01-05-04     Thinking about the U.S. of 2004
01-06-04 Letter To Bernanke
01-08-04 Update on the Patriot Act
01-15-04 Political and Financial Puzzles
01-23-04 Floating Democrats,Dollars and Oil
01-28-04 The Politics of Taxing and Spending
02-04-04 Thinking about Deficits
02-10-04 The G-7, China and the Fed
02-13-04 Watching the Greenspan Show
02-18-04 Clouds on the Horizon
02-24-04 Rearview Policy Drift
03-02-04 March Briefs
03-17-04 Take It Easy
03-22-04 Geopolitical Risks on Wall Street
03-31-04 So Much for the Kerry Plan
04-07-04 Client Q & A
04-15-04 A Best Case Scenario
04-22-04 Bush, Kerry, and the Middle East
04-29-04 The Fall in Gold and Metal
05-04-04 $38 Oil, in Perspective
05-06-04 FSC and the Fed
05-07-04 FSC/Fed Followup
05-11-04 Dow's Back at 10,000; What Next?
05-17-04 Isolating Gold and Equity Variables
05-19-04 Approaching June 30th
05-28-04 The Markets on Track
06-02-04 A Geopolitical Plus
06-09-04 Greenspan Head Fake and Other Items of Interest
06-18-04 Thinking Ahead to August
06-23-04 Summer's Market Issues
06-28-04 Iraqi Transfer: So Far, So Good
06-30-04 Fed Issues That Need to Be Addressed
07-02-04 What Next? A Weaker Economy
07-08-04 An Early Summer Lull
07-09-04 Watching Gold's Moves
07-19-04 The Presidential Race
07-21-04 Greenspan and Those Animal Spirits
07-28-04 The Natural Interest Rate
08-03-04 Market Notes (Re: Animal Spirits)
08-17-04 Oil and Equities
08-18-04 The Great Oil Debate
08-20-04 Gold, Oil and a Weaker Economy
08-27-04 Just Around Some Corners
09-02-04 Assessing the Policial Marketplace
09-08-04 The Presidential Race II
09-17-04 Iraq as an Election Issue
09-17-04 Iraq as an Election Issue
09-23-04 Will Israel Bomb Iran?
09-28-04 Client Questions
10-04-04 A Nice Little Rally
10-06-04 Corporate Tax Bill, Still Kicking
10-14-04 Puzzling Market Variables
10-21-04 Wall Street and the White House
10-28-04 A Discussion on Fed Funds Targeting
10-28-04 Making Up My Mind
10-29-04 China's Interest Rate Move
11-01-04 A Kerry Presidency
11-05-04 President Bush's Press Conference
11-08-04 A Weak Dollar Scenario
11-17-04 China and the Floating Dollar
11-22-04 Greenspan Passes the Buck
11-30-04 What Should Greenspan Do?
12-03-04 Greasing the Wheels of Commerce
12-08-04 Quick Trip to Washington
12-15-04 Interpreting Fed Policy
12-20-04 News from Saddam's Lawyers
12-22-04 Thinking About 2005
12-28-04 The Geopolitics of 2005