Weekly Futures Positions Review – October 26, 2008

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Top posts from the past week: The Case for Shorting Long Dated US Treasuries Why the Yen and Dollar are Rallying GoldMoney: Gold’s New Highs vs. Other Currencies Jim Rogers on CNBC: October 22, 2008 Foods and Softs Outlook A review of my futures trades from the previous week: Covered my Swiss Franc long – […]

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Top posts from the past week: Stratfor: States, Economies, and Markets: Redefining the Rules Marc Faber on CNBC – October 14, 2008 Warren Buffett: I’m Buying US Stocks Now A review of my futures trades from the previous week: Went long the Swiss Franc – As I mentioned last week, I wanted find a match […]

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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 […]

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Top posts from the past week: Financial Times: Wealthy Investors Demanding Unprecedented Amounts of Physical Gold Jim Rogers on CNBC 10/1/08 Quick Thoughts on the Latest Black Monday A review of my trades from the week that was: Closed out my Swiss Franc position – Yikes – this trade did not work out, I got […]

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Top posts from the past week: Five Easy Ways You Can Diversify Away From the Dollar US Mint: Sorry, we’re out of gold (again) Jim Rogers: Bailout is “welfare for the rich” A review of my trades from the week that was: Went long the Swiss Franc – The Swissie is the Yen’s carry trade […]

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A review of my trades from the week that was: Went long December Gold – I picked up a gold contract on the big breakout this week. As we’ve discussed in this space before, I believe the government’s printing of money as fast as it can will send the price of Gold and Silver higher. […]

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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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Now THAT’S the way you trade! Two solid weeks in a row – I’m feeling good about things, back in control, following trends like I should be. A review of my trades from the week that was: Closed out my Coffee long position – I closed this out on Thursday just north of the 143 […]

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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 […]

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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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