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Saturday, December 30

Financial Sense Newshour 2006 Yearend Review Part 2

10 Themes that Dominated the Markets this Year . . .

Transcript of The BIG Picture

 6.  The rise in energy and precious metals
 7. A weakening U.S. economy
 8.  The coming resource wars
 9.  The Bernanke Fed
10. The U.S. Dollar

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Saturday, December 23

Financial Sense Newshour 2006 Yearend Review Part 1

10 Themes that Dominated the Markets this Year . . .

Transcript of The BIG Picture

 1.  Inflation in goods reflected in rising commodity prices
 2.  Rising global liquidity
 3.  A good year for all asset classes
 4.  Rise in leverage and speculation
 5.  The rise and fall of U.S. interest rates

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Saturday, December 16

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bullet   Booms, Busts & Extensions
bullet   It's Where You Borrow the Money That Counts
bullet   Time to Shift to Large Cap Growth Stocks
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Bill Murphy, GATA

Saturday, December 9

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet   The Next Rogue Wave
bullet   The Fed's Catch 22
bullet   Gold Equity Trends
bullet   America's Achilles Heel
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Roger Conrad, Utility Forecaster

Saturday, December 2

No Big Picture this week

San Francisco Hard Asset 2006 3-hour special program

Transcript for the program

Saturday, November 25

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet   The Perfect Investment
bullet   Q3: follow the money
bullet   The Energy Sector: a changing landscape
bullet   Fishing for Juniors where to look, how to buy
bullet   Taxes & Inflation: the scourge of the middle class
bullet   Other Voices: Zapata George Blake
bullet   Other Voices: David Cohen, TheOilDrum.com

Saturday, November 18

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bullet   Don't Worry, Be Happy
bullet   Goldilocks or Recession?
bullet   Energy Service Stocks
bullet   Commodities: Bust or Boom?
bullet   Intrinsic Value: Dow Stocks Still Cheap
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Dennis Gartman,  The Gartman Letter
bullet   Other Voices: Brian Pretti,   ContraryInvestor.com

Saturday, November 11

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bullet   Political Change: What it Means for the Markets and the Economy
bullet   Follow the Money
bullet   Other Voices: Evelyn Garriss, Browning Newsletter
bullet   The Global Search for Resources
bullet   Other Voices: Adrienne Carter of BusinessWeek, Harvesting Green Power
bullet   Uranium: an Energy Investment Needing a Catalyst
bullet   Love My Juniors
bullet   Emailsand Q-Calls

Saturday, November 4

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet   Q4 - A Look Ahead
bullet   Oil Facts Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know
bullet   Very Few Elephants Left to Buy
bullet   Hold On to Your Wallet - The Politicians are Trying to Pick Your Pocket
bullet   A New War of the Worlds
bullet   Beware of the Numbers
bullet   Contrary Thinking: New Lessons
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Emily Thornton of BusinessWeek, Gluttons at the Gate

Saturday, October 28

Items in First Hour only

bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Emily Thornton of BusinessWeek, Gluttons at the Gate'

Saturday, October 21

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bullet   Alternative Energy - an investment opportunity waiting for a catalyst
bullet   A Few Big Ideas - an update
bullet   Contrary Thinking
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Zapata George

Saturday, October 14

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bullet   A Few Big Ideas
bullet   Other Voices: Peter Zeinham, Stratfor.com
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   In a Low-Return World, Dividends Still Matter
bullet   FSO Follies: Inflation Wars
bullet   Q4: Better Than Expected

Saturday, October 7

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet   Money, Oil, War & Intervention 
bullet   The Coming Gold Mergers: What the Big Boys are Looking At
bullet   Retirement Planning: The Importance of Dividends
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Kelley Wright, IQ Trends

Saturday, September 30

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bullet   Gold Bull Run
bullet   Energy: Buying Opportunity or Bubble?
bullet   So You Think You're Ready to Retire?
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Richard Loomis, World Energy Source
bullet  Other Voices: John Williams, Shadow Government Statistics

Saturday, September 23

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bullet   Engineering a Recovery: Then & Now 
bullet   When Investing, understand the fundamentals or
    become an expert trader: use leverage sparingly
bullet   Update on the Gold Market
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Bill Murphy, GATA

Saturday, September 16

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bullet   The Shape of Things to Come
bullet   Other Voices: Puru Saxena, editor of Money Matters
bullet   Meet Joe Friday
bullet   Other Voices: Evelyn Garriss, Browning Newsletter 
bullet   Step Back From the Ledge, Close the Window, Sit Down and Relax

