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Top posts from the past week: Lean Hog Prices Poised to Climb in 2009 Why eBay is the Best Indicator of Gold’s Fair Value Our coverage of Marc Faber’s recent interview on CNBC from December 1st continues to see a lot of traffic. A review of our trades and positions from the previous week: Continued […]
We’ve discussed before how the paper market for gold can easily be manipulated – including recently that three US banks allegedly account for the majority of all net short positioning on the COMEX. In the following article, the editors of Big Gold, a Casey Research publication, discuss how gold prices on eBay are the best […]
Bloomberg reports that “In the worst year for commodities in at least five decades, hogs rose 6.6 percent, the second-biggest gains on the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Commodity Index, behind cocoa.” The article quotes fund manager Mark Greenwood: “We’re going to have 3 to 4 percent less pigs next year, and that should be very supportive to […]
Top posts from the past week: Inflation or Deflation – Which Will Prevail? Fed Out of Ammo; Dollar is Toast Stratfor: Oil Prices Likely to Remain Low Our coverage of Marc Faber’s recent interview on CNBC from December 1st continues to see a lot of traffic. A review of our trades from the previous week: […]
Battle of the FlationsBy Bud ConradChief Economist, The Casey Report One of the most hotly debated topics among financial talking heads these days is, “Deflation or inflation, what is it going to be?” There is no question that we are currently experiencing asset price deflation and economic slowing. But we, the editors of The Casey […]
Everbank’s Chris Gaffney comments that the Fed is now out of ammo and into uncharted territory, trying to employ untested methods which are likely to lead to higher inflation. So Chairman Bernanke has used up all of his remaining ammunition for the main weapon against the economic crisis, and now has to move to other […]
Falling Fortunes, Rising Hopes and the Price of Oil December 15, 2008 By Peter Zeihan Related Links · Mexico: Insuring Oil Exports · Canada: Oil Sands Tax Increase Related Special Topic Page · Global Energy Prices Oil prices have now dipped — albeit only briefly — below US$40 a barrel, a precipitous plunge from their […]
On the first day of bailouts, we had to bail… A great video by YouTube user ZINKpro!
A short Jim Rogers interview on Bloomberg – I believe from December 11, 2008. He says he has covered his short position in US Treasuries for the time being, because the trade was going against him. He’s waiting to short them again, and describes US Treasuries as “the last bubble left.” Other thoughts from Jim: […]
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