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Raise your hand if, a few years ago, you thought you’d see Natural Gas trading below $3 ever again. I never expected it. Yet here we are, just a few years after there was talk of “Peak Nat Gas” in North America, with the Natty sliding below $3. And what a slide it’s been! Turns […]
Here’s a great guest essay I’m pleased to be able to share, from none other than Doug Casey. Nobody can rip into someone quite like Doug in my book. Please read on as Doug gives Baby Bush a belated, but not gentle, bon voyage essay. If you’re offended by this one – you can take […]
Sorry about the headline…I just couldn’t help myself! It’s amazing how a good budget crisis can make a Libertarian out of any politician. “Can we tax it if we legalize it?” First it was the Hippy Lettuce on the table for legalization in my home state, the People’s Republic of California – and now – […]
Famed Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West recently release their latest Venture Capital Survey for the 2nd Quarter of 2009. The survey is a great resource, and I’d imagine an even better marketing/PR piece for Fenwick. Their survey results pretty much confirmed what I’m observing in the startup trenches here in Northern California – […]
Interesting times in the markets. US equities have now completed a standard fare “Fibonacci retracement” off of the March 6 lows. Now, where to from here? Bulls and bears alike conceded that a strong rally was quite probable. Now that it’s happened, what can we expect? There seem to be two or three prevailing market […]
A little bit of Friday fun for you…pull up a chair, grab some popcorn, and enjoy Ben Bernanke’s Greatest Hits!
Here are a couple of very insightful video interviews with Robert Prechter of Elliott Wave International: Part I – Prechter believes the dollar has bottomed, because of the formation in the Elliott Wave pattern, and also the extreme bearish sentiment we’re seeing. Part II – He explains his deflationary depression hypothesis and why he believes […]
So which will it be…IN-flation, or DE-flation? That’s the $52 trillion question at this point. There are many worthy opinions to consider on each side of the debate. But who’s right, and who’s wrong? I think it’s important for us individual investors/traders to keep an open mind to all thoughtful, intelligent argumets. Which leads me […]
We keep hearing how US households are paying off their debts. The important question is – how much debt is left to be paid off? For some insights into how much painful deleveraging may be left – I’d like to share what Bill Bonner wrote in today’s Daily Reckoning (an excellent free email newsletter by […]
The severe supply/demand imbalance in sugar fundamentals has propelled sugar prices to a 28-year high. The big driver of the rally has been India – which, as we reported earlier this year, has turned into a net importer of sugar. As you can see below, sugar prices are starting to go “parabolic.” Commodity rallies typically […]
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