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Stock marketing investing news and opinion from a contrarian perspective with insights about commodities, gold investing, oil, energy, china, the Fed, inflation, deflation, and global markets
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Energy, Brazil, Gold: What More Could You Want?
Let’s take a quick look at what’s happening in Brazil, over and above the 2016 Olympics being awarded to Rio de Janeiro. “I don’t know if I will live to see it,” said Brazil’s president Luiz (Lula) da Silva a couple weeks ago. “But Brazil has to transform itself into a big power in the 21st century. …
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The Two Investing Mistakes to Avoid at all Costs
Two distinct groups of investors have emerged since the U.S. stock market rally began in early March. Initially overly cautious and smug in their desire to protect themselves, the first group of investors were convinced the rally was going to sputter and stall. It hasn’t, and 57% later these investo …
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Can Democrats Anchor Unemployment Without Doing More Damage to the Deficit?
With the unemployment rate soaring alongside the U.S. budget deficit, the Obama Administration and congressional Democrats are struggling to solve the nation’s problems before next year’s midterm election. But they may be struggling in vain. Since 1945, the party that has controlled the White House …
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Retail Industry is Getting Attractive
The downtrodden retail industry is on the move today. Thanks to good news from companies like Liz Claiborne (NYSE:LIZ) and Wet Seal (NASDAQ:WTSLA), investors are putting some profits in their shopping bags. Prepare for the worst. Hope for the best. That’s the motto of the nation’s retail industry …
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Two Tips to Avoid Letting a Bad Stock Sucker-Punch You
I confess… I got it wrong with gold. Unlike some stockpickers and newsletter analysts, who proudly trumpet all their winners, while shuffling the losers under the rug, I have no problem admitting when my calls go against me. And to the delight of all the naysayers, this happened just a couple of day …
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Will Rise In September Retail Sales Carry into Holidays?
Retail sales rose in September for the first time in 13 months, fueling hopes that the worst is behind retailers that head into the holiday season better prepared for a tough economic environment. Three reports were unanimous that sales gained, but to different degrees: Market research firm Retail M …
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Gold Touches a New Record
“Gold continues to climb…stoked by inflation worries,” says a headline in the International Herald Tribune. Yesterday, it touched a new record – $1,050 – even as the dollar rose, oil slumped under $70 and stocks dipped very slightly. Well, what do you expect? The United States added $1 trillion to i …
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Why You Need to Look at these Three ‘Zombie-Free Zones’
Quantum Fund co-founder George Soros had it right on Monday, when he said the U.S. recovery would be held back by “basically bankrupt” banks and companies. I call them the “zombies,” the institutions being propped up by government bailouts. Companies like Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), Bank of Americ …
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Natural Gas Industry Braces for Impact
If the news today is an indication of things to come, the next few months are not going to be pretty. If the big boys are preparing for the worst, imagine the fear from the debt-ridden little guys. And so it begins. Just yesterday, we here at the TFN offices got into a late-day discussion about the …
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Gold Soars To Another All-Time High!
$1,055 for Gold! Global recovery prospects fuel run on the dollarTrichet to defend the dollar today? Central Banks are diversifyingAnd Now Todays Pfennig! Good day And a Thunderin Thursday to you! Its raining here in St. Louis, so, it must be …
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Finding Option-Sized Gains from $25 Silver
The global economy is in a lull right now. Some expect a recovery sooner, rather than later. Others, like us, think that we could see a second downturn. Either way, there’s one investment you need to own right now: silver. Silver is the most flexible metal on earth. We’re not talking about its malle …
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How to Profit from Immunotherapy & Regenerative Medicine
The procedure has been called “one of the most barbaric mistakes ever perpetrated by mainstream medicine.” Back when medicine was highly primitive, the process involved shoving an ice pick-like instrument between the upper eyelid and the eye in hopes of severing certain nerves of the frontal lobe. T …
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We’re Back to Growth… For Now
Just one bit of meaningful economic data so far this week: The American service sector grew in September for the first time in a year. The Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing index scored 50.9 last month, just 9/10ths of a point above the growth/contraction tipping point. That certain …
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Greetings from Qatar!
Qatar is a red-hot economy. Last year it grew around 18% and this year it ought to grow another 16%. We saw the headlines in the Gulf Times in the lounge while waiting for our transfer to Dubai. Qatar’s greatest asset is its natural gas reserves. In fact, the largest gas field in the world is here. …
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The Three Roadblocks to Sony’s Turnaround
Sony Corp. (NYSE ADR: SNE) is facing the first consecutive annual loss of its 63-year history. The Tokyo-based company lost $1.1 billion (98.9 billion yen) last year, and it expects to lose another $1.4 billion (120 billion yen) in its fiscal year ending March 31. That would be Sony’s first back-t …
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The Eternal Depression
Yesterday was another exciting day on Wall Street. The Dow rose 131 points…and gold shot up $25 to a new record, $1043. Investors must be pondering the future. What will the future look like? No one knows. But investors thought they saw things they liked. For one thing, there was the Federal Reserve …
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Why All the Fuss Over Rare Earths?
Rare earth elements (REEs) have been the mystery metals of the mining world for years. Now, suddenly, everyone’s heard about them. Before we delve into the reasons behind all the publicity, here’s the basic skinny on REEs: One, they are rare, at least sort of. Two, they are indispensable to modern t …
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The Five Stocks to Watch This Week
The earnings season beginning today (Tuesday) is shaping up to be an important one, as it could have a significant impact on a struggling stock market rally. Since the stock market rally reached a pinnacle nearly two weeks ago, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost about 3.3% while the Standard …
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RBA Raises Rates!
Pandoras Box of rate hikes is opened! Is the dollar being removed from oil trades? Deficits do matter, eh? Gold heads toward its all-time highAnd Now Todays Pfennig! Good day And a Terrific Tuesday to you! A Tuesday mornin …
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Hidden Traps Make Bank Stocks a Bad Deal
Billionaire investor George Soros said yesterday (Monday) that the U.S. recovery would be a slow one because of all the “basically bankrupt” financial companies impeding it. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and Congress agreed Friday that the financial system – not the American taxpayer …
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