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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 […]
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 […]
A contemplation on my trades from the week that was: Shorted the British Pound (again) – Roll over, Sterling! The trend is my friend, the trend is my friend, the trend…bad economic data keeps on coming from the UK. This move was long overdue. Went long Coffee – I absolutely DON’T like the way coffee […]
A review of trades from the week that was: Covered my Soybean Short – beans rallied, along with the rest of the grains. Closed this out at a loss. And a good thing too – the grains markets continue to rally strong, even into the Asian session this evening. I can’t make heads or tails […]
Buy. Or hold – and buy when the uptrend resumes. Sure this correction hurts. But corrections happen, and gold/silver were going parabolic for a bit – and anything that goes parabolic corrects eventually. For a big picture view – let’s turn off CNBC and review the facts. First, let’s discuss all of the fundamentals that […]
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, relief at last – that’s me, pissing away the last of my 2008 gains. Glad we got that out of the way. Tuesday I was feeling really smart, and bought a mini-silver contract at the bargain price of $15. Unfortunately nobody told me that the bargains were going to get even better! I sold […]
A very well written piece by Ted Butler regarding the recent demolition of silver. Ted make a very compelling case that the margin of safety at current prices is significant, as he believes the current price is below the cost of production. I’m very tempted to buy now, but I hate the thought of buying […]
Took some more cash out this week to pay a credit card, and also pump some more cash into our startup. Well, my hopes/dreams for ’08 being a banner year I think are officially in the tank. Earlier in the year, I was hoping I could keep running up the account, and essentially use it […]
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