By EconMatters Below are trading range charts for 10 major commodities from the Bespoke Group. All 10 commodities are currently at or below the bottom of their trading ranges, which would suggest at the moment, a good opportunity to get in at oversold… more »

By EconMattersBRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are among the highest risk regions to have armed conflicts based on the third annual Conflict Intensity Index, an annual study evaluating the intensity of armed conflict across 197 nations, r… more »

We at EconMatters expected the QE2 froth to come out of markets once the fed experiment of artificially inflating asset prices was over, and for the most part this is exactly where we are today - at a crossroads.Are we going to just trudge along with slow growth until the world finally works its way out of the housing inventory overhang, the next building phase takes hold, and there is a strong surge in the labor markets from the bottom up? Or are we going to take the next leg down and head back into a recessionary environment? more »