Back in April of 2006 I wrote an article entitled Inflation similarities between the 2000s and the 1970s and detailed the many similarities between the two decades. Now two and a half years later, Rick Pendergraft is seeing the same correlation between the current stock market and that of 1974. If he is right you don’t […]
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A well-known business magazine recently published a story with this headline:
Stocks: The “Loss” Decade
A disastrous ten years for the stock market ends in just a month. Will the turning of a new decade change investors’ luck?
One sentence from the story itself tells you most of what you need to know: “The ten years since Y2K are on track to produce the worst total returns for investors since the 1930s.”
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I recently was talking to a fellow investor at a conference and I mentioned that we carried quite a few articles from Elliott Wave International on this site. The gentleman I was speaking with commented that he had the impression that Bob Precter founder of Elliott Wave International was permanently bearish and so “eventually he would be right”.
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For years, gold bugs like Doug Casey and his team have been saying that once gold takes off to stratospheric heights, it will take the gold mining stocks with it. It’s called the “Mania phase” of the commodity bull market.
Has this time arrived now?
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After a relaxing Thanksgiving break, I anticipated to return to work in a lighter frame of mind. However, the following item from FOX News crushed that hope right away: Lawmakers Propose ‘War Surtax’ to Pay for Troop Increase in Afghanistan. Two top Democrats say they want to impose a new tax on the wealthy to finance any increase in U.S. troops for the Afghanistan war.
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If you want the latest news on the U.S. Dollar Index, try a search under its new ticker symbol, RIP. — as in, “rest in peace.” Let the record show: In the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 6, the mainstream financial community officially declared “The Demise of the Dollar” (The Independent).
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In this article Susan Walker explores a question we have touched on before… conventional wisdom and hedging against bad times like inflation and recession. Editor Gold, the Dow, T-Notes: Which Does Best During Recessions? By Susan C. Walker, Elliott Wave International Each year, the NCAA college basketball tournament winnows its starting field of 64 teams
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Editor’s Note: What’s holding Gold back? In this excellent video Adam shows us not only what’s holding it back but also when it will break out. Just click the Gold Chart below to get started and while you are there sign up for their free newsletter or get their Free Instant Analysis delivered to your
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Editor’s Comment: What you pay for gold often depends on the “Gold Spot Price” so what exactly is the Gold Spot Price? Terry Coxon explains… Will the “Real Price” of Gold Please Stand Up- What is the definition of Spot Gold? London Fix? Comex? etc. By Terry Coxon, Editor, Casey’s Gold & Resource Report Gold
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Over the last few years, news of world renowned geologist M. King Hubbert’s theory of peak oil theory has circulated widely. Most have now heard his theory which in a nutshell says, global production of Oil and Natural Gas will decline due to increased difficulty in getting to the Global reserves of these fossil fuels. Many have studied the peak oil phenomenon, trying to confirm (or deny) Hubbert’s timing of the peak. Oil companies and International Energy Agencies have both confirmed and denied the case for “Peak Oil” over the years. But current information from the Energy Information Administration sheds new light on the subject as Doug Hornig of Casey’s Energy Opportunities shows us in this article.
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