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Don't Be A Domesticated Extremist

Feb 11, 2012 at 07:34

There are countless reasons why leaving the country that purports to own you has advantages. For one, whenever I return to my personal home country of Canada - never for…

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US Trade Deficit Trouble On The Horizon

Feb 11, 2012 at 07:32

I'm intrigued how studying one economic data point can give you valuable insight into others. One such example is that of the recent US trade deficit. The December trade deficit…

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How Does a Corrupt Fed and Treasury Spell Success?

Feb 11, 2012 at 07:28

In short, V-I-X, they spell success by keeping the VIX beneath 20. To accomplish this, they must use whatever means necessary to coerce market participants' behavior toward chasing equities ever…

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Morgan Stanley's Stephen Roach to Bloomberg: Soft landing in China

Feb 10, 2012 at 16:14

Bloomberg TV's Trish Regan spoke to Stephen Roach, non-executive chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, ahead of soon-to-be Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the U.S. next week.

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SPX Upleg Room to Run

Feb 10, 2012 at 12:50

The US stock markets have been on fire lately, still marching higher even after the S&P 500 powered to its best January in 15 years. Doubted from its very birth,…

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The Dollar Confirms a Possible Silver Pullback

Feb 10, 2012 at 12:19

Greece played the Artful Dodger this week and missed another deadline to approve conditions for a second €130bn bail-out on Tuesday night because of last-minute haggling with international lenders over…

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Barley? Better Than Gold and Silver

Feb 10, 2012 at 11:44

Over the past five years, barley, of the eighteen commodities we follow, was the top performer. Rising by 180+% it bested Gold, +170%, and Silver, +150%. But why quibble? Nearly…

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Better Days Ahead?

Feb 10, 2012 at 11:33

Big Picture - Over the past month, US economic data has surpassed analysts' expectations and this positive surprise has triggered a rally on Wall Street. You may recall that only…

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Of Jobs, Debts and Budgets

Feb 10, 2012 at 10:40

Consumer confidence spiked last December. Gas prices were lower for the third straight month, a mild early winter meant that many consumers paid less to heat their houses, the auto…

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Silver Update: Is Silver Outperforming The Gold Fractal?

Feb 10, 2012 at 09:46

Since my last silver articles (here and here), the silver chart has been following the patterns, I have been tracking, quite nicely. Below is an updated version of the gold…