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When is the Best Time to Buy Gold?


By Jeff Clark, Editor, BIG GOLD 


I bet you don’t own enough gold.

 

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How Japan's Unlikely Shareholder Rebellion Could Lead to Profit Plays for Western Investors
Money Rumor Mill
Written by Keith Fitz-Gerald   
Thursday, 02 July 2009

Investment Director
Money Morning/The Money Map Report

 KYOTO, Japan - Mention Japan and many people think of Geisha, castles and samurai. Mention investing in Japan and the image of an impenetrable wall comes to mind.

I've been extremely fortunate to have seen all of this firsthand - and not just once, but on a pretty consistent basis for the past two decades, when I've been here as a businessman, a resident, and - most recently - as a husband and a parent. Like anyone who's lived as an expat anywhere for an extended stretch, my powers of observation have tuned into specific aspects of the Japanese culture that I find fascinating.

For instance, since the days of the samurai, rarely has anyone ever questioned anybody's authority directly - let alone openly. To do so was to risk the loss of one's head - literally. But for the first time in several hundred years, that reticence to challenge authority is ebbing, and it could be the change that prospective investors have long been looking for.

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Sector Timing Gold, Silver, Oil and Natural Gas
Chris Vermeulen
Written by Chris Vermeulen   
Thursday, 02 July 2009

Sector timing commodities - Being able to trade different sectors is crucial for making a living in today’s financial markets. One sector that cannot be over looked is the commodity sector.

 

Timing this sector can be a very profitable venture if executed properly. In the past commodity trading was seen as a high risk investment because of the leverage involved with purchasing futures contracts. A small wrong move in a commodity, and a trader/investor would be holding either a nice gain or a nasty draw down (loss). With the recent creation of ETFs everyone can trade the commodities market and select the level of leverage they are comfortable with. Funds range from 1 to 3 times leverage of the underlying commodity.

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A “New GM”?
Money Rumor Mill
Written by Olivier Garret, CEO   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
Casey Research 

 

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A friend of mine mentioned to me that he was surprised that “bankrupt GM” was spending some serious advertising dollars to try to lure customers to its website.

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Is George Soros Long or Wrong on the Global Rebound
Seeing Green Articles
Written by Keith Fitz-Gerald   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009

Keith Fitz-Gerald
Investment Director
Money Morning/The Money Map Report

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[Editor's Note: Fourteen trades. All profitable. Since launching his Geiger Index trading service late last year, Money Morning Investment Director Keith Fitz-Gerald is a perfect 14 for 14, meaning he's closed every single one of his trades at a profit. And he did this in the face of one of the most-volatile periods since the Great Depression. Fitz-Gerald says the ongoing financial crisis has changed the investing game forever, and has created a completely new set of rules that investors must understand to survive and profit in this new era. Check out our latest insights on these new rules, this new market environment, and this new service, the Geiger Index .]


Billionaire investor George Soros thinks the worst of the global financial crisis is behind us. [Editor's Note:Let's hope he's correct, and let us also hope he cares about the environment and the health of planet earth and as much as he cares about how "green" the global economy will be].
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Is the "Glass" Half Empty? Will the Markets Plummet?
Money Rumor Mill
Written by Marc Courtenay   
Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Consumer confidence seems to have fallen off a cliff, and it has investors worried. After all as many "talking heads" on TV like to remind us, these economic dilemmas and times are "unprecedented".

No wonder stocks fell sharply Tuesday after a private research group said consumer confidence unexpectedly plunged in June. It is likely that in the "real world" consumer confidence is in something akin to a "coma" (a.k.a. "comatose")

Investors had been expecting the Conference Board's measure of consumer sentiment to hold steady following big jumps in April and May. Consumer confidence is closely watched because spending from consumers accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity.

The latest data on the troubled housing sector provided no help to the market.The number of homeowners at least two months behind or in foreclosure jumped in the first quarter from the previous quarter, a Treasury Department report said Tuesday. And much of the increase came from borrowers who had good credit.

Meanwhile, the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index showed home prices in 20 major cities dropped by 18.1 percent from April 2008. The 10-city index fell 18 percent from the year before.

