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Gold — the Hedge Against Government

Gold — the Hedge Against Government  While government may see gold as a barbaric relic of monetary history, it still will serve as a hedge against them from the private individual side. Our biggest problem is the hunt for money. They are of the opinion that it is not their fiscal mismanagement that is causing […]

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US Bank Counterparty Risk Soars After Energy MTM Debacle

US Bank Counterparty Risk Soars After Energy MTM Debacle A few dots are starting to be connected now that we have exposed the debacle of The Fed’s decision to allow banks to mark-to-unicorn their energy loans. “Something” was wrong in recent weeks as the TED-Spread surged (implying rising counterparty uncertainty among banks) and then the last week – since The […]

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2016 – the BIG SHIFT

2016 – the BIG SHIFT As we close 2015 and begin a new year, the markets generally closed flat to neutral with a warning that as we approach the political year from hell being 2017, this is by no means going to be a walk through the park. We are more likely than not going […]

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Technically Speaking: The Real Value Of Cash

Technically Speaking: The Real Value Of Cash With the “inmates running the asylum” during a holiday-shortened trading week, the upward bias to the market is set to continue. However, as I addressed last week: “As we progress through the last two months of the year, historical tendencies suggest a bias to the upside. This is particularly the case given […]

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Gold Prices Disprove Krugman

Gold Prices Disprove Krugman Recently Krugman wrote an op ed ridiculing Ron Paul titled, “The Old Man and the CPI.”(In case you don’t get the reference, he’s alluding to Hemingway.) Ron Paul has responded in this video, but I want to focus on Krugman’s complains about gold bugs: Ron Paul has been making the same prediction year after year — […]

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For Heaven’s Sake: Hedge!

For Heaven’s Sake: Hedge! If you’re not positioned defensively by now, you’re nuts Q: How do you make a small fortune on Wall Street? A: Start with a large fortune. ~ old investing adage Last fall, I wrote an article titled Defying Gravity that warned of the absurd price levels that stocks and bonds had risen to. […]

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