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Weekly Archive
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew - 16 February, 2007
-What matters most is what appears to not matter at all...inverse bubble reaction...
-The residential property money machine is on the fritz...nerds and rejects get their moments of glory too...
-Scientists agree that global warming isn't good...yen could soon be the big man on campus...and more! Full Story |
By: Deepcaster - 16 February, 2007
It is axiomatic that, collectively, the players with the biggest positions in a particular market, “make the market.” What is perplexing to Deepcaster is how hard it is for some pundits to acknowledge that if the biggest players in a market are, say, a Cartel of Central Bankers (acting through their primary dealers), then the Central Bankers Cartel must, perforce, “make that market.” Full Story |
By: Adrian Ash - 16 February, 2007
FROM THE RUSSIAN INVASION of Afghanistan in 1980 to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, any shock event that sends the stock market lower seems to push gold prices higher. Black Monday in Oct. '87...the hedge-fund collapse of LTCM nine years later...what's bad for stocks and bonds is good for gold. Right? Full Story |
By: Jim Willie CB - 16 February, 2007
Gold is quietly on the verge of breaking out in all major currencys, after the all-out assault on the oil price left gold unscathed. Gold is the strongest performing among all the commodity items. Critical factors for the rise in the gold price are: Full Story |
By: Peter George - 16 February, 2007
As market analysts approach the first quarter of a new year, they invariably take up the challenge of attempting to forecast what will happen by the end. Everyone’s looking for winners, be they metals, markets, currencies or stocks. Yet if statistical theories run true the search is futile unless – in some miraculous way –one can read into the future and forecast the ‘unexpected’. Full Story |
By: Michael Nystrom - 16 February, 2007
So much for the idea that Democratic victory in November's mid-term elections would put an end the war. One look at the five year chart of the Amex Defense Industry Index (shown above) should make that perfectly clear. As you can see, the index has been in a steady uptrend since the start of the war in March 2003, has over tripled in value, and is now surging - presumably with our troop levels in Iraq - to a new all time high. Full Story |
By: Rick Ackerman, Rick's Picks - 16 February, 2007
Urban homes prices fell across the U.S. in the fourth quarter, according to the National Association of Realtors. No surprise there, given the glut of supply and the growing feeling among buyers that waiting might bring even better deals come spring. This seems logical, since would-be sellers who gave up are apt to try again, flooding the market with re-listings. Full Story |
By: Bill Bonner & The Daily Reckoning Crew - 15 February, 2007
-Another year of comfort at great expense…Big Macs are too cheap in Japan…
-Different tour, different drugs…making fiscal conservatism "hip"…
-A drug men want, but few say they need… a play about seamstresses…and more! Full Story |
By: Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. - 15 February, 2007
On Tuesday of this week we learned that in 2006 Americans racked up a record $763.6 Billion trade deficit, and that two Australian mining firms, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, were each contemplating $40 billion bids for U.S. aluminum giant Alcoa. Not only did Wall Street and the media fail to grasp the negative significance of each story, but they also failed to see the strong connection between the two. Full Story |
By: Jason Hommel - 15 February, 2007
I would like to discuss the various possible tax benefits of owning silver; benefits that may exist world wide. Silver, which is true wealth, is not inherently taxable! Incomes, and capital gains, and real estate, are taxed, but not silver. Why is this? Full Story |
By: David N. Vaughn, Gold Letter, Inc. - 15 February, 2007
What do you look for in a gold stock or any resource related company? Good question to ask. There are two things really you’re looking for. And if you can follow these two principals you will have a good foundation as you further narrow your choices. Full Story |
By: Stockwatch - 15 February, 2007
Uranium was a hot topic of discussion on Saturday afternoon as James Dines lectured a capacity crowd about the enormous returns his radioactive metal investments have seen. About 900 people packed the Westin Bayshore's Grand Ballroom to listen to "the original uranium bug," who offered his thoughts on the uranium bull market. This presentation was part of the 2007 World Outlook Financial Conference organized by High Performance Communications Inc. Full Story |
By: Rick Ackerman, Rick's Picks - 15 February, 2007
Finally, there’s a way to literally bet against the house in the event of a real estate collapse. A California firm is offering cash on the barrel head for up to 15% of the value of your home in exchange for a 52.5% share of any capital appreciation when you sell it. We at Rick’s Picks have inferred that the intention of the company, San Francisco-base Real Estate Equity Exchange Inc, or “Rex,” as it is known, is not to insure homeowners against deflation, since Rex would never make such an offer if it thought real estate prices were about to fall. Full Story |
By: Doug Hornig & The Daily Reckoning Crew - 14 February, 2007
-Trade deficit meter maids…an old shoe or an old spouse…
-Everything's fine as long as nothing blows up…choose your illusion…
-Cracking a rib from laughter…smoking in a huge pit of animal waste…and more! Full Story |
