed American Pie - Chasm Now Between Rich and Poor
California Begins Fiscal Year With No Budget
Budgets Prompt Refrain: 'We Ran Out of Money'
The Trend for Gold

April - June 2003 articles

January - March 2003 articles

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2002 Financial News Topics:

Precious Metals

Financial Meltdown

Derivatives