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Silver ETF Past and Future

May 11, 2006 at 00:00

Many pundits have written about the Silver ETF and of course we also had our say. We thought it best to put into the public record our exact thoughts from…

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Ultracrepidarian Musings

May 11, 2006 at 00:00

A letter from a reader takes me to task for my missive "Bull in Bear's Skin?" saying that I am an "ultracrepidarian" out of my depth. This rarely used English…

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Oil (and Violence) Pulls Back, But for How Long?

May 11, 2006 at 00:00

Oil and gas have always been highly politicized commodities, but never more so than today. With the leading players in the final stages of the global economic integration gearing up…

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The Root Of All Evil

May 10, 2006 at 00:00

Over the past several years, a great deal has been written about misdoings of the Federal Reserve in particular and Central Banks [the BIS] in general. Thousands of published articles…

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WCI and DHOM / Let's do the Math

May 10, 2006 at 00:00

Of all the builders in Florida, WCI is facing the most problems. They are concentrated in the most overvalued markets that are seeing 75%+ drops in sales.

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Labor Shortages in the Resource Sector

May 10, 2006 at 00:00

Satisfying the oil sands labor market requires global solutions. Engineers from South America, laborers from Mexico and welders from China are all finding themselves sucked into the giant swirling labor…

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E-Economic Newsletter

May 10, 2006 at 00:00

Probably because of the huge amounts of credit and money being created by the world's central banks, I seem to notice more and more people referring to this massive and…

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The Great Silver Spike of 1980

May 10, 2006 at 00:00

On that fateful Monday of the 21st January 1980, Silver Peak ascended to the dizzying heights of $130 as measured in 2006 dollars. How do we come by that "height"?

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Meager Foreign Participation in Treasury Auctions

May 09, 2006 at 00:00

Today's auction of $21 bln in 3-year treasury notes drew 24% participation from foreign investors (indirect bidders), which was above February's 22% but lower than the 2003 and 2004 averages…

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Central Bankers' Worst Nightmare - the Gold and Bond Vigilantes

May 09, 2006 at 00:00

The US and global economies are seemingly immune to massive oil price shocks, and not afraid of the "Commodity Super Cycle" which has lifted base metals to stratospheric levels and…