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Do You Feel Lucky?

Is Bernanke out of bullets?

Do you feel lucky punk? Did he fire six shots or just five? That seemed to be the implied question to Fed Chief Ben Bernanke when it came to whether the Fed was going to be able to provide additional “help” to keep the economic expansion going.

Bernanke, the Fed, Deflation, and the Dollar

Fed Won't Sit On Hands

The Fed is a wild card in making portfolio decisions in the coming weeks and months. Ben Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee, “We remain prepared to take further policy actions as needed to foster a return to full utilization of our nation’s productive potential in a context of price stability”. This means the Fed stands ready to take further action to support the economy and asset prices.

What is George Soros up to in the gold market?

“It is the ultimate asset bubble.”

The hubbub started when hedge fund guru George Soros proclaimed gold to be in a bubble, and it is still roiling nearly six months later. Gold advocates jumped to its defense, while critics took the offensive.

Why do U.S. Asset Managers fear Government Confiscation of gold? Part 1

Examining the possibility of the gold confiscation by governments

Mr Levine of HSBC in a recent gold conference pointed out that some top U.S. Asset Managers were fearful of the possibility of government confiscation of gold. He explained, that on being told that the bank's U.S. vaults had sufficient space available for their gold...

The Psychology of Gold

Market psychology has as much input to the price trends of an investment as do the fundamentals. Contrary to gold bears, the psychology behind gold as an investment has nowhere near reached the peak in its secular bull cycle.

Why History Matters

U.S. Perspective on Growth and Austerity

NEW YORK (KWR) July 25, 2010 - The U.S. and other major countries are diverging on economic policy. While there is a growing debate in Washington over the possibility of further stimulus actions, a number of European governments, including the U.K., Germany and Italy, have implemented austerity measures to curb red ink.

How To Be Positioned for SP500, Gold & Oil

The second half of last week we saw some strong price action in the equities market. The SP500 broke through the 5 and 50 day moving averages closing the week just under key resistance levels. The SP500 futures will find resistance at the June high $1099.25, $1100 which is whole number then at $1103 which is the 200 day moving average. Each of these are clumped together making it really just one solid area which sellers will be waiting to short the market.

T-Waves market thoughts, and forecast, huge market turn coming!

Why do I feel like after the past week, I have entered the enchanted forest, as the markets have behave as if they were bi-polar, only to finish the week as if everything is purely delightful the SPX 500 is up 6.98% for the month, corporate earnings at first blush have been looking good

Making Sense of the Economic Puzzle

The mainstream news media depict two different directions for the U.S. economy. Is one side closer to the truth than the others? Or could both sides of the story be correct?

Part VI - Interviewing Past Presidents

Interviewing Franlin D. Roosevelt on Social Security

A look a what FDR really intended for Social Security and how it differs from what we got and how it would have been better than what we got.

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