Rick Rule: Energy Bull

Source: The Energy Report 03/11/2010 Rick Rule probably could draw an audience if he were talking about the weather, but combine his presence with knowledge, understanding, experience and a track record of success, particularly in the resource arena, and the crowd falls silent. Founder and chairman of Global Resource Investments, Rick recently made himself available for a brain-drain, the foundation of the piece that follows. . . (more...)

China in the Driver’s Seat, Investing in Peak Oil, Wrong House Repos, The Census and

The 5 min. Forecast March 11, 2010 11:56 AM by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias [LIST] [*]Gack! The return of the China Sneeze Play… [*]Record U.S. deficits, and how China’s reacting: Watch what it does, not what it says [*]Why the weekly oil inventory numbers are useless… and how to invest accordingly [*]Foreclosures leveling off, but “wrong house repos” on the rise [*]Readers sound off on the Census: Essential service or nefarious plot? [/LIST] (more...)

Ponzi City Government: Chicago

Market Ticker - Karl Denninger View original article March 11, 2010 10:42 AM Ok Daley, nice bleat: [INDENT]Mayor Daley warned today that the day of reckoning has arrived for a financial crisis that’s choking local taxpayers: underfunded city pensions. Daley said the 32-member pension commission he created more than two years ago will soon recommend solutions to the crisis that won’t be pretty or politically popular. (more...)

Q&A For Tomorrow’s Show – Please Post Questions By 1:30 PM EST

The following is automatically syndicated from Grandich's blog. You can view the original post here March 11, 2010 11:13 AM Stay up to date on Grandich's MODEL PORTFOLIO. He is constantly updating it! Good day to you all. Peter will be taping tomorrow’s show at 3PM EST, so please post any questions you may have by 1:30 PM EST in the comments section below. (more...)

Jim?s Mailbox

View the original post at jsmineset.com... March 11, 2010 10:36 AM Derivative CDS mess CIGA Eric Let’s not play babe in the woods here. The problem not limited to Greece, Spain, or the EU. Derivatives have infected the balances sheets of corporations, nations, states, and municipalities across the globe. (more...)

In The News Today

View the original post at jsmineset.com... March 11, 2010 10:39 AM Jim Sinclair’s Commentary I wonder if the Fed has figured out that they could buy state debt and camouflage a bailout via QE. They bought trillions of OTC derivatives from Wall Street. Detroit Sells $250 Million of Its Debt Without Recent Disclosure Filings (more...)

Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan

View the original post at jsmineset.com... March 11, 2010 10:41 AM Click chart to enlarge today’s hourly action in Gold in PDF format with commentary from Trader Dan Norcini...

Optical Illusions, Oil Shocks, and Chinas Headache

Optical Illusions, Oil Shocks, and China s Headache by Gary Dorsch, Editor, Global Money Trends March 9 th , marked the one-year anniversary of the elusive bottom of the most brutal bear market since the 1930s. At the time, job losses...

New Fed Z1: Market Move Is NOT Sustainable

Market Ticker - Karl Denninger View original article March 11, 2010 09:54 AM Sorry guys and dolls. The new Fed Z1 is out, and it makes clear exactly what's going on when it comes to the broader economy. This isn't a market timing call, but it is an inevitable recognition of reality call - and it will come. (more...)

New Fed Z1: Market Move Is NOT Sustainable

Market Ticker - Karl Denninger View original article March 11, 2010 09:54 AM Sorry guys and dolls. The new Fed Z1 is out, and it makes clear exactly what's going on when it comes to the broader economy. This isn't a market timing call, but it is an inevitable recognition of reality call - and it will come. (more...)

New Fed Z1: Market Move Is NOT Sustainable

Market Ticker - Karl Denninger View original article March 11, 2010 09:54 AM Sorry guys and dolls. The new Fed Z1 is out, and it makes clear exactly what's going on when it comes to the broader economy. This isn't a market timing call, but it is an inevitable recognition of reality call - and it will come. (more...)

‘War’ Against U.S. Economic Terrorists Looming?

Ever since I published a recent commentary on this subject (“U.S. Economic Terrorism the New Winning Trade”), there has been a rapid growth of condemnation from various European leaders of the “speculators” in the credit-default swap (“CDS”) market. France, Germany, and Greece have been the most vocal critics of these financial predators.

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