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Sat Jan 19 2013 Doug Casey suggest the US Default. Waht do you think? In my weekly column not posted here yet, I suggested that the danger to the children the President had on stage was not being shot but certainly being stuck with a debt that cannot be paid off.
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Monday January 14 2013 I took time out and spent the last few days with an old friend, Captain John Lee, former Green Beret, US Army, VIet Nam Veteran. I reminded the Captain that we had known one another some 40 years, an anniversay if you will. The Captain lives in Vidor, Tx now surrounded…
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Monday Sept 10, 2012 There are lots of books and movies about the 2008 financial crisis. But Business Insider suggests that the best is The Queen of Versailles. The movie follows the fortunes of a couple who set out to build the most expensive home in AmericA. David Siegel is a time share king…
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Friday May 11, 2012 JP Morgan has reported a $ 2 Billion Loss in its Derivative Trading program. The stock is down 6%. This has a feel of that Bear Stearns moment in 2008. This is not on that scale of course, JPM can stand it but, is there more to come? Recall that Charles and Nikhal…
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Tuesday April 10, 2012 The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is one of rou bourses on a short list of bidders for the Lond don Metal Exchange. Meanwhile Zero Hedge reports that CHesapeake Energy CHK did not 'hedge' its natural gas production going into 2012. What does that mean? Othe rnat gas companies like encana, Linn Energy, Venoco has gedged at…
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Monday March 19, 2012 Don Johnson, the gambler not the actor, has taken three casinos- big time. He negotiated the odds in his favor. This is a fascinating article. Winning in any game is a matter of playing when the odds favor your participation. My investment blog seeks to do this by entering the market…
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Tuesday February 21, 2012 I have asked both Intermed classes to post comments on the Dodd Frank legislation. It is linked im a recent post here to an Economist magazine article. This morning the front page of the WSJ carries the article FED Writes Sweeping Rules From Behind Closed Doors. The article notes that the…
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Friday Feb 17, 2012 A reader asks if this is the top or if we are experiencing the breakout I discussed – toward and over 1370 taking the main indices to new highs. I would guess the latter, it looks like the markets want to go higher. TMP exited positions last Friday, earlier that week…
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Monday Feb 13, 2012 Marketing Lecturer Lisa Siegal notes that the annual AMA Student Day is February 22. Click to go to the website, events are planned all day nad into the evening. For those that cannot make it on a Wednesday, I note that there is a social media workshop featured notables from Linked In and…
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Monday January 30, 2012 Legendary Jim Rogers won't be buying shares in an IPO for Facebook. As he notes the sellers are usually smarter than the buyers. My guess, and I don't know when the IPO would be scheduled, is that the market wil probably top in the same timer period of the IPO. The biggest…
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