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Chris Martenson PhD's picture
8 Sep 2010
We have entered some truly treacherous investing waters, where we must question everything and accept nothing, even (and especially) the base assumption that any given currency, be that the US dollar or euro or Yen, will retain its value. Is a ‘...

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Kieran Osborne CFA's picture
8 Sep 2010
In an environment with historically low interest rates, fixed income investors have been pouring money into longer-duration securities, substituting 3 and 6 month T-Bills with 10-year Treasures or bond funds. To an extent, this should not be so...

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Market Focus Editorials

Commodities

Agri-Food Thoughts September 3rd by Ned W Schmidt C...
3 Sep 2010
One road to wealth is to only own those assets for which the price is rising. That seems to be a...
 

Economy

Swamp People, Capitalism, and Regulation by Barry Ferguson 8 Sep 2010
People find ways to survive under capitalism. They find ways to exist under regulation.
 

Energy

Oil’s Out - Find Out What’s In by Marin Katusa 1 Sep 2010
The International Energy Association (IEA) has spoken. What the world needs now is a clean energy...
 

Global/Int'l

What's Past Is Prologue by JR Nyquist 3 Sep 2010
Once upon a time there was a nation, free and proud. It was armed and ready for war. Its warriors...
 

Markets

Markets Playing Whack-A-Mole by Paul Nolte 7 Sep 2010
Seasonally the weakest part of the year, especially during mid-term elections, put on show after a...
 

Metals

Chart of the Week - Season for Metals by Frank Holmes 2 Sep 2010
Yesterday kicked off what has historically been the strongest period (September through December)...
 

Storm Watch

Peak Denial About Peak Oil by James Quinn 3 Sep 2010
The myopic view of the world by politicians, the mainstream media and the American public in...
China's Secret Plot to Dump the Dollar

FS Exclusive Editorials

Swamp People, Capitalism, and Regulation by Barry Ferguson 8 Sep 2010
People find ways to survive under capitalism. They find ways to exist under regulation.
Market Situation Week Ending 9/3/2010 by Mike Endres 5 Sep 2010
The Markets closed last Friday in a short-term zoomy mood with general markets popping up and the precious metals continuing their plodding way...
The IMF is blowing smoke - Big Time! by Mike Endres 4 Sep 2010
The IMF published a paper saying that indebted countries can continue to go deeper in debt without fear! Well, I'm afraid!
Inflection Points! by Steven Bauer 4 Sep 2010
For your consideration and evaluation, a series on my Inflection Points.
Best of the Worst by D Sherman Okst 4 Sep 2010
As far as economic advisers are concerned: The best of the worst is gone. We are left with the worst. The government can lead, follow - or in this...
What's Past Is Prologue by JR Nyquist 3 Sep 2010
Once upon a time there was a nation, free and proud. It was armed and ready for war. Its warriors were battle-ready and disciplined. But the leaders...
Why Most Investors and Nearly All Traders Lose Money! by Steven Bauer 3 Sep 2010
Fourth in my series Asset Allocation.
Updating My Least Favorite Sectors... by Steven Bauer 2 Sep 2010
For your consideration and evaluation, a series on my 15 Sectors and 93 Industry Groups.

Other FS Editorials

Gold Bullion by David Urban 8 Sep 2010
Gold bullion appears to be on the verge of a major breakout to new all-...
America has a Structural Problem by Gordon T Long 8 Sep 2010
America has a STRUCTURAL problem not a CYCLICAL Business Cycle Problem....
The Yuan goes Global by Julian Phillips 6 Sep 2010
We have written many times about the need for the Yuan to be a global...

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27 Aug 2010
Many traders get so involved with the market on a daily or even an intraday basis, that they somehow lose out on the bigger picture. Weekly charts are enormously helpful in giving clues to the future direction of the market. In today's video we examine one of the biggest markets in the world, the S&P 500, using a weekly chart.

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