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Sep 09, 2011 at 09:17

President Obama's rumored $300 stimulus program ballooned to $447 billion upon unveiling. For a full text of the speech, please see President Obama's jobs address

Sep 08, 2011 at 19:17

To see the ultimate absurdity of the government's position, all one need to do is ask, "where will the money come from if the lawsuit prevails?"

Sep 08, 2011 at 14:43

Yesterday’s spike in the equity markets seemed dramatic, until you realize that all it did was reverse most (and not all) of Friday’s selloff while leaving the rest of last…

Sep 08, 2011 at 14:30

Our video host Stefan Molyneux speaks with Casey Research Managing Director David Galland about the debt situation in the US and whether the federal government can do anything about it...…

Sep 08, 2011 at 13:16

It seems that every time gold makes an important high followed by a sudden collapse the comments that the gold bubble has burst dominates the commentaries. The problem with making…

Sep 08, 2011 at 12:16

Bill Gross of PIMCO appeared on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday" with Tom Keene this afternoon to discuss the impact of the Fed's asset purchases and the outlook for market reaction…

Sep 08, 2011 at 10:48

There are many reasons why pension fund managers, private investors and even governments are beginning to add bullion to their portfolios. Perhaps the most important reason for this shift is…

Sep 08, 2011 at 09:15

In a piece of news that certainly delights GATA, Wikileaks published a cable going back to 2009 in the year that European central banks halted their sales of gold. It…

Sep 08, 2011 at 08:40

Bridgewater Associates is the world"s largest macro hedge fund firm, meaning they have a good handle on the problems in Europe. Some excerpts from a Bloomberg article on the firm"s…

Sep 08, 2011 at 08:24

I recently read 'Is the U.S. Dollar Losing Its Safe-Haven Status' - reading time 2 minutes - thinking time much longer. This article has caused me to re-visit my constant…