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[Read more...]The War on Small Business
September 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The 5 min. Forecast
September 02, 2010 12:03 PM
by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias
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[*] The War on Small Business: Washington’s long train of abuses against entrepreneurs
[*] Health insurance costs, paperwork requirements, stepped-up audits… It’s worse than ever
[*] The “assault on enterprise” coming to film… A sneak preview of our new documentary project
[*] “Bears on their heels”… Taking stock of stocks as the summer doldrums come to a close
[*] Readers sound off on “sarcastic political commentary” and rare earths
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Today, we revisit a recurring theme: the assault on enterprise. It was the subject of our symposium in Vancouver in July. In this episode, we look at a particularly vulnerable segment of the economy: small businesses.
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Bear Market Race Week 150: Play the 1932-33 Dow Jones Bull Market
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The 1929 & 2007 Bear Market Race to The Bottom
Week 150 of 149
Play the 1932-33 Dow Jones Bull Market
Foreign Bond and Stock Markets’ Breadth Indicators
Mark J. Lundeen
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27 Aug 2010
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Commodities: Hoarding Versus Shorting
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Given the decades of rampant manipulation of the precious metals markets on the “short� side of trading, it is more than ironic that as the U.S. CFTC (“Commodity Futures Trading Commission�) ponders restrictions on commodities markets, it has expressed the most public concern about “speculators� on the “long� side of investing.
[Read more...]The Market Ticker – In Front Of The FCIC
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Market Ticker - Karl Denninger
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How to Invest in Junior Gold and Silver Companies
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The various large-cap gold stock indices are readying for a major breakout. As we’ve noted, this isn’t just a breakout through 2008 highs but a breakout through highs dating back to 1980. Yes, there are some gold stock indices like the Barron’s Gold Mining Index and others, which show a 30-year base dating back to 1980. This will be a historic breakout for the gold stocks. [Read more...]
America’s Greatest Wealth Creation Engine
August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Those who know me well know that I am in incurable optimist. I think the world is going to be better in ten years than it is today. I thought that 20 years ago and 10 years ago and expect to think that 10 years from now. Part of that reasoning comes from the accelerating pace of change in the technology world. The next 10 years will see more change than the last 20-30 years combined!
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Bullion-Buying in China and India, Part II
August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In Part I, I alerted readers to the problem with using Western labels and Western analysis to analyze the gold markets of other nations – especially the two titans of the gold market: China and India. More specifically, I pointed out that breaking-down demand into the categories of “retail investment� and “jewelry� demand was both arbitrary and inaccurate.
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India’s Gold Bull Market
Due to a sharp decrease in foreign exchange reserves following the Indo-China War in 1962, the government of India enacted the Gold Control Act.
This legislation made the private ownership of gold bullion illegal and created a huge black market for the yellow metal.
The Gold Control Act was repealed in 1992 after Indian government needed to sell 40 tonnes of the country's gold reserves to deal with more forex problems that had the country on the verge of default.
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