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| Gold / Silver | 61.99 |
| Gold / Oil | 14.48 |
| Dowjones / Gold | 11.00 |
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 | Martin Masse - Le Quebecois libre |
| Phone-y competition in Canada's wireless sector |
| Nobody should be surprised to have learned in recent days that three
of Canada’s small wireless companies – Wind Mobile, Mobilicity and
Public Mobile – are now for sale and may soon disappear as
independent players. The federal government’s attempts at
artificially creating more competition in this market were never
based on a realistic assessment of the Canadian market, or on sound
economic theory.
It all started in 2008, when Ottawa set aside for new wireless
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
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 | Clif Droke |
| When central banks buy stocks |
| The investment story of the year to date is the central bank-led financial market recovery. While everyone is aware of the impact the Fed's $85 billion-a-month asset purchases is having on stocks, few investors realize that central banks are making direct purchases of stocks. The implication of this new development is shocking. Bank of America stated that global central banks have cut rates an incredible 511 times since June 2007 in an effort at re-inflating the global economy. "Most centralSaturday, May 18, 2013 |
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 | Bob Hoye - Institutional Advisors |
| The Greatest Garbage Market in History |
| Australian PMI plunged 7.7 points to 36.7, which is the lowest in 4 years.
"Automakers are giving subprime buyers the most long-term loans in
at least eight years."
"Asset-backed sales linked to auto-debt are surging".
- Bloomberg, May 1
"The Market CDX North American Investment Grade Index, aSaturday, May 18, 2013 |
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 | Gary Dorsch - SirChartsAlot |
| How High can the US$ Fly versus Japan's Yen? |
| The Wise Sages of Ancient days used to say, "The fate of a Liar, is that nobody
believes him, - even when he's speaking the truth!" Such is the predicament
of Japan's propaganda artists, including the Prime Minister, the Finance minister,
and central bank chief, who are all trying to cover-up their boldest scheme
yet, to crush the value of the Japanese yen, against the currencies of its
major trading partners. On May 11th, the finance chiefs of the Group of Seven
(G-7) gave Tokyo theSaturday, May 18, 2013 |
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 | Charleston Voice |
The Gods of the Copybook Headings Tell Us Why We Are Repeating History  |
| Because to repeat history is our human nature. We know not where we're going because we know not how we got where we're at. Trust me, read this poem and it will be with you the remainder of your life...CV
Proverbs 1:7 says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
There are times, perhaps rare or perhaps more common than we would admit, when an individual utters a saying that is prescient, even prophetic. Such a time and such an individuWednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| European Union Likely to ‘Bail In’ Large Depositors |
| Today’s AM fix was USD 1,436.50, EUR 1,103.47 and GBP 938.15 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,429.75, EUR 1,102.52 and GBP 931.19 per ounce.
Cross Currency Table – (Bloomberg)
Gold fell $11.90 or -0.82% yesterday to $1,431.40/oz and silver finished -0.8%.
The European Union will today meet to discuss and move forward the proposal to ‘bail-in’ depositors with savings of over €100,000 as part of future bank wind-downs. It now looks likely that the EU is going to take unprecedented stepTuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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| Clif Droke |
| Margin debt and the next stock market crash |
| The latest fear on Wall Street is that record levels of margin debt may end up toppling the stock market rally. NYSE margin debt recently reached its highest level since 2007 before the last major stock market peak and credit crash. Stephen Suttmeier, technical research analyst at Bank of America, noted that margin debt, rose 28% in March from a year ago to $380 billion. That figure is slightly below the July 2007 peak of $381 billion, although analysts speculate that April's margin debt totalsTuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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 | Jeb Handwerger - GoldStockTrades |
| Why Buy Platinum, Palladium and Rare Earth Miners |
| There are real supply concerns for Platinum Group Metals or PGMs as laborers
continue to protest for higher pay in South Africa. Laborers may demand a
large pay increase while the South African producers are unable to stay profitable.
There is increasing speculation that PGMs could soar higher.
Investors could use this pullback in the metals to add to platinum (PPLT)
and palladium (PALL) at the price levels it was before the violent labor protests
which killed over 44 miners. SoFriday, May 10, 2013 |
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 | John Browne - Euro Pacific Capital |
 Germany Under Pressure To Create Money |
| Currently, central banks around the world are walking in lock step down a dangerous path of money creation. Led by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, economic policy is driven by the idea that printed money can be the true basis of growth. The result is an unprecedented global orgy of currency creation. The only holdout to this open ended commitment has been the hard money bias of the German-dominated European Central Bank (ECB). However, growing political pressure from around the world,Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
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 | The Gold Report |
| Richard Karn: New Mining Technology Could Increase Profits |
| The Metals Report: When the natural resources prices tumbled in mid-March, you were in Australia. Were you expecting it? What dynamics from your observations in 2008 are applicable for how metals and metal equity prices could play out this time around?