Saturday, September 9

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bullet   Apocalypse Now
bullet   Seasonal Fears
bullet   It Really Is Different This Time
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Brian Pretti, ContraryInvestor.com

Saturday, August 12

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet   Jim's Market Wrap
bullet   The Fed's Next Recession
bullet   Dividends Don't Lie
bullet   Margin of Safety
bullet   Backup the Truck
bullet   Other Voices: 'Zapata' George Blake, Market Analyst
bullet   Other Voices: Dan Gainor, Director, Business & Media Institute

Saturday, August 5

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bullet   Jim's Market Wrap
bullet   Lessons From the Master
bullet   The Coming Merger & Takeover Wave in the Gold Industry
bullet   Random Thoughts
bullet   Other Voices: Evelyn Browning-Garriss, Editor of Browning Newsletter

Saturday, July 29

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bullet   The Full Spin Zone: the truth about oil
bullet   Soft Landing or Has the car gone off the cliff?
bullet   Should you be a bull or a bear? Three reasons to remain bullish
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Stuck on Stupid (SOS)Award
bullet   Other Voices: John Williams, Editor of Shadow Government Statistics

Saturday, July 22

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bullet   High Noon at the Fed
bullet   Making Friends with the 'Amigo
bullet   Positioning for the Gain -- Then the Pain
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Chris Mayer, Editor of Capital and Crisis

Saturday, July 15

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bullet   What CNBC Didn't See: " Addicted to Oil" Commentary Analysis
bullet   Fed Policy + Exogenous Events = Volatile Markets
bullet   Remove Risk: Get Defensive
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Arch Crawford, CrawfordPersectives.com

Saturday, July 8

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bullet   Dance of the Honeybees
bullet   The Next Big Play in Energy
bullet   Bargains of a Lifetime
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Michael Klare, Author

Saturday, July 1

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bullet   Got What We Wanted -- Now What?
bullet   Shifting with the Tide
bullet   Dividends for the Long-Run
bullet    Investing in Juniors: Patience & Discipline
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Roger Conrad, Utility Forecaster

Saturday, June 24

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bullet   The Sum of All Fears
bullet   Sitting Bull
bullet   Forward Ounces
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Peter D. Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital
bullet   Other Voices: Ross Hansen, NorthwestTerritorial Mint

Saturday, June 17

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet    I'm scared... What do I do?
        1. Historical Perspective
        2. What's different this time?
        3. What do I do?
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: 'Zapata' George, Market Analyst

Saturday, June 10

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bullet   Inflation vs. Deflation
bullet   For Good and Evil
bullet   A Conversation With a Mining Executive
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Kelley Wright, IQ Trends
bullet   Other Voices: Emily Thornton, BusinessWeek Online

Saturday, June 3

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bullet   Historical Rhythms
bullet   Engineering a Recovery
bullet   FSN Follies
bullet   Finding Good Investments
bullet   Other Voices: Richard Loomis, World Energy Source
bullet   Other Voices: Bill Murphy, Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee

Saturday, May 27

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bullet   Trouble Ahead in the Oil Patch
bullet   Road to Ruin
bullet   Trouble in Sight - Special Song from Steve Dorê
bullet   The Perfect Option
bullet   SOS!: Stuck On Stupid Award
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Evelyn Garriss, Editor, Browning Newsletter

Saturday, May 20

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bullet   Looking for Value In All the Right Places
bullet   Golden Value
bullet   Riesgo de Pais
bullet   SOS! Stuck On Stupid Award
bullet   Other Voices: Stanley Reed, BusinessWeek
bullet   ;Other Voices: John Williams, Shadow Gov't Statistics

Saturday, May 13

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bullet   The Day After: The Shape of Things to Come
bullet   The Return of the Fedi
bullet   Bear Market Prices In a Bull Market
bullet   Last Chance to Buy
bullet   SOS! Stuck On Stupid Award
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls

Saturday, May 6

FSN Spring Break


Saturday, April 29

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bullet   The Perfect Energy Storm
bullet   The Helicopter Drop
bullet   Resource Nationalization
bullet   SOS Award
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Jay Taylor, Editor, Gold & Technology Stocks

Saturday, April 22

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bullet   The Inflation Juggernaut: Be Prepared
bullet   Special Song from Steve Doré
bullet   Gasoline Blues: More Bad News on the Way
bullet   Other Voices: Floyd Upperman, Author & Analyst
bullet   FSN Follies - EF Mutton
bullet   Blue Gold
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls

