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Stratfor is an intelligence and news service that provides very high quality coverage and analysis of global events. They cover events that really matter in the big picture – not the crap you see in the mainstream news. I’m a satisfied subscriber, and was pleased to see this latest piece of analysis could be republished […]
Top posts from the past week: Quick Thoughts on the (Very) Latest Black Monday AuEx Ventures: An Intriguing Gold Junior Opportunity Sequoia Capital: RIP Good Times Jim Rogers on CNBC and Bloomberg – 10/10/08 A review of my trades from the week that was: Closed out my Japanese Yen position – Closed out on the […]
The latest market review and commentary from James Turk at GoldMoney. Turk makes an interesting point that the Great Depression was deflationary because the dollar was linked to gold – the government couldn’t run the printing presses. This time, we know the dollar is not linked to gold – is that a helicopter I hear?
Another Jim Rogers interview. He’s all fired up today, fantastic form.
Our buddy Jim Rogers has been picking up: More Japanese Yen More Swiss Francs More agricultural products He thinks commodities, the Japanese Yen, and the Swiss Franc are the only things that will come out of the crisis unimpaired.
Sequoia Capital, one of the premier venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, gathered up its startup CEO’s and gave the following presentation. The message: buckle down and tighten up your belts, the good times are over…for awhile. Some great macroeconomic stats in here. Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn View SlideShare presentation or […]
Mark Cuban, who you may be most familiar with as owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is a very savvy entrepreneur and investor. Sometimes he’s unfairly labeled as a guy who got lucky and sold at the top of the internet bubble – I don’t think that’s true, the guy has an impressive track record of […]
A couple of weeks ago, an investment writer I respect a great deal wrote that he recommended everyone take out some cash from the bank and keep it on hand – enough for a month or two of living expenses. Since then, I’ve heard this mantra repeated in several other financial publications. Extended bank “holidays” […]
Tuesday night, our Sacramento-based Casey Research investment group had the privilege of hosting Ron Parratt, CEO of AuEx Ventures, for a presentation and discussion about his company, and the challenge and adventure that is junior gold exploration. First a quick primer on junior gold exploration for those not familiar with this field. Unlike gold majors, […]
Many people smarter than I think that, indeed, a short term contrarian play of going long stocks could be a profitable one. Jeff Clark writes in today’s Growth Stock Wire that yesterday was a short term bottom in the markets. OK, maybe his timing wasn’t exactly right, but Jeff’s trades are traditionally pretty well on […]
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