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Black Monday for Bond Yields

Aug 21, 2007 at 00:00

...Monday this week marked the biggest move in Treasury bond yields since Black Monday in Oct. 1987 destroyed more than one-fifth of the US stock market's value...

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Forget Peak Oil, Peak Net Worth is the Real Danger

Aug 21, 2007 at 00:00

Long ignored as overly pessimistic, bears have come out of hibernation in recent weeks proclaiming that the day of reckoning is here. And while most bears do not specifically focus…

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Merv's Non-Edibles Futures Page

Aug 21, 2007 at 00:00

Weekly Technical Information and Ratings

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Technically Precious with Merv

Aug 21, 2007 at 00:00

Scary? Maybe, but we've been there before. $21 (or 3%) drop in gold price is not so unusual. What next? Let's take a quick look at where we've been and…

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4 Charts

Aug 21, 2007 at 00:00

Assuming the Dow clears resistance, more resistance resides above...

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Bond Market Signals Danger Ahead

Aug 21, 2007 at 00:00

... This is the biggest three day drop in the yield in the 3-month Treasury bill yield ever. In 1998 there was a flight to quality into three month Treasury…

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China's Nuclear Threat: The U.S. Dollar

Aug 21, 2007 at 00:00

Speculation runs rampant that China may use its $1.33 trillion dollars of foreign currency reserves as a political weapon of mass destruction. This massive hoard of currency reserves is the…

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Stock Market Outlook: Looking Forwards by looking Backwards

Aug 20, 2007 at 00:00

A short-term bottom might have been put in place last Thursday, but history and commonsense suggest that the ultimate correction low is not yet in place despite the 'oversold' extremes…

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Bullish on Treasuries and Financials

Aug 20, 2007 at 00:00

Purely from a technical pattern, the XLF Financial Select SPDR, a sector that everybody is watching, appears to have completed a pullback ... This is a sector the Fed has…

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America's Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Policy

Aug 20, 2007 at 00:00

Weaker minds in the U.S. Senate are determined that China revalue its currency. Up, up it must go, in relation to the dollar. Leaving aside the abysmal logic employed by…