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Commodity Market Summary

May 19, 2008 at 00:00

Coffee fell 2-percent today, with the July contract settling 280 points lower at $1.3520 a pound. Coffee retreated from Friday's one month high as strength in the U.S. dollar was…

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Bonds and Interest Rates

May 19, 2008 at 00:00

A far more accurate representation of the money supply picture is provided by the "True Money Supply" (TMS) aggregate defined HERE. The following chart shows that the year-over-year (YOY) growth…

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Profiting from the Fed's Disastrous Mistake

May 19, 2008 at 00:00

Although there is much fear and uncertainty about the economy and financial markets right now, there is actually a very clear and simple way to interpret the current situation, using…

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FDIC: The Fed's Deadly Inflation Corp.?

May 19, 2008 at 00:00

...Apparent defender of US cash savers since the Great Depression, the FDIC wants to see $50bn pumped into the very worst mortgages issued in 2004-2007...

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The Cyclic Position of the Stock Indexes

May 19, 2008 at 00:00

For the various cycles that are statistically valid in the current market environment, the 10 day cycle is now seen as 5 days along and has moved to a neutral…

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Getting Real with GDP

May 19, 2008 at 00:00

With the release of last week's Consumer Price inflation numbers, the debate over the accuracy of the government's reported Consumer Price Index data was once again front and center.

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The Art Of Misdirection

May 19, 2008 at 00:00

Central planers and Wall Street prestidigitators are getting better at having people concentrate on the wrong things at the wrong times in my opinion. In terms of present circumstances are…

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Technically Precious with Merv

May 19, 2008 at 00:00

Gold: Friday looked like a break away but there is still some rough territory ahead to overcome. The $950/$960 area may be formidable.

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Matching Up Apples to Apples

May 18, 2008 at 00:00

Some ETF's do not have a lot of historical data yet. If they are commodity based, then you can look at the commodity itself and get a glimpse of what…

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Ill-Omens Haunt the US Economy

May 18, 2008 at 00:00

One can only blame bad economics for the confusion about the current state and direction of the US economy. Because the economic commentariat have swallowed the fallacy that consumption is…