Saturday, April 15

Special Two-hour Program

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet   Collision Course: The Fed's Next Recession
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   SOS Award
bullet   Other Voices: 'Zapata' George Blake, Author & Market Analyst
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bullet   Investment Climatologists
bullet   Why We Do What We Do: The History of Financial Sense
bullet   Other Voices: Ross Hansen Northwest Territorial Mint

Saturday, April 8

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bullet   Bottom of the 9th or Extra Inning
bullet   Why Gold is Going Higher & What to Buy
bullet   Great Companies - Great Values
bullet   Emails and Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Richard R. Loomis, President & CEO, World Energy Source
bullet   Other Voices:   Puru Saxena, Editor, Money Matters
bullet   Stuck on Stupid Award and FSN Comic Relief

Saturday, April 1

Special Two-hour Program

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet   Charts for today's show
bullet   The Great Inflation: Part 1
bullet   A Financial Plan for the Little Guy
bullet   Protecting Wealth in an Inflationary Age
bullet   Emails & Q Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Axel Merk, Portfolio Manager, Merk Hard Currency Fund
bullet   Other Voices: John I. Dickerson, President & CEO, Summit Global Management Inc.
bullet   DVDs mentioned in 2nd Part: Founding Brothers |  Founding Fathers by The History Channel

Saturday, March 25

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bullet   Plausible Scenario: What the Fed Will Do
bullet   Sector Analysis: What's Cheap, What's Reasonable, What's Working
bullet   Growing Ounces: A Closer Look at Junior Gold/Silver Stocks
bullet   Emails & Q-Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Evelyn Garriss of Browning Newsletter
bullet   Other Voices: Jim Willie, CB of Hat Trick Letter

Saturday, March 18

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bullet   Charts for today's show
bullet   Fundamentals of the Commodity Bull
bullet   First The Gain, Then The Pain
bullet   Back to the Future
bullet   SOS: Stuck on Stupid
bullet   Emails & Q Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Kelley Wright, IQ Trends
bullet   Other Voices: Zapata George

Saturday, March 11

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bullet   Walk the Line: The Fine Balance Between the Abyss & Prosperity
bullet   Are We Heading for Another Bear Market or is the New Bull Out of the Gate?
bullet   Looking for Value in All the Right Places
bullet   Emails & Q Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Reva Bhalla, Stratfor.com
bullet   Other Voices: Peter Navarro, peternavarro.com

Saturday, March 4

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bullet   The Last Oil Crisis
bullet   Inflection Point: The Next Oil Crisis
bullet   Emails & Q Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Richard Loomis, World Energy Source
bullet   Other Voices: John Williams, Shadow Government Statistics

Saturday, February 25

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet   Investing in an Inflationary Era
bullet   Investing in Juniors: the Year of Takeovers
bullet   Emails & Q Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Hon. Ron Paul, 14th District of Texas
bullet   Other Voices: Roger Conrad, Utility Forecaster

Saturday, February 18

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bullet   Bernanke Babble: Clearly Spoken Mis-Statements
bullet   GM & Ford Bankruptcy vs. Caterpillar Revival
bullet   It Really Is Different This Time
bullet   The Coming Tax Revolt
bullet   Emails & Q Calls
bullet   Other Voices: John Williams, Shadow Government Statistics
bullet   Other Voices: Neville Henry, World Energy

Saturday, February 11

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet   Gold Market Review: Past, Present & Future
bullet   Ignore the Noise, Clear the Mechanism & Focus on What Works
bullet   Other Voices: Ross Hansen, Northwest Territorial Mint
bullet   Other Voices: Kelley Wright, Investment Quality Trends

Saturday, February 4

Transcript of The BIG Picture

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bullet   Addicted to Oil: Peak Oil Coming Soon
bullet   Emails & Q Calls
bullet   Other Voices: Joe de Courcy CourcyInt.com
bullet   Other Voices: G. Michael Bolser, The Golden Sextant

Saturday, January 28

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bullet   Superiority of Dividend Investing in Compounding Wealth
bullet   GARP: Growth At a Reasonable Price
bullet   Other Voices: Reva Bhalla, Stratfor.com
bullet   Other Voices: Jim Willie CB, Hat Trick Letter

Saturday, January 21

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bullet   The Inflection Points
bullet   What Does This Mean?
bullet   Predictions: A Year of Being Flexible
bullet   Other Voices: Matt Savinar, LifeAfterTheOilCrash.com

Saturday, January 14

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2006 Forecast:
bullet   The Consensus
bullet   The Wild Cards
bullet   What's Wrong With This Picture?
bullet   Other Voices: Evelyn Garriss, The Browning Newsletter