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Markets

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The Inflation Tax

Jul 17, 2006 at 00:00

All government spending represents a tax. The inflation tax, while largely ignored, hurts middle-class and low-income Americans the most. Simply put, printing money to pay for federal spending dilutes the…

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Mid-East "Oil Shock" Rattles Global Stock Markets, Energizes Gold

Jul 17, 2006 at 00:00

ince withdrawing its troops from Southern Lebanon six years ago, Israel has carefully watched Iranian backed Hizbollah guerillas plant landmines and booby traps along their common border, and then stockpile…

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Three War Forecasts

Jul 17, 2006 at 00:00

No one wants to talk about it. But Iraq is on a collision course with partition. And like the India-Pakistan partition of over a half-century ago, it's unlikely to happen…

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Technically Precious with Merv

Jul 17, 2006 at 00:00

We are in a strange situation. Gold, and to a lesser extent silver, are having a good run into higher territory but the stocks are doing nothing. The more speculative…

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Stock Market: CNBC Report

Jul 17, 2006 at 00:00

SPX: Remember, the direction of the trend determines the significance of the pattern. Double bottoms seldom end downtrends, double bottoms occur often while trending up but not in downtrends.

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US Economy and Recession: Theory and Counter Theory

Jul 17, 2006 at 00:00

When manufacturing was sinking 2000 and the US economy along with it the causes of the oncoming recession were still being hotly debated in some quarters, with very few focusing…

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Time Preferences

Jul 17, 2006 at 00:00

The SPX is about where it was at the end of 1999. Yet the love affair with equities continues while the demand for fixed income is at an all time…

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Gold & Silver Certificates: The Story Behind The Story Part 3

Jul 17, 2006 at 00:00

The following paper is the third in a series on Gold and Silver Certificates. The papers are in response to several paragraphs taken from Wikipedia, the on-line encyclopedia, that appeared…

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Turning Points

Jul 17, 2006 at 00:00

In my opinion, the best leading indicator is the relative performance of the SPX to the NDX. In my last newsletter I showed a chart of these two indices which…

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Gold Watch

Jul 16, 2006 at 00:00

Many people are bemoaning the fact that the miners have underperformed the bullion of late, and that is usually a troublesome sign. But thus far, in the face of extreme…