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Markets

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Gold......Ready to Rumble!

Jan 29, 2009 at 00:00

With world wide gold production down so drastically and the dramatic disruption of the junior markets last year, and continuing still, supply and demand is going to be completely out…

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I Guess I Need to Go Back to DC

Jan 29, 2009 at 00:00

True stimulus in an environment such as this should not rely on dated and stale academic dogma. No tax cuts, no cutting already very low mortgage rates after a low…

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The Mid-Week Gold, Oil and Dow Report

Jan 29, 2009 at 00:00

We had a slow start to the week with prices drifting sideways and upward on below average volume. Wednesday the market put in a nice rally with small and mid…

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Banker's Advice for the Self Employed Business Owner

Jan 29, 2009 at 00:00

... I hope today's business owners take the time to understand how fast the economy is changing, how fast the banking world is changing, and how fast asset values are…

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A Response to My Critics

Jan 29, 2009 at 00:00

My popularity on television and the internet has led a very small money manager to use his popular financial blog to promote his fledgling business by attacking the recent poor…

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Channeling Bob Laurent for a Market-Based "Bad" Bank Solution

Jan 29, 2009 at 00:00

Why would not a bank price its toxic assets at unduly depressed prices? It would be forgoing immediate cash. Moreover, it would be taking an immediate unnecessarily-high hit to capital,…

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Got a Mortgage or Credit Card? Don't Pay Them

Jan 29, 2009 at 00:00

Finally something that we can all get behind: Don't pay your bills. It's not my idea, although it has appeal. It's the Fed's and it's the cornerstone of the new…

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Seigniorage ("The Inflation Tax")

Jan 29, 2009 at 00:00

Seigniorage is the revenue derived from the face value of a currency net production costs. Thus if it costs four cents to produce a crisp new dollar bill, then the…

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The Dark Side of the Dream

Jan 29, 2009 at 00:00

The last several months have been a nightmare for many investors in all markets of the world but perhaps no severe than those of us investors in the natural resource…

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Birth of a New Cyclical Bull?

Jan 29, 2009 at 00:00

The coming year may go down in history as a bullish one. After the shocking asset-liquidation witnessed in 2008, the following 12 months are likely to provide above-average investment returns.…