Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist!
Here’s a new video highlighting the recent fall in crude oil, courtesy of INO.com. It’s worth a quick look, I think, to appreciate the speed and magnitude of this recent decline. And also a good reminder why trying to pick the exact bottom is a fool’s game. But, we’re all guilty of it – it’s […]
Staying on the beat of shorting US Treasuries, I came across this article from Money Morning – quick excerpt and link to full article: The U.S. Treasury Department announced Nov. 3 that it intended to borrow a record $550 billion in the fourth quarter. That represents a staggering $408 billion increase over Treasury’s borrowing estimate […]
Sugar! Is that you, Baby Girl? It’s your old, pal, SugarHigh – remember me? Yeah. It’s been awhile. We had some good times back in ’05-’06. You said you needed some time to get your life back together. I know we got a little ahead of themselves back in ’05…all the way up to $0.20 […]
Editors Note: Click here to read other recent posts about Jim Rogers, including some recent videos. I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a case of the election blues. And not because my guy didn’t win – I didn’t even have a horse in this race, I couldn’t bring myself to vote for any […]
Highly recommended 20/20 piece by John Stossel – this originally aired on October 17, 2008. Summary of each video by yours truly. What does this have to do with investing and markets? Everything. You can’t invest today without a thorough understanding of the idiotic decisions coming down the pike by our elected bureaucrats. I’d recommend […]
One of my absolute favorite blogs is johnsterling.blogspot.com, for its absolutely hilarious coverage of the New York Yankees. Our content usually does not overlap, but here’s a gem I have to point out. For all you Republicans out there, I present you with – The Reagan, by Edgar Allen Limbaugh. Here’s an excerpt of the […]
Top posts from the past week: The Skyrocketing US Money Supply (Graph) Bank of Japan Ready to Intervene vs. Yen Rise Jim Rogers on Bloomberg: October 24, 2008 A review of my futures trades from the previous week: No trades last week! Wow, that hasn’t happened in a long time. I’d probably be better off […]
Agora Financial just published an interview with former Fed Chairman, “Tall” Paul Volcker which they conducted in sync with the release of their new documentary I.O.U.S.A. Brief excerpt: When I became chairman of the Federal Reserve, I think there was a general feeling in this country that economic affairs, and inflation in particular, had reached […]
Rick Rule, if you’re not familiar with him, is a legendary metals and mining investor. I’d highly recommend perusing Porter Stansberry’s interview with Rick in today’s issue of DailyWealth entitled Insights From the World’s Top Commodity Investor. A quick sound bite from Rick about how he is salivating at the opportunities currently available in the […]
Sean Hyman from World Currency Watch says watch out, the Bank of Japan is not one to be reckoned with. They are ready to intervene to stop the Yen’s rise – and you don’t want to test them. And our pal and trusted currency advisor, Chuck Butler at the Daily Pfennig, agrees with Sean in […]
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