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Goldman Sachs and Its Rare Earth Rigmarole

May 27, 2011 at 10:10

The front page headline in the Wall St. Journal a couple of weeks ago read, “Goldman Sachs (GS) warns of surplus with rare earths(REMX), rare earths seen growing less rare.”…

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Weak SPX Technicals

May 27, 2011 at 10:04

While the stock markets have enjoyed an outstanding busy season, the dreaded summer doldrums are now upon us. This vacation season usually heralds listlessly-grinding markets, sometimes significant selloffs, and rarely…

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Have Gold and Silver Stopped Falling - Which Way Next?

May 27, 2011 at 09:57

This is the 'big' question investors all over the world are now asking. Gold fell from $1,578 to $1,492 ...

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The Door Is About to Shut for Americans

May 27, 2011 at 09:41

It is already said that there are so many laws, rules and regulations in the US that each person in the US breaks at least one law per day, if…

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Endless Quantitative Easing

May 27, 2011 at 06:52

It is notable that since the credit crisis in 2008, the Federal Reserve has created over US$2 trillion new dollars via its various programs. Some of this newly created money…

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Equities And Treasuries Forecasting Past Recessions

May 26, 2011 at 18:50

One thing the 2007 recession taught us is how horrible the equity market was at forecasting economic contraction. The S&P 500 peaked in October 2007, just two months before the…

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What Are We Waiting For?

May 26, 2011 at 18:29

What, has everything gotten to fair value, so there isn't any volatility any longer? The VIX index, despite everything that is going on in Europe, is back near the lows…

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Pivotal Events

May 26, 2011 at 16:12

The markets have, indeed, had a change in character as speculators became fully leveraged for soaring prices, and suffered plunging prices. Quite likely this has started another phase of "de-leveraging".

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Euro Doom Scenario Beginning?

May 26, 2011 at 15:52

Several articles and much media coverage over the past few days are pointing to what appears to me to be inexorable progress toward an escalating problem with the Euro. In…

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Gold Thoughts

May 26, 2011 at 15:26

Recent firing of a football coach in my hometown was cause for considerable reflection. Why does someone fire a winning coach? A few years ago the college I attended for…