April 30, 2008 In a couple of hours, we’ll soon find out how low the Fed will go in their attempt to inflate their way out of the current subprime/housing market/financial sector mess that we are currently mired in. Last…
April 23, 2008 Every time I’ve written about the imminent disaster that awaits U.S. stock markets, and subsequently global markets, the response has been overwhelmingly negative. In 2007, when I warned of steep declines in U.S. markets that were on…
April 17, 2008 – On April 15th, the U.S. markets rallied, with the DJIA adding more than 250 points (2.08%) and the S&P 500 adding more than 30 points (2.27%). Of course, this brought out the mandatory Wall Street cheerleaders…
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April 17, 2008 Consider this. If you owned a prime piece of real estate in 2001 that was valued at $1.8 million that cost 7,200 ounces of gold to buy it back then (at a price of about $250 an…
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March 25, 2008 – Dark pools are pools of stocks listed on private or proprietary electronic exchanges that allow a buyer or seller to move large blocks of stocks anonymously without causing the bumps in the price of a particular…
March 9. 2008 – Diversification: The World’s Worst Investment Strategy Diversification, cash and AAA-rated instruments with exposure to Mortgage Backed Securities — If you’re deep into all three, these are three definite signs that it is time to let your…
March 3, 2008 – Out of Omaha, Nebraska, this story was picked up by the major global news services today: “OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett said Monday that the U.S. economy is essentially in a recession even if…
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February, 20, 2008 “This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you awake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill,…
February 13, 2008 In January of 2007, I wrote an article called “Ten Reasons Why Dollar Denominated Bonds Aren’t as Safe as You Think.” Here, I’m updating that same article, taking into account what has happened in the past year….
February 6, 2008 The other week, a friend of mine sent me an article from a financial advisor in the U.S. asking me for my opinion. In the article, the advisor stated two things that stood out to me like…