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Markets

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Russia Announces Its Confidence in the U.S. Dollar

Jun 16, 2009 at 00:00

Two overnight events sent the U.S. Dollar sharply higher on Monday. Firstly, the Group of Eight finance ministers hinted at an economic stimulus exit strategy and the Russians expressed confidence…

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The Government Bubble

Jun 15, 2009 at 00:00

Something to bear in mind when considering the investment implications of the current trend is that governments always play favourites. To be more specific, the governments of today are giant…

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Pivotal Events

Jun 15, 2009 at 00:00

Early in this edition we noted that a number of items are at momentum levels usually found at turning points. This includes grains at an Upside Exhaustion and the Canadian…

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How Does an Excess Supply Get Remedied?

Jun 15, 2009 at 00:00

By allowing prices to fall and by cutting production. This remedy applies to everything from hods to houses. It is well documented that the prices of houses have plummeted. What…

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How Will We Know The Secular Trend Change In 10 Year Treasury Yields Is For Real?

Jun 15, 2009 at 00:00

If this is going to be a secular bear market for bonds (i.e., higher yields), then two things need to happen: 1) the current multiple negative divergences will lead to…

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Agri-Food Thoughts

Jun 15, 2009 at 00:00

The governments of China and Russia keep trying to get the attention of the Obama Regime. With a "Money Grows on Trees" attitude, those overtures on the desperate financial situation…

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Moving Towards Tobacco Prohibition

Jun 15, 2009 at 00:00

Last week, another bill was passed and signed into law that takes more of our freedoms and violates the Constitution of the United States. It was, of course, done for…

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Silver Update

Jun 15, 2009 at 00:00

A week or so ago we gave the short term view of silver that a decent sized top was in. Our first choice Elliott wave pattern (see below) looked complete…

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Picasso Would Be Proud

Jun 15, 2009 at 00:00

As suspected last week, mutual and hedge fund managers could not resist the temptation to push stocks higher in month end window dressing given the opportunity, so they did. And…

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Plastic Green Shoots

Jun 15, 2009 at 00:00

Most investors and pundits are celebrating the green shoots of economic stabilization and the belief that there will be a "V" shaped recovery in GDP growth. I believe, however, that…