By: Adrian Ash, BullionVault “A debt bubble, yes. But a consumption binge…?” IT’S A COMMON-PLACE of political, investment and bar-room debate that the Anglo-Saxon economies enjoyed a debt-fuelled consumer boom over the…
New Deadly Dollar Carry Trade
By: Jim Willie CB A powerful hidden engine existed for close to 20 years called the Yen Carry Trade. The engine produced tainted trillion$ for its priviliged participants, whose access to cheap…
Moody’s Accused of Issuing Inflated Ratings
Reuters Wednesday, September 23, 2009 A former analyst with Moody’s Corp has accused the credit ratings agency of issuing inflated ratings, and has taken his concerns to U.S. congressional investigators, the Wall…
Inside deal gets you $691 in Forex bonuses
(Due to an ‘inside deal’, you might still have a chance to get in on this sold-out Forex training… PLUS keep $691 in bonuses, even if you send it back!) Last week,…
The secrets of demographic investing
I Think We’re Turning Japanese… Troubling Demographics in U.S. Mirror Japan at Start of Lost Decade Call me an optimist, but our current economic conditions are starting to look a little less…
Trade Wars and Protectionism are not Free Trade
Two weeks ago, both the administration and the Fed announced with straight faces that the recession was over and the signs of economic recovery were clear. Then last week, the president made…
Confessions of a short-seller
Q: How Do I Sleep at Night? A: Like a Baby. Like a Rich Baby “But you can’t short stocks… that’s immoral!” Trying to explain the concept of shorting stocks to friends…
Was it just a “bad year”?
Trailing 12-month Stock Returns Turn Positive For the First Time since Mid-2008 It’s been a busy year for investors, commentators, politicians…everyone. But after an historic crash and an equally historic rebound, things…
Gold Daily Technical Outlook
Comex Gold (GC) Gold’s rebound is so far still limited below 1025.8 and intraday outlook remains neutral. Some more consolidation could still be seen with risk of another fall to 983.2 support…
Silver Daily Technical Outlook
Comex Silver (SI) Silver recovery was limited below 17.69 and consolidations from there continues. Some more sideway trading might be seen but downside is expected to be contained by 16.06 cluster support…