It seems that everywhere we look these days- from U.S.  shale to massive Turkmenistan reserves- natural gas seems to be the energy source of the future. Back in 2006 Turkmenistan claimed to have found a field of up to 24 Trillion Cubic Meters of natural gas. At the time BP was saying that the reserves were probably […]
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By Tim McMahon, editor I read quite a few books on investing strategy every year but one that sticks in my mind is by legendary investor and trader Larry Williams called The Right Stock at the Right Time. In it he outlines the monthly and yearly trends that can provide a basis for your overall
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By Tim McMahon, editor Banks are considered safe. This isn’t the Great Depression… We have FDIC deposit insurance now so bank runs can happen right? Even the “Urban Dictionary” equates the saying “money in the bank” with reliability. You can wager money on what will happen, and if you have inside information and you’re 100%
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By Tim McMahon, Editor It’s not just the government’s finances that are out of control it is the government itself. Just this week several examples of an out of control government have crossed my desk. 1) The first is a law passed by the Indiana state legislature which makes it against the law to resist
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By Tim McMahon, editor When planning for retirement, most financial planners make a lot of assumptions about financial trends and how much money you will spend per year. They estimate the average inflation rate, the average return on your investments etc. all in order to estimate how much you will need in order to retire. The problem
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by Tim McMahon It’s the investor’s dream… going back in time… investing a few thousand dollars and letting it compound over a long period of time and returning a multi-millionaire. If you invested a couple of thousand dollars in the 1780’s, what would the effects of compound interest over the next two hundred years really
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Today we have an analysis by Chris Vermeulen “The Gold and Oil Guy”.  Chris has some rock solid tips on trading choppy markets like we are seeing now. Picking tops can be very difficult and costly so check out Chris’ advice in the final paragraph. It’s worh its weight in Gold!~ Tim McMahon, editor Dollar, Gold
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Video (Part 1): Prechter On Market Rally (Note: This interview was originally recorded on September 20, 2010) In the video below, Robert Prechter talks to Yahoo! Finance Tech Ticker host Aaron Task and Henry Blodget about extreme readings in various indicators that confirm his bear-market forecast. If you can’t see the video it is no
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Investors have been told for years that diversification lowers risk. While that may be true in certain instances, it certainly isn’t true in the current world equity market. Let me give you an example: Using five ETF’s as a proxy for “BRICA” the five supposedly up and coming economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and
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Historically whenever the 10-year Treasury yield drops 1.2% over a short period of time a bear market for stocks resulted within two months . This signal presaged steep market crashes in 1990, 2000, and 2007.
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