According to recent reports we have seen, the coming winter is shaping up as a financially and economically frosty one in New England. (Ditto other chilly parts of the U.S.

We have recently received worried queries about the safety of bank deposits.

As the BEAR grinds ever-lower, periodic counter-trend (i.e., sucker's) rallies to the contrary notwithstanding, the question is asked with increasing frequency, intensity, and desperation: when, oh wh

The short answer to this question, we think, is yes. This is not a conclusion we are happy to reach, but facts are facts.

Good morning, folks. This AM, as we rose from our slumber (having seen our wretched baseball team, the Padres, victorious for a change) we were all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

We have, in previous analyses, rejected the "de-coupling" thesis.

Well folks, seems to us that Asia's role vis-v-vis Planet Earth is rapidly becoming analogous to California's supposed role vis-a-vis the United States: it LEADS THE WAY.

Well folks, we are sure you are all familiar with this old saying. At this point in time, we think it would be useful to consider whether or not gold is really glittering.

There can be little question that numerous countries are currently experiencing a very serious inflationary surge.

Insofar as the bear market in residential real estate is concerned, we note two aspects of interest. The first is the profusion of predictions about when the bottom might be reached.