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May 11, 2011
Conference Call Presentation/Charts of the Week Audio Webcast Topics Covered This Week Include: Summary/Highlights Did The Silver Margin Hikes Create The Crash Last Week? Silver ETF Volume Tops S&P 500 Volume Silver ETF Volume Tops S&P 500 Volume – 2 Gold And Silver Futures Speculation Crude Oil Futures Speculation Medium Term Inflation Expectations Long-Term Inflation… Continue reading Untitled
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The Oil And Gas Price Fraud Working Group!
May 11, 2011
The Barrel (Blog) – The theory of rockets and parachutes: a primer on US gasoline prices On Friday, two key Obama administration officials indicated that the federal government was going to investigate whether retail gasoline prices were coming down fast enough in the wake of last week’s collapse in commodity prices. Attorney General Holder wrote… Continue reading The Oil And Gas Price Fraud Working Group!
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On Commodities And QE2
May 11, 2011
Bloomberg.com – Bianco on Commodities, Fed Easing Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research LLC, discusses a possible stock market decline after the Federal Reserve ends its second round of quantitative easing at the end of June. Bianco also talks about commodity and silver markets. He speaks with Carol Massar and Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television’s… Continue reading On Commodities And QE2
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Citi’s Reverse Split And Volume
May 11, 2011
<Click on chart for larger image> MarketWatch.com – Citi’s reverse split has tiny impact on volume Moving from worst to just bad, the NYSE composite volume is the trading volume of all the issues who are members of the NYSE. This is what most people think of when looking at volume. It includes all the… Continue reading Citi’s Reverse Split And Volume
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The End Of The Dollar?
May 11, 2011
<Click on chart for larger image> The Financial Times – Axel Merk: Dollar in graver danger than the euro In the US, the day investors come to the reality that inflation, rather than fiscal discipline, is the path of least political resistance may be the day the bond market won’t be as forgiving. Unlike the… Continue reading The End Of The Dollar?
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The ECRI Weekly Leading Index
May 11, 2011
<Click on chart for larger image> MarketWatch.com – Mark Hulbert: Prescient’ economic indicator is bullish Prescient’ economic indicator is bullish A double-dip recession? More like double-dip sloppy thinking. No, I’m not saying that all of those advisers who believe another recession is imminent are automatically guilty of sloppy thinking. But many of them are: When… Continue reading The ECRI Weekly Leading Index
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Europe
May 11, 2011
<Click on chart for larger image> The Financial Times – Martin Wolf: The Euro Zone’s Journey to Defaults This has been the eurozone’s approach to the fiscal crises that have engulfed Greece, Ireland and Portugal, and threaten other member states. Policymakers have decided to play for time in the hope that the countries in difficulty… Continue reading Europe
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Junk Bonds
May 11, 2011
The Financial Times – Junk bond yields hit record lows Yields on US junk bonds have returned to record lows, ushering in a wave of deals to a market that has rallied relentlessly for more than two years. A drop in yields on benchmark Treasury bonds has helped the market after a pullback in March… Continue reading Junk Bonds
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Silver Is Still Heading Higher
May 11, 2011
<Click on chart for larger image> Bloomberg.com – Silver Still Heading for $50, Bartels Says: Technical Analysis Silver, which plunged 27 percent last week, still is poised to climb to the “very important” price of $50 an ounce by the end of the year, according to technical analysis by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. “You’re… Continue reading Silver Is Still Heading Higher
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Federal Reserve Policy Is GREAT!!
May 11, 2011
Reuters – Some at Fed tap Tony the Tiger to talk inflation Kellogg’s (K.N) Frosted Flakes and its iconic mascot, Tony the Tiger, have emerged as a new touchstone in the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank’s push to educate a public spooked by sharply higher commodities prices. But several recent Fed papers suggest disagreement over whether… Continue reading Federal Reserve Policy Is GREAT!!
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Crude Oil Volatility
May 11, 2011
The Wall Street Journal – OPEC: Oil’s Volatility Is Short-Term A good balance between oil supply and demand backed up by adequate inventories and spare production capacity show that last week’s big drop in oil prices was “inevitable” and “in line with short-term market fundamentals,” the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said in its monthly… Continue reading Crude Oil Volatility