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Corporate Bond Spreads Match 2007 Market Highs

May 18, 2011 at 20:32

Corporate bond spreads or the difference between investment grade (Aaa rated) and high yield (Bbb rated) are currently 80 basis points. They last reached these low levels in October 2007…

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An Interview With Hugo Salinas Price on a Return to a Silver Mexican Peso

May 18, 2011 at 20:14

We, here at The Dollar Vigilante (TDV), have been big supporters of Hugo Salinas Price for years. Not just for his business exploits, which have made him a billionaire, but…

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Riots, Revolutions and Great Reformations

May 18, 2011 at 19:37

Forgive me, but I have to start with an illustrative joke from the early 1950s. A beatnik is standing at a corner in Greenwich Village snapping his fingers in a…

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When In Doubt, Create More Choices

May 18, 2011 at 15:54

Nowadays, the FOMC minutes never cease to amaze and amuse...

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Investment Basics - Course 508 - Wise Analysts: Others

May 18, 2011 at 08:42

This is the thirty-seventh Course in a series of 38 called "Investment Basics" - created by Professor Steven Bauer, a retired university professor and still active asset manager and consultant…

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Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF: How Junior?

May 18, 2011 at 08:42

A number of our readers are fans of the junior section of the precious metals mining sector with the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) forming part of their…

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Inflation Is In The Heir

May 18, 2011 at 08:39

Subsequent to the commodity top, all cycles that top must bottom and it took over 30 years for interest rates to bottom. Inflation in North America was deferred by the…

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ECRI WLI: Growth Has Stalled Further Last Week

May 18, 2011 at 06:23

The smoothed annualized growth rate of the ECRI Weekly Leading Index (WLI) fell from a downwardly revised 6.6% to 6.4% for the week ending May 6. The figures were in…

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Daily Technical Report

May 18, 2011 at 05:59

Silver appears to have entered a consolidation phase after finding support at 32.3125 last week. Given the structure of the fall from 49.790 we anticipate further deterioration of the parabolic…

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Affluence is Our Down Fall

May 17, 2011 at 17:40

Many moons ago during our back packing phase, we were snorkeling off a lovely beach in Bali, Indonesia, when we turned a corner to find ourselves opposite a private beach…