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Honest Money Gold and Silver Report: Market Wrap

Dec 21, 2008 at 00:00

The U.S. current-account deficit decreased to $174.1 billion in the third quarter of 2008. It was $180.9 billion in the second quarter. As a share of U.S. GDP, the deficit…

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Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (Dec 15 - 21, 2008): Part II

Dec 21, 2008 at 00:00

Another chapter in dealing with the current credit and economic adversity was written on Tuesday when the US Federal Reserve announced a no-holds-barred set of measures in a determined attempt…

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Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (Dec 15 - 21, 2008)

Dec 21, 2008 at 00:00

Another chapter in dealing with the current credit and economic adversity was written on Tuesday when the US Federal Reserve announced a no-holds-barred set of measures in a determined attempt…

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The Las Vegas Gravy Train has Ended

Dec 20, 2008 at 00:00

The Las Vegas economic boom of the last decade, much like the broader nationwide housing bubble, was fueled by cheap credit, irrational exuberance and a vision of unending parabolic profits…

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Technically Precious with Merv

Dec 20, 2008 at 00:00

It was another positive week for precious metal (gold and silver) stocks with the average increase in the various Indices being about 4%, give or take a couple of %.…

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I Meant to Do That

Dec 20, 2008 at 00:00

The Fed has taken interest rates to zero. They have clearly started a program of quantitative easing. What exactly does that mean? Are we all now Japanese? Is the Fed…

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Forward Thinking On Backwardation

Dec 20, 2008 at 00:00

The history of the monetary system of the United States shows an ominous parallel to that of the Western Roman Empire. As long as gold and silver was still used…

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Technical Market Report

Dec 20, 2008 at 00:00

New lows have remained at benign levels and the secondaries have been stronger than the blue chips. I expect the major indices to be higher on Friday December 26 than…

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Q3 2008 "Flow of Funds"

Dec 19, 2008 at 00:00

It is impossible to know how much remains of the Crowded Dollar Bear Unwind. But if this dollar buying hasn't yet about run its course, when it eventually does global…

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Extreme Technical Levels Point to Equities, Oil Snapback

Dec 19, 2008 at 00:00

Purely from a technical perspective, the US Oil Fund ETF (NYSE: USO) is screaming for a recovery rally (that holds), but as we have seen and experienced during the vertical…