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

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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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Here’s a good one with Marc Faber and Jim Puplava on the Financial Sense Newshour: http://www.netcastdaily.com/broadcast/fsn2009-0919-3b.mp3 The topic is – surprise, surprise – inflation/deflation. Faber used to be a deflationist – his book Tomorrow’s Gold is written in that perspective – and at some point, he found Fed Religion. I think Faber is fantastic, and […]

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Some interesting trading research and musings by Jeff Clark today, as he describes a method to time the buying and selling of gold stocks. Clark’s found that when the eight-day moving average crosses above the bullish percent index, it’s time to buy – and when the converse happens, it’s time to sell, or go short. […]

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I thought it’d be fun to peruse the Wall Street Journal to see if we could glean some insights into current investor sentiment. Mainstream business publications are famous for (unintentionally) signaling tops and bottoms in markets – but is this really the case, or more of an old wives tale than truth? I couldn’t think […]

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Peak Oil. Sometimes it sounds sooooo 2008. What’s the real story? Is there too much oil out there, or not enough? Seems like it’s tough to get a straight answer on this question – or at least an answer that experts agree on. In this guest piece, Marin Katusa of Casey Research takes a look […]

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Do you enjoy getting financial tips and news from blogs like ours? Well enjoy it while you can – because if OBAMA! has his way, we’re toast! CZAR-BAMA says: “I am concerned that if the direction of the news is all blogosphere, all opinions, with no serious fact-checking, no serious attempts to put stories in […]

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Do you feel like your head is going to explode when you read, watch, or listen to the news these days? The continuous assault on personal liberty in the good ol’ U S of A has, I have to admit, been driving me bonkers. The bailouts, the lack of personal responsibility – really maddening to […]

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Trading is tough – really tough. When you’re making money, it feels like the easiest thing in the world. It’s a great feeling – almost intoxicating, really. Like you’re printing money from nothing! Then, inevitably, you get cocky. And you lever up. And sooner or later, a trade goes against you…or two, or three. And […]

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I saw a familiar sight on the charts today – green for the dollar, and red for just about everything else. This was a very common sight last fall and winter. This currency picture, courtesy of Barchart.com, used to be an all-to-familiar one. Then when the famous “March 6” lows held, and spring sprung, we […]

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