A little bit of Friday fun for you…pull up a chair, grab some popcorn, and enjoy Ben Bernanke’s Greatest Hits!
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Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist!
Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist!
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 […]
It’s pretty tough to find investors who are bullish on the US dollar these days. Judging from our dollar sentiment survey results last week, it seems like most dollar bulls probably read this blog! When I consider: Not a day goes by without an investment newsletter popping into my email Inbox that highlights the dollar’s […]
Despite the self congratulatory nature of the financial media in the recent weeks and months, I remain highly skeptical that the worst is indeed behind us. Down in the trenches of daily economic life, I can’t find any noticable signs of improvement. In fact, the only thing that seems to have changed is a sharp […]
Amidst all of the inflation/deflation debates, here is THE best summary of the current crisis I’ve seen to date…enjoy! Warning: Definitely NSFW! Shout outs to my friend JL for sending this along, and to the excellent financial blog Zero Hedge for originally posting.
What can you learn from tracking the holdings of the great hedge fund managers? Plenty! Today we’ve got a special treat – part 2 of our interview with Jay from MarketFolly. Jay tracks the specific holdings of top hedge fund and money managers on his site, helping readers glean important bits of investment insight from […]
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein took a page from the preachings of the world’s leading religions, as he warned his employees to avoid making “big-ticket, high-profile purchases.” Laying low and playing down wealth is probably a best practice even when times are good. During tough times like this, it’s a must, as the public opinion […]
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