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Is the US Dollar the World’s Best Currency?
by Ian Cragg, TorFX The US dollar has seen various changes of fortune over the last month. Fresh worries in the Eurozone have caused the Dollar to become a safe haven for worried investors, whereas across the English Channel the pound has strengthened. Around the world financial worries have affected global exchange rates and with [...]
Metals, Not Stocks Shine Post-Jobs Report
by The ETF Professor, Benzinga March 9, 2012 will be known for a lot of things. The anniversary of the death of rapper Notorious BIG. The third anniversary of the March 9, 2009 market bottom and for those with critical memories, today will go down as one big disappointment. In economic news, the Labor Department [...]
The Weekly Jobless Claim Blockbuster
by John Thomas, The Mad Hedge Fund Trader Traders were taken aback this several days ago when the Department of Labor announced a 50,000 drop in weekly jobless claims to 352,000. The street had been expecting a decline of only 19,000. It was the lowest report in almost three years, and the sharpest weekly decline [...]
When Will Silver Reach a New High?
By Andrey Dashkov, Casey Research In last week’s Metals, Mining, and Money from Casey Research, Jeff Clark estimated that given the magnitude of the correction that started last September, it may take until May 2012 for gold to reach a new high. Let’s take a look at how long it may take for silver to [...]
The Season of Reason
by Sara Nunnally, Insiders Strategy Group Have you seen this holiday season’s Acura commercials? Like the one where the caroling family wants to show off a bit, so they hire Bette Midler to carol with them? In all the extravagance, Acura wants you be more reasonable. In other words, buy an Acura, not a Lexus. [...]
Where’s the Money?
by John Thomas, The Mad Hedge Fund Trader That is the question that was asked repeatedly by members of congress to the former senior management of the late MF Global. The response was a few feeble shrugs and I don’t knows. CNBC has been running ridiculous contests like “Where is John Corzine?”, and “What does [...]
The Importance of a Diversified Cash Portfolio
by Sam Mattera, Benzinga In these uncertain economic times, investors would probably like to maintain a large position of cash and cash equivalents. Although equity markets in the US have been trending up for most of the fourth quarter, volatility has run fairly high, and the specter of another financial calamity hangs ominously around the [...]
A Christmas Story
by John Thomas, The Mad Hedge Fund Trader The U-Haul Indicator When I was growing up in Los Angles during the fifties, the most exciting day of the year was when my dad took me to buy a Christmas tree. With its semi desert climate, Southern California offered pine trees that were scraggly at best. [...]
Send Your Portfolio Around the World
From the comfort of your own home this holiday season By Sara Nunnally, Editor, Inside Investing Daily Ah, the holidays… Turkey, ham and all the eggnog you can stomach. For me, that’s not much! But it’s time to get into the holiday spirit. It’s also time to start preparing for the new year. One of [...]
Hedgefund Manager’s Report from China
by John Thomas – The Mad Hedgefund Trader I am writing this from the back of a taxi in Hong Kong’s Central district. My meetings with assorted bankers, hedge fund managers, Taipans, and the press stretched on longer than expected, with the result that I am now stuck in rush hour traffic on the way [...]
Investing as a Retiree in a Zero Interest Market
by Paul Quintaro, Benzinga Things are tough for retirees. Many may have lost a significant portion of their savings in the stock market crash of 2008. Even worse, most of those investors may have been too fearful to re-enter the market—numbers show that many retail investors still have not returned—and thereby missed out on the [...]
Why We Won’t Protest
by Andrew Snyder, Editorial Director, Insiders Strategy Group I hope I’m wrong about this. If the theory pans out — if we are following the right clues — we are in trouble. Big trouble over the long haul. We’ve all heard the old-school definition of inflation — too much money chasing too few goods. It [...]