Richard Karn: The demand drivers for specialty metals have remained largely unchanged since 2008; so, yes, the most recent selloff in both specialty metal prices and Australian specialty metal equities has taken us by surprise. Specialty metals aTuesday, May 07, 2013 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Depositors Beware - Bank Deposits Of Over €100,000 Are At Risk |
| Today’s AM fix was USD 1,463.00, EUR 1,118.67 and GBP 941.74 per ounce.
Friday’s AM fix was USD 1,476.50, EUR 1,124.95 and GBP 949.34 per ounce.
Cross Currency Table – (Bloomberg)
Gold rose $0.70 or 0.05% yesterday to $1,469.90/oz and silver finished down 0.37%.
A bank holiday was observed in the U.K. and Ireland yesterday.
Ireland’s Finance Minister, and current European Council President, Michael Noonan, is introducing a proposal to European finance ministers that will hit depositors thatTuesday, May 07, 2013 |
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 | The Energy Report |
| Bill Powers: Pickens and Stansberry Wrong, Shale Gas Production to Fall |
| The Energy Report: Numerous experts, including T. Boone Pickens and Porter Stansberry, have said that, thanks to natural gas shale recovery technology, the U.S. is set to become energy independent. In your new book, "Cold, Hungry and in the Dark: Exploding the Natural Gas Supply Myth," you say that the U.S. has only a five- to seven-year supply of shale gas rather than the 100 years estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). What data are you consulting, and why are your concTuesday, May 07, 2013 |
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 | Jesse - Le Café Américain |
| Currency Wars: Chinese Gold Rush and American Pravda |
| Sometimes there is a juxtaposition of stories that is just too striking.
Here is a piece that appeared today in the People's Daily Online. It presents some interesting information on the buying of gold in China during the most recent fluctuation in price.
As I seem to recall, China holds so many US dollars that if they tried to convert them into gold and silver, they couldn't. Well, not at anything near today's prices. And their bond selling would certainly stress the Fed's Balance Sheet. Friday, May 03, 2013 |
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| Jesse - Le Café Américain |
| Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Chart - The Metal Bears Advance To Stalingrad |
| This from UBS:
"On the physical front, strong appetite out of Asia continues. Our index of physical flows to India continues to indicate very strong demand coming in, at least five times the average over the last 12 months.
Premiums in India are now quite high, particularly for the 0.9995 purity kilo bar, the more popular product, amid extremely limited supplies at the moment."
The bullion supply lines for this recent market operation seem a bit overextended and ill equipped for the ferociouFriday, May 03, 2013 |
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| The Energy Report |
| James McIlree: Three Companies Could Transform Power Production |
| The Energy Report: Your investment firm, Dominick & Dominick, keeps a sharp eye out for companies that back up electrical grid operations. Are the ongoing battles over President Obama's proposed budget likely to impact small companies in this space?James McIlree: We focus on companies with new products that have the ability to grow even in a sluggish economic environment. Companies that are looking for federal subsidies, or that rely upon the U.S. government as a customer, should re-think thoseThursday, May 02, 2013 |
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| The Life Sciences Report |
| Biotech Watchlist 2013 Update: Exciting Ideas Have Explosive Potential |
| Back in January, our friends and collaborators at San Diego-based Sagient Research, publishers of the BioMedTracker, offered important information about market-moving data and events that can make or break smaller companies. In addition, a group of key biotech analysts weighed in on their best ideas?17 stocks in all. It was the perfect storm of individual ideas combined with a biotech wind from 2012 still billowing the sails. As of April 22, the NASDAQ Biotechnology (NBI) index is up 26.6%. HaveThursday, May 02, 2013 |
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| The Energy Report |
| Bob Moriarty: US Energy Self-Sufficiency Nothing But 'Feel-Good BS' |
| The Energy Report: In September 2012, you described $100/barrel (bbl) as the new normal. What market factors are behind today's price of $93/bbl?
Bob Moriarty: If the new normal is $100/bbl in any given market, the price should be as high as $115/bbl and as low as $85/bbl. The price will continue to swing around that. Even with the Bakken coming on-line and other domestic U.S. production occurring in the U.S., cheap oil is gone.
TER: So when you look at oil consumption, do you look just at the Wednesday, May 01, 2013 |
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 | Jim Willie CB - Hat Trick Letter |
Financial Treachery & Harsh Consequences  |
| The most powerful element of the shift has been the movement of gold wealth from Western locations (New York, London, Switzerland) to Eastern locations (China, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong). Most residents of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Western Europe are in shock, constantly distracted by the sweeping disruptive events led by a) unstoppable government deficits, b) the powerful crumble of sovereign bonds, c) the ruinous insolvency of the banking systems, d) the relentless reign of tax terror, and e) the tragic decline of the underlying economiesWednesday, May 01, 2013 |
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