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The Contrary Investing Report

Investing and Trading News, with a Contrarian, Sarcastic Twist!

My morning glance at the Futures screens revealed that, well, just about everything is down across the board. Of special note: Cotton flirting with the 60-cent handle (wow, that looks cheap) Silver getting kicked in the teeth again Oil off big again, flirting with $90 Not to mention global stock markets getting slammed across the […]

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A special Blogging the Commodity Bull Market shout out to my good friend Lance, who works at a prominent New York investment bank. Lance (name altered to protect the innocent) is a regular reader of our blog, though he is strictly forbidden from commenting whatsoever due to his professional ties. Via a text message exchange […]

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“Governments and politicians do not understand markets and they are making the situation worse by trying to impose controls on the markets,” Jim Rogers commented in a recent speaking engagement. Rogers also expects coffee, sugar, and cotton prices to rise sharply. Sees upside for zinc and silver prices Has no plans to sell gold Intends […]

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There are no markets anymore, just interventions – Chris Powell, GATA I cannot phrase the current state of the global markets any more succinctly than Chris Powell did in the title of his fantastic article for GATA.org. First, let’s consider this Bloomberg report that the US, Europe, and Japan devised a plan to prop up […]

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Legendary investor Donald Coxe is one I follow closely. I would highly recommend his latest conference call where he discusses the global economic environment, and comments on potential ramifications of the government’s Freddie/Fannie interventions. He also has a fantastic Canadian accent that really adds to the fun. My notes from the call: Financial system is […]

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