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Will Week of Controversy Undermine Financial System Overhaul?
Money Rumor Mill
Written by William Patalon III, Executive Editor, Money Morning/The Money Map Report   
Monday, 29 June 2009

Documents brought to light by key by congressional investigators hightlight real disagreement between top-level U.S. Federal Reserve officials about how it should address the Bank of America Corp.(NYSE: BAC) acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. are almost certain to fuel the ongoing congressional debate over the central bank’s push to expand its authority over the U.S. financial system.

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Another Way to Profit from a Dollar Decline
Money Rumor Mill
Written by Marc Courtenay   
Monday, 29 June 2009

One of the great controversies raging right now is which direction the dollar is going from here. There seems to be strong arguments in the camp that thinks the dollar will soon plunge and equally as strong opinions about the dollar not only hanging tough but actually increasing in value over the months ahead.

This article would be most valuable for those who believe that the dollar is about to decline and they wonder about investments that would benefit.

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Trading Commodity Update for GLD, SLV, USO & UNG
Chris Vermeulen
Written by Chris Vermeulen   
Monday, 29 June 2009

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Last week commodities moved higher as investors started buying into the recent pullback in prices. This is a healthy sign for the overall market. This is a quick update for gold, silver, oil and natural gas short term traders.

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The "Greenest" Currency Trade of the Millenium
Seeing Green Articles
Written by Chris Weber   
Saturday, 27 June 2009
The following essay was published today in Daily Wealth. You can learn all about Daily Wealth by going to their site at http://www.dailywealth.com

Even though gold has been in a correction during these last few months, it is important to step back and see how it has out-performed every other currency since this decade, century, and millennium began.

I first recommended gold and gold stocks back in February 2002 because the trend I saw of currencies cheapening themselves against their trading partners. You can call this "competitive devaluation." This had not been seen since the Great Depression, and to me, even back then, was a signal that the world economy was heading into tough times.
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The Next Major Financial Crisis: Warren Buffett
Money Rumor Mill
Written by Marc Courtenay   
Friday, 26 June 2009

Warren Buffett doesn't see the "green shoots" Ben Bernanke and other bullish investors have spoken of in recent months. In fact, the billionaire investor believes the economic picture will grow darker before things improve.

"Everything I see about the economy is that we have had no bounce," Buffett told CNBC anchor Becky Quick in a televised interview Wednesday. "There were a lot of excesses to be wrung out and that process is still under way, and it looks to me that it will be under way for quite awhile. In the annual report, I said that the economy would be in shambles this year and probably well beyond, and I think that is true."
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Smart Cars of the Near Future
Seeing Green Articles
Written by Marc Courtenay   
Friday, 26 June 2009

smart-fortwo-top-concept-car-2008.jpgLondon has become a test track for drivers of alternative energy vehicles. London had established a congestion fee for each combustion engine car that travels in London between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.. Suddenly Londoners have begun making an effort to drive models that discharge less CO2, thus freeing drivers from the fee that ranges roughly $14.00.

London: A Playground for Alternative Cars

Tough congestion fees in Britain's capital have prompted drivers to try out new cars that use alternative fuels

Formerly a traffic nightmare, London city center has become a playground for drivers of alternative energy cars. Since the British capital introduced a congestion charge of 8 pounds sterling for each conventional car between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., Londoners have begun trying out new models that discharge less CO2, freeing drivers from the fee.
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"The congestion charge is a great success," says John Mason, head of enforcement at Transport for London's Congestion Charge. "Every day there are 100,000 fewer cars in the city than before the introduction of the fee." That's a 25-percent reduction, and the vehicles that do venture into the city center have become cleaner. "In February 2003 there were only 90 electric cars in London, in June 2008 it was more than 1600," says Mason.

Tallies of other eco-friendly cars, including gas and hybrid models, also rose sharply, from 1,000 vehicles in 2003 to more than 20,000 by the last count. "The British buy about twice as many hybrid cars as Germans, and most of those who do drive in London," explains Debbie Fox of market monitor Jato Dynamics.

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Who's Really to Blame for the Crooked Financial System
Money Rumor Mill
Written by Martin Hutchinson, Contributing Editor, Money Morning   
Friday, 26 June 2009

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It's been in the news the last couple of days. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) bankers are headed for record bonuses. The Financial Times reports that bankers' pay in the London market is already right back to 2007 levels and going higher. Banks are poaching each others' best staff, and are offering huge pay packages to staffers willing to make the leap.

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