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Did your current investment newsletter tell you to raise cash by taking profits near the market top in 2007?Mine did! I took profits to increase the cash position of my most aggressive "explore portfolio" to 30%.See the October 2007 "Take Profits" page from my newsletterFREE SampleDid your current investment newsletter tell you to use cash raised when the markets were near their highs to buy a

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Best CD Rates: The top rate for CDs this week is 5.25% Intervest National Bank & 5.15% @Wachovia for terms of 5 years. The table below shows the best CD rates for other terms."Highest CD Rate Survey"

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BLS BS Exposed: Commercial Bankruptcies Soar By Mike "Mish" Shedlock | 20 July 2008The McClatchy Washington Bureau is reporting Commercial bankruptcies soar, reflecting widening economic woes. Commercial filings for the first half of 2008 are up 45 percent from last year, as the national climate for commerce continues to deteriorate amid rising energy and food costs, mounting job losses, tighter

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You Know The Banking System Is Unsound When...By Mike "Mish" Shedlock | 24 July 20081. Paulson appears on Face The Nation and says "Our banking system is a safe and a sound one." If the banking system were safe and sound, everyone would know it (or at least think it). There would be no need to say it.2. Paulson says the list of troubled banks "is a very manageable situation". The reality is there

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THE BEAR'S CASE— Bearish Waves From "Elliott Wave" ForecastBy Stockadvisors.Com | 9 July 2008In January, Steve Hochberg, a leading authority on "Elliott Wave" technical analysis, had forecast that 2008 would be the "year that everything changes". His forecast called for a credit crunch, a housing collapse and a bear market. In his Elliott Wave Financial Forecast the advisor warns, "The bear

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THE BULL'S CASE— Corporate Confidence: Insiders Didn't Sell Into Market's Decline In JuneBy Mark Hulbert, Marketwatch | 8 July 2008ANNANDALE, Va. (MarketWatch)— One of the most bearish signals that corporate insiders can send to investors is to sell their companies' shares into a declining market. So those who pay attention to what the insiders are doing have been waiting with bated breath to see

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Investment Strategy: "He That Sells What Isn’t His‘n"By Jeffrey Saut | 21 July 2008"He that sells what isn’t his‘n must buy it back or go to pris`n" is an old stock market axiom that has stood the test of time. Loosely translated, it means that if you sell a stock "short" (betting that it is going down in price), you are responsible for ANY loss incurred if that stock rallies. And, last week that

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The Global Economy Is At The Point Of Maximum DangerBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | 21 July 2008It feels like the summer of 1931. The world's two biggest financial institutions have had a heart attack. The global currency system is breaking down. The policy doctrines that got us into this mess are bankrupt. No world leader seems able to discern the problem, let alone forge a solution.The

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America Is Lone Bright Spot As Fund Managers Flee Stocks [ Normxxx Here:  The following is especially ironic, given that Merrill Lynch has put the US financial system on a "death watch" for at least the next 6 months.  ] By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph.co.UK | 18 July 2008Fund managers across the world are dumping stocks and retreating to cash in a mood of extreme pessimism, fearing that

normxxxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822244251586607847.post-51421057603791128652008-07-18T15:02:00.000-07:002008-07-18T15:20:30.865-07:00

US Faces Global Funding Crisis, Warns Merrill LynchBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | 18 July 2008The US Treasury is running out of time before foreign patience "snaps". Merrill Lynch has warned that the United States could face a foreign "financing crisis" within months as the full consequences of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage debacle spread through the world.Draining away: The US may

normxxxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822244251586607847.post-45417900158867266962008-07-18T13:06:00.000-07:002008-07-18T14:52:46.404-07:00

European Recession Looms As Spain CrumblesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | 18 July 2008The eurozone is tipping into a deeper downturn than America itself despite the tremors in the US mortgage industry, and may already be in full recession for the first time since the launch of the single currency. Industrial production for the EMU bloc fell 1.9% in May, according to fresh Eurostat data. It is the

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Jaws Close In On BernankeOr, How Bush Sandbagged The GSEsBy Julian Delasantellis, AsiaTimes | 16 July 2008 As he was winding down his days of dissolution and reprobation, the 4th century Christian philosopher Augustine of Hippo, commonly referred to as St Augustine, begged for just a few more rounds of divinely sanctioned debauchery. "Lord," he cried out to the heavens, "Give me chastity and

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I'm The Barn Owl Watching The MouseBy Richard Russell, Dow Theory Letters Snippet | 13 July 2008Extracted from the Jul 11, 2008 edition of Richard's RemarksWhat am I thinking about these bright summer days? I'm thinking, as usual, about a long list of things, but one item I've been zeroing in on is the 50% Principle as it applies to the current market. The 50% Principle works like this: We have

