David Chapman
Articles by David Chapman
Oil prices have been falling. That’s not new as oil prices have been going up and down for years especially after 1967 when the first Arab oil embargo got underway just after the Arab/Israeli Six Day War that started on June 6, 1967. Grant...
The 20th century was a century of wars. But then so were all the other centuries. The 21st century is so far no different. Trying to estimate the number killed in wars during the 20th century is nigh on impossible. It is estimated that...
Charts created using Omega TradeStation 2000i. Chart data supplied by Dial DataThis morning I woke up to the following headline: Before the Bell: Stocks set to plunge on Fed, Portugal worries (Globe and Mail, July 10, 2014). While...
Oil; black gold. Oil is the global economy’s lifeblood. Without it, the global economy would probably return to the 17th century or worse. Oil demand just keeps going up. It is a constant battle to find new sources and keep what resources...
Charts created using Omega TradeStation 2000i. Chart data supplied by Dial DataIt seems as if it has been for months that we have been warning about the broader stock market being at seemingly lofty levels. It seemed, though, that...
Charts created using Omega TradeStation 2000i. Chart data supplied by Dial DataThe European Union (EU) may be an economic and political union of 28 member states but there has never been little doubt that its centre is in Germany. As...
Charts created using Omega TradeStation 2000i. Chart data supplied by Dial DataIt has been a long way down for the Tokyo Nikkei Dow (TNA). Almost twenty-four years after peaking at 38,915, the TNA remains down 63% from those lofty...
Source: www.stlouisfed.org Why has the level of employment in the US been falling? One would think that with a growing population and supposedly an economy that is improving that more of the population would be employed. It is not...
Charts created using Omega TradeStation 2000i. Chart data supplied by Dial DataLast week I discussed long-term cycles for gold so I thought I would follow this up with some notes on long-term cycles for silver. One would...
Much has been written about gold but fewer talk about silver.Charts created using Omega TradeStation 2000i. Chart data supplied by Dial DataSilver has been displaying similar technical patterns as gold. And like gold there remains...