Gold Seen Rising Next Week As Economic Worries Persist
(Kitco News) Renewed worries in Europe over Greek debt and a lack of job growth in August in the U.S. are just two of the reasons market watchers expect gold to post price gains next week. The...
View ArticleRon Paul’s Stock Portfolio
(TF Metals Report) He puts his money where his views are. It’s chock full of gold stocks. He also is bearish on the stock market. He holds two exchange traded funds that will go up in value if the...
View ArticleU.S. Stock Futures Advance Following Increase in Retail Sales
By: Michael P. Regan, Washington Post with Bloomberg Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures extended gains, signaling benchmark indexes may trim a third straight weekly drop, after government...
View ArticleBiofuels, Speculation Blamed for Global Food Market Weirdness
By Brandon Keim, Wired A new analysis of sudden rises in global food prices puts the blame on biofuel policy and mortgage-meltdown-style speculation, which may have fundamentally changed how food...
View ArticleUSDA Farmers Market Sells Contaminated Food
In an amusing twist, food contaminated with deadly bacteria is being sold at a Washington D.C. farmers market right outside the headquarters of the government agency in charge of enforcing the nation’s...
View ArticleStudy: FDA allowed oil-tainted seafood onto market
(RAW STORY) A peer-reviewed study released this week has concluded that the government’s safety testing methodologies for Gulf of Mexico seafood were insufficient to prevent oil-tainted animals from...
View ArticleBombs rip through sprawling market in central Baghdad, killing 8
ShareThis Bombs rip through sprawling market in central Baghdad, killing 8 06 Nov 2011 Three bombs ripped through a sprawling Baghdad market Sunday, killing eight people at the beginning of a Muslim...
View ArticleFed Action Will Decide Next Major Move For Gold
As our regular readers will know, we view US real interest rates as the key determinant of gold prices over the medium term. Six weeks ago we updated the situation with U.S. real rates (discussion of...
View ArticleEarnings Propping Up Market, For Now
By Ed Butowsky, FOX Business Why are stocks going higher when there is so much risk to earnings. Simply put, stock prices move up and down based on expected earnings. However, institutional investors...
View ArticleBanking, Housing and Mortgages
The Intel Hub James Hall February 9, 2012 The primary players that caused the housing bubble are: 1) The banking institutions that bundled and sold very risky mortgages 2) The Wall Street firms that...
View ArticleNeither Republican contender fits the Tea Party ideal
By Jennifer Rubin, WashingtonPost.com Yesterday, a number of free-market economists and advocates voiced concern about the central feature of Rick Santorum’s economic policy. In short, Santorum picking...
View ArticleBonds Backed by Mortgages Regain Allure
By: Azam Ahmed, The New York Times Some Wall Street investors made money as the mortgage market boomed; others profited when it fell apart. Having reaped big gains during both of those turns, Greg...
View Article3 doomsaying experts who foresee economic devastation ahead
By Adam Shell, USA TODAY Behind the mainstream Wall Street happy talk about more stable financial markets and an improving economy are grim warnings of tough times ahead from a small cadre of...
View ArticleFed stress testing banks against 13% unemployment, 50% drop in stock market
By Joe Weisenthal | BusinessInsider.com The Fed just announced that the latest round of bank stress tests will come out Thursday at 4:30 PM ET. As a reminder, this is the doom scenario banks will be...
View ArticleGerald Celente: Fascism USSA – The Whole Financial Market is a CASINO
SGT Report theintelhub.com April 16, 2012 Here’s my new interview with Gerald Celente from TrendsResearch.com. We discuss MF Global to get a first-hand update. We also discuss the fascist government,...
View ArticleUnholy Alliance: The Federal Reserve and the Treasury
By Cassandra AndersonJune 14, 2012 The Federal Reserve and the Treasury are running a scam that funnels freshly-printed money from the Fed into the Treasury, using Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae as the...
View ArticleThe Renewable Insanity of Monsanto, Bill Gates, the Rockefellers and Craig...
By Cassandra AndersonOctober 3, 2012 Monsanto, Bill Gates, the Rockefellers, Craig Venter and other investors are working behind-the-scenes to bring genetically engineered (GE) algae to market with...
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