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Markets

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Dollar

Dec 10, 2007 at 00:00

In the short term it's possible that the precious metal sector might take a small hit due to the dollar rallying. If this happens we would view it as a…

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Losing Control Of Monetary Policy

Dec 10, 2007 at 00:00

The Fed and BOE easing actions simply are not working to restore faith in the credit markets. Credit conditions based on LIBOR are worse now than in the August and…

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Nuclear Bond Implosion Ahead

Dec 10, 2007 at 00:00

The US Fed's measure for long term inflationary expectations may keep it from dropping rates much further, potentially setting off a 'nuclear' bond-price implosion.

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Time to Buy Financials?

Dec 10, 2007 at 00:00

Looking over the news this morning, it seems the big story in the US market is an $11.5 billion "capital injection" for subprime-beleaguered bank UBS. The European bank will raise…

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Credit Crunch Contagion

Dec 10, 2007 at 00:00

Make no mistake about it, the credit crunch is still spreading and contagious, and will remain that way until all debt that needs to be purged from the system has…

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What The Market Knows

Dec 10, 2007 at 00:00

As market practitioners we are more concerned with the markets reaction to news than the news itself. Yesterday's announcement that Variable Mortgage resets could be frozen for 5-years is telling…

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The US Economy: We've Got The Boom But What About The Bust?

Dec 09, 2007 at 00:00

The very notion that manufacturing is now such a small part of the economy it can be ignored when considering the economy's direction is pure balderdash that is largely derived…

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Merv's Non-Edibles Futures Page

Dec 09, 2007 at 00:00

Weekly Technical Information and Ratings

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Technically Precious with Merv

Dec 09, 2007 at 00:00

Something tells me there is a big surprise ahead. How big, which way and when, well that's what makes life interesting.

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Honest Money Gold and Silver Report: Market Wrap

Dec 09, 2007 at 00:00

Gold was up $11.10 to close the week out at $800.20 for a gain of +1.24%. During intraday trading on Monday, price broke below the bottom trend line, but recovered…