The economy got another positive sign this week in the form of a substantial drop in crude oil supplies that suggests consumption could be on the way back up. According to the Energy Information Administration, the nation’s crude oil stocks stood at 343.6 million barrels, a decline from the previous week’s 352 million barrels. This mark...

StockTock.com discusses the challenges facing industrial and material companies. I am yet to see anything that looks like capitulation in some of the weakest stocks in this market. We discuss developments in Europe and why the euro is likely to weaken further against the dollar. We like gold over the medium term. We are dollar cost averaging into g...