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Fed Confronts Spike In Inflation: Consumer Prices Surge, But Stumbling Economy Could Start To Curb PressureEconomists React: Energy Prices Starting To Pass Through To RetailBy Anton Troianovski and Sudeep Reddy | 17 July 2008 WASHINGTON— Consumer inflation spiked to its highest level in 17 years, even as tentative signs emerged that an anemic economy may be starting to take the edge off oil

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Spotlight: The Outlook For The High Yield Bond MarketBy Mark Hudoff, PIMCO | 2 July 2008 Since turmoil in the financial markets began in mid-2007, new issuance in the high yield market has slowed almost to a halt. In the interview below, Mark Hudoff, lead portfolio manager for high yield, discusses the outlook for the high yield market in light of PIMCO’s expectation for a recession in the U.S.

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Mean Street: You Knew It Was A Bear Market On Wall Street When…, Deal Journal A real bear market is supposed to start after major market indexes decline at least 20%. By that measure, the bear is just barely here. But who’s kidding whom? You knew it was a bear market on Wall Street when: 1. You received yet another "Dear John" letter from your panicking money manager that started, "As I’m sure

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The Numbers Speak For Themselves By Bill Alpert | 13 July 2008How Stock Analysis Based On Statistics And Computers Sabotaged Itself [ Normxxx Here:  Or, how the quants managed to shoot themselves in the foot (but they are learning— and may very well be dangerous in a few years; especially if they ever learn to communicate with the behavioral economists.  ] Wall Street's quants have been forced

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Coal's Run May Be Far From OverBy Jamie Dlugosch | 11 July 2008 The bear market pulls down Arch Coal and gives investors an opportunity to take advantage of a short-term[!?!] correction in the stock. As if someone threw a light switch, the coal sector made an abrupt turn to the downside July 2 when investors decided to cash in on huge gains. In two days of trading in advance of the Fourth of

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Soros, The Man Who Cries Wolf, Now Is Warning Of A 'Superbubble'By Greg Ip, WSJ | 30 June 2008 He has cried 'wol' many times, but this time George Soros says the beast is surely upon us. George Soros admits his warnings haven't always panned out, but this time he insists it's for real. Mr. Soros, the chairman of Soros Fund Management, is best-known as a speculator, philanthropist and political

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The Bear's Lair: Are We Entering A Financial Meltdown?By Martin Hutchinson | 16 July 2008The financial crisis in the United States and worldwide entered a new phase this week, as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two huge US home loan institutions, began what appears to be a similar "death spiral" to that which claimed Bear Stearns four months ago. Fannie and Freddie are unique institutions, and

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This Recession Could Easily Tip Into A DepressionBy William Rees-Mogg, The Times.UK | 14 July 2008Today I am celebrating my 80th birthday, an age that seems less formidable when one has reached it than when one can see it only from afar. I was born on July 14, 1928, about 15 months before the American boom of the 1920s came to its rather abrupt end. Like everyone else, I am naturally curious to

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Barron's Cover: Troubled Waters By Lauren R. Rublin, Barron's | 16 June 2008 Eleven of Wall Street's most insightful investment experts weigh in on the uncertain prospects for the economy, stocks, bonds, commodities and more in our midyear Roundtable. Some good and bad news about oil and banks. And an early read on 2009— and yes, 2010. Midyear 2008 Roundtable Report CardYou can't trust

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Up And Down Wall Street: End Of An Era By Alan Abelson, Barron's | 7 July 2008 Prepare for meaner slumps and less exuberant recoveries. The jobs report tells only half the bad news. It was, as Dubya might put it, a heck of a month. But that doesn't quite convey how very distinctive and how awfully bloody it was. Great for ghouls, vampires and short sellers. Bad for just about anyone else with a

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The Buck Doesn't Stop Here; It Just Keeps FallingBy The Associated Press | 10 July 2008In this February 27, 2008 file photo, euro coins and dollar bills are seen in Frankfurt, central Germany. The U.S. dollar has been declining steadily for six years against other major currencies, undercutting its role as the leading international banking currency. Associated Press © 2008WASHINGTON July 6, 2008—

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Stagflation Sightings MultiplyBy John Browne | 10 July 2008 We have long warned that stagflation, or economic contraction accompanied by inflation, would become so evident that even the most optimistic observers could not deny its virulence.Last week, Warren Buffett was the latest to describe his encounter with the beast. The world's most famous investor pronounced that the current economy is in

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