By: Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster - 14 February, 2007
There are lots of reasons to buy gold. Several new ETF’s will soon be launched in India. The Euro Next trading platform is opening futures and commodity trading in several sectors, including precious metals. Several central banks are accumulating gold and more will continue to do so. StreetTracks, GLD, is approaching $10 billion and the SLV is roaring as well. Technically gold is very strong irrespective of the latest gold suppression cartel’s onslaught. $1,000 here we come. You have to own it to profit by it. Full Story |
By: Richard Daughty, The MOGAMBO GURU - 14 February, 2007
Things economic are, thankfully, relatively quiet, which, of course, brings to mind that classic movie scene where someone remarks that it is quiet, and someone else says, ominously, "too quiet", which is always quite prophetic, as usually there are soon bullets and/or arrows flying everywhere, things exploding, people screaming and actors in non-speaking roles suddenly getting killed left and right. I am understandably tense. Full Story |
By: Mark O'Byrne, Gold Investments - 14 February, 2007
The global macroeconomic, and indeed geopolitical, fundamentals are increasingly negative and thus merit a reduced exposure to equities, bonds and property in general. The anchor or base of the portfolio is the allocation to gold and silver bullion and a move to some 20% seems increasingly justified. Full Story |
By: Ned W. Schmidt, CFA,CEBS - 14 February, 2007
Gold investors thank HSBC, the global bank. $Gold had been making time, unwinding an over bought condition. Last week, HSBC announced its loan loss provision for 2006 will top $10 billion, 20% more than previously expected, because of mounting losses on U.S. mortgages. Markets recognized this as only first of blood letting to be done at financial institutions involved in U.S. Mortgage Mania. Full Story |
By: Rick Ackerman, Rick's Picks - 14 February, 2007
Some analyst at Merrill got excited yesterday about GM’s dubious plan to revive SUV giveaways, and, lo, the Dow Industrial Average takes a hundred-point leap. But as the Nasdaq chart below makes clear, even speculators who bought yesterday’s rally didn’t have their hearts in it. More like their cojones, which got caught in the ringer when Da Boyz decided to short-squeeze a stock market that had grown quite oversold. Full Story |
By: Sol Palha, Tactical Investor - 13 February, 2007
Another ominous warning sign that the housing meltdown has only begun and not ended is the huge drop in the practise of taking home equity loans. This is how most of the masses have been leading their lofty lifestyles and buying stuff with money they don’t really have. Now that house prices are falling they are running scared and the worst part is that their bill has actually increased significantly. Full Story |
By: James Turk & The Daily Reckoning Crew - 13 February, 2007
-Bad architectural taste…ingrates in the housing industry…
-Can you wait till next month?…a Sargasso Sea of complacency…
-Spending and borrowing don't make you grow wealthier?…just the way Goldilocks likes it…and more! Full Story |
By: Adrian Ash - 13 February, 2007
Yen, Euros, Sterling or Yuan...who cares? Gold is much more than just the anti-Dollar. And the opposite of all currency risk is fast gaining new friends today. Full Story |
By: Benn Steil - 13 February, 2007
It is remarkable how the world’s short history of floating exchange rates has affected popular thinking about what is eternally normal and proper in the economic system. Recently, China-bashing US Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham wrote matter-of-factly that: “One of the fundamental tenets of free trade is that currencies should float.” Full Story |
By: radio.goldseek.com - 12 February, 2007
1st Hour:
* Market report, Spotlight Pick and a new segment, the Scam Alert.
* Bob Chapman and Chris Waltzek discuss this weeks headlines, market forecasts and answer 3 listeners questions.
If you'd like to be added to Chris's e-mail list, for each weeks ticker symbols and related information, please send a message to: goldseekradio@hughes.net
2nd Hour:
* Congressman and Presidential Candidate: Dr. Ron Paul.
* Part 2 of Dr. Ron Paul's speech before Congress: The End of Dollar Hegemony. Full Story |
By: The Mogambo Guru & The Daily Reckoning Crew - 12 February, 2007
-Realtors and sub-prime lenders ground up by the market...what are homeowners to do?...
-The United States has been diagnosed with 'fiscal cancer'...waiting on tables, parking cars, or starting a hedge fund...
-An incident on the subway...and more! Full Story |
By: Theodore Butler - 12 February, 2007
Investment cycles, like all things in life, run in both short-term and long-term time frames. I’ll define short term as days, weeks and months, and long term as years and decades. For the average investor, the best hope for success lies with a long-approach. Contrary to TV infomercials and other hype, short-term trading won’t and can’t make the masses rich. That’s why I have always counseled a long-term approach to silver and intend to do that again today. Full Story |
By: John Mauldin, Millenium Wave Advisors - 11 February, 2007
It had been 12 or more years since I was last in South Africa. The difference cannot be more palpable. The last time I was there, talking with friends and acquaintances about the future of South Africa, the mood was so pessimistic that you had to remove sharp objects from the vicinity before you started the conversation. This week, I want to give you some impressions of not only South Africa, but talk a little about emerging markets in general. Full Story |
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