More Gold Hysteria; The Dollar’s Latest Eulogy; The Easiest (Worst) Short Idea on the Planet?

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More Gold Hysteria; The Dollar’s Latest Eulogy; The Easiest (Worst) Short Idea on the Planet?

Gold Featured on…Saturday Night Live!? The latest sign that the gold market may be a little overheated right now…Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update featured investment analysis from Scrooge McDuck! http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/update-scrooge-mcduck/1165594/ Shout out and thanks to my good buddy Super Joe for sending this one along! New Reports of the Dollar’s Demise: Greatly Exaggerated? From London’s […]

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An Insightful Interview With Fourth Turning Co-Author Neil Howe

We’ve been discussing market and societal cycles in great detail this year, as we try to uncover clues as to how this current mess is going to continue to unfold. History may not always repeat, but to quote Mark Twain, it certainly rhymes. Nothing like a little history reading to shed some light…earlier this year […]

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New Reports of the Dollar’s Demise: Greatly Exaggerated?

From London’s The Independent comes the latest report of the dollar’s impending implosion – in an article fittingly titled The Demise of the Dollar. In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving […]

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Hedge Fund Manager Leaves Wall St to Pursue True Passion: Tequila

You’ve gotta admire former hedge fund manager Jonathan Rojewski, who ditched his Wall Street job in favor of creating his own brand of tequila. So Rojewski left the financial industry after a decade of climbing the ladder from analyst to hedge fund manager — working at the likes of Goldman Sachs, Oppenheimer, and Pequot Capital. […]

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Demographics are Screaming "Deflationary Depression!" Here’s Why…

This week I caught another fascinating interview on the Financial Sense Newshour – with Harry S. Dent, author of The Great Depression Ahead. OK, so what’s so insightful about a guy publishing a next Great Depression in 2009? Well when it comes from the same guy that published The Great Boom Ahead in 1992, I […]

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Dollar vs S&P Index – A Near Perfect Inverse Correlation

These days, diversification is pointless. You only need one position in your portfolio – because all the markets are trading together. To illustrate this point, check out this chart of the S&P 500 vs. the Dollar Index since Spring 2008: The dollar and S&P – mirror images of one another (click to enlarge). (Source: Google […]

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Mr. Met Casts His Lot in Deflationary Camp

The New York Mets announced today that they will be cutting season ticket prices by at least 10%, according to ESPN.com. “The Mets are sensitive to the economic realities facing our fans and we have lowered our ticket prices in response to these challenging conditions,” Mets executive vice president Dave Howard said. “This move underscores […]

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Breakdown of the Fed’s Balance Sheet…Wow, it’s Not Pretty!

Let’s join monetary expert Terry Coxon for a (comically?) detailed look at the Fed’s current balance sheet. I’ll give you a hint: yikes! I’d rank Coxon as one of the foremost experts on monetary policy and its effects on the economy. You may recall his name from a classic book he co-authored with the great […]

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