25 April 2007

Event of the Century

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The 21st century is still young as there are another ninety-three years to go. So it might sound over-ambitious to claim that 'The Event...
20 April 2007

The Structural Problems of Structured Finance

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Edward Chancellor When banks discovered how to securitize loans they inadvertently created a sexy alternative investment. Looking for an ass...
13 April 2007

You want some trading advice: here it is..

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If one use the Monday, April 9th Dow high of 12,593, and todays low of 12,428, the various fibonacci retraces are: .89 12,575 .786 12,557 .6...
12 April 2007

''Inside the House of Money'' Book Review

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''Inside the House of Money'' by Steven Drobny (Wiley, $29.95) pulls back the curtain, slightly. This is less a book of sust...

Calvin J. Bear - On Gold

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When you look at people's analysis of the price movements of gold you should take into account some factors to do with how the internati...
6 April 2007

The Sordid Business of Predicting A Crash

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Cassandra Does Tokyo March 13, 2007 First let me state that I am patently NOT in the business of prognosticating stock crashes. That said,...
4 April 2007

Imminent and severe market correction

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A leading UK fund manager has sold off about half the equities in the portfolios he oversees in anticipation of an imminent and severe marke...

Stockmarket Cycles Current Observations

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Stockmarket Cycles Current Observations : "The chart above shows the Japanese Nikkei 225 Index going back to 1984. Notice that the all-...
3 April 2007

America Now (2007 'debt prosperity') and Then (2011 Depression)

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charles hugh smith-Weblog and wEssays : America Now (2007 'debt prosperity') and Then (2011 Depression) Trade in 2-year old SUV for ...
2 April 2007

Quotes of the day

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"Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths. It represents the path to big money. T...
1 April 2007

April Fool

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New York (Fox News) April 1, 2007 David Lereah, Chief Economist of the National Association of Realtors, resigned his position today, effect...
30 March 2007

Each day, the risk of war grows in the Persian Gulf Europe 2020

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Behind ongoing Israel-Palestine peace plans looms USA-Israel-Iran open conflict - Decoded news (March 29, 2007) - In GEAB N°11 (published Ja...

How Blind can they be?

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How Blind can they be? _ Euro Capital on the US economy As our phony economy begins to unravel before our eyes, it is amazing how few p...

Stocks are dead, long live commodities, says Rogers

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Investment guru Jim Rogers says the rise of China and the change in the status of the US dollar as a reserve currency is having a profound i...
29 March 2007

The China Syndrome--Financial Meltdown

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charles hugh smith-Weblog and wEssays : "The 1979 film The China Syndrome took its name from the darkly humorous notion that a nuclear ...

'No Money Down' Falls Flat

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Today's pop quiz involves some potentially exciting new products that mortgage bankers have come up with to make homeownership a reality...
28 March 2007

Flurry of activity by US near Iran Reported

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MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran...
27 March 2007

The lesson's of the subprime meltdown

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We see subprime as risk and valuable lesson. This market is in for a rough run. There are sweet dreams of containment; they defy reality. Th...