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Gold Thoughts

May 11, 2009 at 00:00

Given that $Gold is probably short-term over bought and some possibility of Summer doldrums developing, investors should probably simply use weakness to do their buying. $Gold prices below US$900 should…

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Gold Stocks - The Best Strategy for Portfolio Building

May 11, 2009 at 00:00

October 27, 2008 was the gold mining sector's Black Monday, the day nearly every stock hit rock bottom. Hindsight makes it plain they got caught in the violent deleveraging that…

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Wells Fargo Is Broke - Poor Forecasting Slays Another Giant

May 11, 2009 at 00:00

On June 8th, Wells Fargo, along with the rest of the banks who failed the stress test, will present their long term viability plans to the government. On that day…

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Obama is Taking the US Economy Down the Disastrous UK Road

May 11, 2009 at 00:00

If there is one institution that is in desperate need of a stress test it's the US government. On 7 May the government auctioned $14 billion of 30-year bonds. The…

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Some Relief from the Stress Tests

May 11, 2009 at 00:00

Now that the "earth shattering" Fed bank stress test results have been released, investors have discovered that Bank of America and Citigroup are among the largest banks short on capital.…

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Active Trader Breakout Signals for Gold, Silver and Oil

May 11, 2009 at 00:00

Gold, Silver and Oil breaks out to new multi week highs and shows signs of more strength to come. The charts below show both weekly and daily trading analysis pointing…

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Investor Sentiment: It Takes Bulls To Make A Bull Market

May 11, 2009 at 00:00

The "Dumb Money" indicator now shows that there are too many bulls. From a contrarian perspective, one would think that this is bearish for prices as there are too many…

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Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (May 4 - 10, 2009): Part II

May 10, 2009 at 00:00

... the announcement by US regulators that ten of the nation's largest banks had to add a total of "only" $74.6 billion in equity following the completion of stress tests.…

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Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (May 4 - 10, 2009)

May 10, 2009 at 00:00

... the announcement by US regulators that ten of the nation's largest banks had to add a total of "only" $74.6 billion in equity following the completion of stress tests.…

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When the Rose Tinted Glasses Fall Off...

May 10, 2009 at 00:00

The storm that is threatening to break is the combined collapse of the bond market and the dollar, which are joined at the hip. Late in April the bond market…