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Markets

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Catch-22 at the Fed

Aug 08, 2006 at 00:00

It's Monday morning, just 24 hours before Ben Bernanke and the Fed meet to decide whether or not to raise interest rates for the eighteenth time. Wall Street is on…

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The Fed Meeting and My "Preferred" Scenario

Aug 08, 2006 at 00:00

August is usually the traditionally "quiet period" of the year - and in a "normal market year," it actually may be better off for some our readers (especially traders) to…

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Charts and Commentary

Aug 08, 2006 at 00:00

The consensus of what Bernanke will do is pretty much 50/50. That means half the investors are going to be happy with what he says, and half will be upset…

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Technically Precious with Merv

Aug 06, 2006 at 00:00

The week started out okay but got weaker as the days progressed. There seems to be no real panic to get back into the gold game, war or no war.…

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Coverage of the Australian Market

Aug 06, 2006 at 00:00

The Australia SPASX 200 Index declined 41.40 points, or 0.83 percent on Friday, August 4th, 2006. Volume was at its 10 day average with downside volume at 72 percent, declining…

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Observations on California Housing, August 2006

Aug 06, 2006 at 00:00

The good news is that things have stabilized, or they are "less bad, " as a professional real estate person would surmise. In Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, the…

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Iran Disaster, Chaos and Opportunity

Aug 06, 2006 at 00:00

The total length of the straits of Hormuz is approximately 280Km and the width at the narrowest point is only about 50km. The strait of Hormuz happens to be one…

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More Thoughts on the Coming 4-year/8-year Cycle Bottom

Aug 06, 2006 at 00:00

Another potential positive in the current market is that the month of August begins season strength for the gold stocks in general. Since 1994, there has been only one year…

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Technical Market Report

Aug 05, 2006 at 00:00

Diminishing new lows make a good case that a cycle low occurred on July 21, but many of the short term momentum indicators are at or near their highs of…

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A Thousand Barrels a Second

Aug 05, 2006 at 00:00

Today we take another look at the energy picture and how it will change over the next decade. Just as the world switched from whale oil to kerosene and from…