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Sep 05, 2011 at 14:51

The establishment of FEMA is symptomatic of a blind belief in big government's ability to do anything and everything for anyone and everyone. FEMA is a bureaucratic organization.

Sep 05, 2011 at 14:49

Since last week's decline brought so much weakness, it has taken the wind out of the sails of any bullish forecast for the stock market over the next few weeks.…

Sep 05, 2011 at 14:08

While NATO members, led by France, piously proclaimed at the onset of their military offensive in Libya that their concerns were solely humanitarian, a covert tussle to gain a commanding…

Sep 05, 2011 at 14:06

The stock market, which was recently dubbed "insanely cheap" by a number of observers, is in the process of getting even-more-insanely cheap.

Sep 05, 2011 at 14:03

Most people don't know or care about cobalt. But, as with a number of metals we seldom hear about, we would certainly miss cobalt if it were not available for…

Sep 05, 2011 at 06:51

Gold has been rocketing up to, and through, the price levels that we laid out many months ago (although a couple of months later than we had expected). This is…

Sep 05, 2011 at 06:50

Venezuelan gold mining companies had until recently been forced to sell 50% their gold production to the government for their reserves. This was increased last month to 100%.

Sep 05, 2011 at 06:48

Two weeks ago, the conclusion was that market internals are oversold, and there should be a bounce in the context of broken monthly, weekly and daily uptrends. This week, market…

Sep 03, 2011 at 19:37

The August 2011 Jobs report is an indictment against the Central Planners' economic policies over the past several years. The Fed threw $2.0 trillion at Wall Street in QE1 and…

Sep 03, 2011 at 17:57

Summary: Long term - on major buy signal. Short term - on mixed signals. Risk management has prevented us from taking on new positions until we have lower risks set…