Posts from — September 2009

      There were two data points released this morning and neither one of them was particularly bullish. In fact, when the Chicago PMI number hit the tape at 9:45 the market sold off hard before rebounding later in the day. Even still, the numbers were bad enough to give the green shoots crowd something to ponder, since the recovery is starting to stall.

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Is the Recovery Starting to Stall?

The last week has handed us some interesting developments once more, and as we pause to catch our breath again this week, we’ll make note of the important underlying currents and what they may mean going forward.

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The Euro, the Dollar and the Future of the Forex

“Somebody is monumentally wrong here. . . but who?” So read the e-mail I received from the old Phantom Trader on Monday.

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Jim Grant on the U.S. Economy

      According to the latest figures from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, seasonally adjusted home prices rose again in July. That marked the third straight monthly gain for the heavily watched index, which gauges home prices in 20 U.S. cities

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Case-Shiller Index Drops 13.3%, Bulls Cheer the "Advance"

Today I want to talk about just one stock. . . though I’ve done what I’m about to describe with dozens

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Trading a Single Stock

In my father’s house are many mansions.

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Inflation, Deflation, Peak Oil and Complex Systems

Reading Linda Brady Traynham’s article about education and the state of our current primary and secondary institutions struck a nerve with me, particularly the following phrase: “Colleges have forgotten that their primary tasks are to give students a framework to organize and correlate data on, and to teach them how to think for themselves and find their own information.” The other night my wife Jennifer and I were walking our normal circuit of 3-5 miles, when we started on the topic of information, and the lack of skills our children exhibit when trying to locate or use it. I am now the proud father of 7 children, all of them intelligent, good looking, and athletic, dealing with issues most infants, preschool, preteens, teens, and young adults experience. Having a larger sample of children to observe through these developmental phases has shown me that each child differs in the ability to locate, store, and use information.

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Google! Making Information and Ignorance Easy

A whole new set of maps is being drawn for investors heading into 2010.

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Frontier Markets ETF

If we’re right about where the price of gold is headed, the general public will someday clamor to buy all things gold. While gold stocks will be where the real leverage is, the rush will start with gold itself. As a gold editor, I have a very natural question: is there enough to go around

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What if Everyone in the World Wanted a One-Ounce Gold Coin?

As measured against gold, Peter Schiff said in a recent interview that gold and the Dow could end up trading at a ratio of one-to-one, as against the existing level of 9.7-to-1.

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Peter Schiff: Gold Could Rise to $5,000 and More

Welcome to the Wealth Daily Weekend Edition — our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Wealth Daily and sister publication articles. Confusing traders and aggravating the poor bears to no end, schizophrenic markets were all over the place this week.

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Economic Recovery in Doubt

With gold trading just under $1,000 and the economy still in flux, it’s never been more important to know what’s happening in the precious metals markets. In fact, more and more readers are asking us for more gold editorial. That’s one of the reasons we’ve decided to bring Gold World — one of our fastest-growing publications — directly to Wealth Daily and you

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World Gold Panic