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Sweet Monday Mornings

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Remarkable isn’t it? It has almost become like clockwork – I’ve never seen a pattern continue like this at a 80%+ type of success rate.� Another wonderful surge in futures between 6 AM and 9 AM on a Monday morning, for no particular reason (not ev…

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Midway Gold Corp. (MDW) is “One to Watch”

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:53:41 +0000

Midway Gold Corp. is a precious metals company focused on exploring, designing, building and operating mines in an accountable manner while producing an acceptable return to its shareholders. The company controls mineral rights along three major gold trends in Nevada and in the Republic district of Washington. Midway’s technical staff has extensive exploration and mining

ONE Bio Corp. (ONBI.OB) is “One to Watch”

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:53:14 +0000

ONE Bio Corp. is an agritech company that utilizes green process manufacturing to produce raw chemicals and herbal extracts, natural supplements, and organic products. The company focuses on the research and development, production, and sale of various extracts from tobacco leaf residues and various plants for health supplements and organic agricultural products. Offering a range

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Taliban claim to have captured Canadian

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:53:13 +0000

Taliban insurgents claim they have captured an Ontario man who is missing in Afghanistan. The Taliban published a statement Sunday that claimed a Canadian “spy” had been captured in Ghazni city, in the eastern part of the country. The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Colin Rutherford is missing in Afghanistan. They said he was travelling through the country as a tourist.

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No Change at U.S. Bancorp – Analyst Blog

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:45:01 +0000

We are reiterating our Neutral recommendation on the shares of U.S. Bancorp. The decision is based on U.S. Bancorp’s fundamentals, recent strategic acquisitions, threats, challenges and current economic trend.

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An Embarrassment of Riches

admin — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:30:41 +0000

Tomorrow is not just the last day of February. It’s also your last day to see the brand new presentation on my 3 favorite, cheap silver stocks and still receive my $200 “thank-you” gift for watching. Timing is …

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Gone A.W.O.L. – lite blogging

admin — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:43:32 +0000

I will find myself in England, Switzerland and Slovenia over the next week, catching up on a few existing relationships and exploring a number of new ones. Blog posting will be slow (and totally absent on some days) while I am on the road. The normal blogging service will be resumed on my return to Cape Town by March 7.

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The Return of $100 Oil

admin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:45:18 +0000

If you’re waiting for this alleged Saudi revolution to send oil to $150, don’t hold your breath. The last time Saudis tried to arrange protests in Riyadh and Jeddah, no one really showed up. But that won’t keep them from trying again… ~~SIGNUP_WD~~ According to the latest Facebook ramblings out of Saudi Arabia, hundreds of people want the following�— or are threatening action by March 11th: government officials to be elected by the people an independent judiciary the right to assemble freedom of expression release of political prisoners a minimum wage law more employment opportunities formation of an entity that would eliminate unfair taxes and corrupt practices by government rebuilding the armed forces reforming the conservative Sunni Muslim clerics abolition of restrictions on women And while I agree the people have a right to some of these things, they have a snowball’s chance in hell of seeing these demands met. Because regardless of people warning for $150 to $200 oil on a Saudi revolt, the Saudi oil spigot supplies 20% of the world’s oil. It’s not going to be turned off. The more likely scenario Libya could send oil prices even higher. They recently took close to 800,000 barrels off-line, meaning 1% of world output has just been removed. And there’s a very real fear that Gaddafi could pull a “Saddam Hussein” and torch Libya’s oil fields if he’s pushed out. In fact according to reports, Gaddafi has already ordered security forces to sabotage oil facilities throughout the country. That would easily take 1.6 million barrels off-line… and send oil prices well above $105. Plus, there’s a fear of oil stoppage out of Algeria, which has one Tokyo-based bank calling for $220 oil. But these aren’t the only things that’ll drive prices higher… Tack on this alleged U.S. recovery, higher consumption in spring and summer months, rising demand from China, a destroyed dollar, and simple speculation of Saudi, Iran, Kuwait, and UAE problems, and consumers will get pinched by $4 pump prices, just as they were in 2008 and 2009. Anything above $4 will have consumers hunkering down, reducing overhead and discretionary expenses. How to profit as consumers cut back With all eyes on the changes in the Middle East and their impact on oil prices, an uneasy feeling is brewing that it’ll negatively impact consumer spending habits and the greater economy. Just look at what happened to discretionary spending when oil hit $147 a barrel in 2008: � And the best way to profit from that is by buying put options on anything luxury, indulgence, or want-related. A luxury retailer like Tiffany’s (TIF) could easily fall apart. In fact it’s already starting to do so: Even Coach (COH) is showing signs of weakness… Just as Christian DeHaemer and Adam Sharp suggested going long the Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE) post-chaos drop, only to watch it recover… The same is likely with the SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa ETF (GAF) …

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Brent-WTI spread

admin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:06:17 +0000

Lots of action in oil prices today, as the unrest has spread from Tunisia and Egypt– which produce relatively modest amounts of crude oil– to Libya, the country sandwiched between them, and producer of over 2% of the world’s crude oil supply. Rather…

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Which Are Better? Muni Bonds or Tax Free CEFs

admin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:39:00 +0000

With the stock market volatility and uncertainty, and the possibility of future tax increases, many investors are turning to tax free bonds, also known as municipal bonds and munis, or they are choosing the alternative tax free income closed end funds,…

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National Bank of Greece (NBG) Bid Rejected by Alpha Bank

admin — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:12:00 +0000

The $3.8 billion unsolicited from National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE:NBG) for Alpha Bank SA, was rejected as an inadequate offer by Alpha’s board.National Bank of Greece SA is the largest in the country and Alpha Bank is the third-largest bank in Greece.When making the offer for Alpha on January 18, National Bank asked for Alpha to give the bid “serious consideration.” National Bank said the new

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Urban Magnets for Disaster

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:09:19 +0000

When it comes to bad stuff the sky’s the limit. It’s gonna happen, eventually…one way or another. And it could be real bad. And when bad stuff happens, you’re better off being somewhere else. Where? Generally, bad stuff seems to happen most often in cities. Why is that? Cities are where most people live. It is where governments are. And it is where the labor force is most specialized. There are no subsistence farmers living in cities. Nor do urban populations “live off the land.” Instead, they depend on complex networks of commerce. The typical city dweller produces neither food nor energy. He sits all day in an office — completely dependent on others to provide power and food. Then, he goes home — still completely dependent on the division of labor for his most important needs. Progress can be described as the elaboration of the division of labor. In man’s most primitive state, specialization is extremely limited. From what we’ve been told, the early man was the hunter. Early woman gathered…that’s about the extent of it. As the tribe grows larger, specialization increases. One person might tend the fire. Another might be in charge of making clothes or arrows. The advent of sedentary agriculture and towns caused a big leap forward in human progress and, not coincidentally, the division of labor. Some townspeople went out to tend the fields. Others began to focus on woodworking…or iron mongering…or making weapons…or clothes. Some played cards and hung around at bars. There was soon a homebuilding industry…and, not long after, merchants, prostitutes and bankers…and even shyster lawyers and tax collectors. As the division of labor expanded, the average person became richer…and more dependent on others. In order to eat, someone else had to plant…and till…and harvest…and hunt…and gather. And then, when agriculture became mechanized, he depended on faraway people who produced oil and gasoline…and people who built …

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