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Markets

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Mini Inflation Blow-Off

Sep 21, 2009 at 00:00

Coming into September the markets had the potential to experience either a deflation scare or a mini blow-off in inflation-related plays. Within the first few trading days of September it…

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Inflation Pressures Rising Again

Sep 21, 2009 at 00:00

Several months ago I began to lay out an asset allocation road map. In a nutshell, the US Dollar remains the key asset to follow, and as long as the…

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Agri-Food Thoughts

Sep 21, 2009 at 00:00

Bump and grind economic numbers might suggest that the Western economies, including the U.S., have seen the worst of the economic slide. Despite that appearance of an economic bottom, that…

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Trade Wars and Protectionism are Not Free Trade

Sep 21, 2009 at 00:00

Free trade with all and entangling alliances with none has always been the best policy in dealing with other countries on the world stage. This is the policy of friendship,…

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Stock Market Status

Sep 21, 2009 at 00:00

The SPX has finally come to our 'big picture' bull trigger point, above the monthly EMA 20. Success at this level means we will no longer be able to deny…

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The Giant Error of Pessimism

Sep 21, 2009 at 00:00

It's axiomatic that when it comes to economic forecasting, at a top the majority will extrapolate the good times indefinitely into the future, and at a bottom they will extrapolate…

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The Ratchet Effect

Sep 21, 2009 at 00:00

It appears our self-serving bureaucracy thinks they can keep fooling the markets indefinitely, where now they have resorted to attempting to ratchet stocks higher against precious metals. Of course the…

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Can You Put Your Daddy On The Phone?

Sep 21, 2009 at 00:00

I don't think economists should be allowed to look at the ticker. Economists who tell us what the market thinks the data mean are useless. I want to know what…

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Mixed Equity Markets And Weaker Energy Prices

Sep 21, 2009 at 00:00

Concerns that U.S. equity markets may be overbought are helping to drive down demand for stocks overnight. In addition, traders are lightening up positions ahead of this week's Federal Reserve…

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America Digs Deeper Into Debt

Sep 21, 2009 at 00:00

It's amazing but true. Even after all we've been through and all we have supposedly learned about the danger of being over leveraged and borrowing more than you can pay…