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Markets

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Marking to Myths!

Oct 16, 2007 at 00:00

Things are unfolding in an interesting manner and it is the ebb and flow of the issues into and out of the financial Media's reporting of them that provide us…

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Where's Gold Headed Next?

Oct 16, 2007 at 00:00

Is gold going to spike (in the style of the April-May 2006 run) to an all-time high of $850, or pullback to the lower $700's? A pullback now would be…

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MLEC - Trying to Turn a Sows Ear into a Silk Purse?

Oct 15, 2007 at 00:00

...the establishment of the MLEC does not seem to do much in terms of addressing the key underlying issue ? rising mortgage defaults and falling residential real estate prices. Merrill…

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Super SIVs - A Fraudulent Attempt at Concealment

Oct 15, 2007 at 00:00

All indications are the Super-SIV bailout is nothing but a delay tactic that simply cannot work. Furthermore, there is another crisis waiting in the wings: commercial real estate. There is…

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Why the Housing Slump Isn't Over Yet

Oct 15, 2007 at 00:00

For years, I bored my friends with talk that housing was in for a downturn. No one believed me, and people urged me to buy in before I was shut…

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The US Economy: Greenspan and Bernanke Have a Lot to Answer For

Oct 15, 2007 at 00:00

Because I haven't read Greenspan's book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World I'll have to confine myself to those parts that some commentators have fastened on to…

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The Carry Trade Challenges

Oct 15, 2007 at 00:00

Although the spread between the SPX and the USDJPY had widened after, and before (in anticipation of), the Fed's rate cut on 9/18/2007, the daily rate of change of the…

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The Panic Window Approaches

Oct 15, 2007 at 00:00

The markets have now completed a close resemblance of a 1987 signature in the trade as month end approaches. That being said, based on the strength of the move in…

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Merv's Non-Edibles Futures Page

Oct 15, 2007 at 00:00

Weekly Technical Information and Ratings

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Technically Precious with Merv

Oct 15, 2007 at 00:00

Gold moved into new highs this week but not with any amount of enthusiasm. 15,312,000 ounces of gold sold short. Is that true? Boy, if someone had to cover that…