Someone is selling in size…Someone is buying in size. That’s what makes markets, as the saying goes. But that’s also what makes market manipulations, according to the bloggers at Zero Hedge.
[Read more...]Examining the Long-Term Benefits of Gold Investing
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dow down, but only by a bit. Gold off, but only by a touch. Oil lower too, but just by a smidge.
We don’t go in for daily numbers, Fellow Reckoner. They’re too volatile. Too capricious. Too whimsical. One minute, stocks are on an upward tear. The next they’re crashing down again. Then you take a step back and realize the chart you’re looking at tracks movements by the fractions of a point. It’s like watching footage from a tiny camera, strapped to the back of an ant…at an IMAX theatre. Comfortably navigable ground suddenly becomes a terrifying terrain of Himalayan proportions. Who needs the headache, the vertigo or the motion sickness?
[Read more...]Examining the Long-Term Benefits of Gold Investing
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dow down, but only by a bit. Gold off, but only by a touch. Oil lower too, but just by a smidge.
We don’t go in for daily numbers, Fellow Reckoner. They’re too volatile. Too capricious. Too whimsical. One minute, stocks are on an upward tear. The next they’re crashing down again. Then you take a step back and realize the chart you’re looking at tracks movements by the fractions of a point. It’s like watching footage from a tiny camera, strapped to the back of an ant…at an IMAX theatre. Comfortably navigable ground suddenly becomes a terrifying terrain of Himalayan proportions. Who needs the headache, the vertigo or the motion sickness?
[Read more...]Examining the Long-Term Benefits of Gold Investing
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dow down, but only by a bit. Gold off, but only by a touch. Oil lower too, but just by a smidge.
We don’t go in for daily numbers, Fellow Reckoner. They’re too volatile. Too capricious. Too whimsical. One minute, stocks are on an upward tear. The next they’re crashing down again. Then you take a step back and realize the chart you’re looking at tracks movements by the fractions of a point. It’s like watching footage from a tiny camera, strapped to the back of an ant…at an IMAX theatre. Comfortably navigable ground suddenly becomes a terrifying terrain of Himalayan proportions. Who needs the headache, the vertigo or the motion sickness?
[Read more...]Examining the Long-Term Benefits of Gold Investing
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dow down, but only by a bit. Gold off, but only by a touch. Oil lower too, but just by a smidge.
We don’t go in for daily numbers, Fellow Reckoner. They’re too volatile. Too capricious. Too whimsical. One minute, stocks are on an upward tear. The next they’re crashing down again. Then you take a step back and realize the chart you’re looking at tracks movements by the fractions of a point. It’s like watching footage from a tiny camera, strapped to the back of an ant…at an IMAX theatre. Comfortably navigable ground suddenly becomes a terrifying terrain of Himalayan proportions. Who needs the headache, the vertigo or the motion sickness?
[Read more...]A Case of Cult Envy
April 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Today, we examine two cults — one with a charismatic leader and millions of disciples; and one with no leader whatsoever, but billions of disciples. Neither cult engages in fringy activities like polygamy, sacrificing goats or building armed compounds in the desert. Nevertheless, both cults attract a very fanatical following.
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China Buys Gold…No Matter Who’s Selling
Someone is selling in size…Someone is buying in size. That’s what makes markets, as the saying goes. But that’s also what makes market manipulations, according to the bloggers at Zero Hedge.
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