Forum: Financial Markets

I understand the 50/50 gold and silver balance of CEF. I feel secure from previous threads about their holdings. GTU is more of a pure gold play, but...

A very good article on the Real World Economic Review May 6th -- Signals from a very brief but emblematic catastrophe on Wall Street

Friends, I have a few questions about 401K. Wondering if 401K is a net negative for an employee. Assume the following Employee contribution...

Couldn't resist, I nibbled a little bit with a 38 order that I never expected to get filled. Even in the 2008 crash this thing only got to 36. ...

It never ceases to maze me how the partisan Democrats are so far behind their enlightened brethren in the liberal net world. Now finally, the...

There are clearly multiple bubbles happening in China: real estate, manufacturing, commodities, etc. What are some good ways to profit from the...

Euro Crisis and Euro Collapse If

Mr. Muddle Through Himself, John Mauldin, has turned pessimistic. Ouch!. In his latest post, at Thoughts on the End Game, Mauldin writes: In this...

http://www.dailyreckoning.co.uk/article/useverexpandingcreditbubble0022.html

This looks a bit like a 3 drives to the top formation in the making. http://i50.tinypic.com/d60ko.gif

The structure of the main financial results gives, in addition to other parameters, the following: • The total income • The...

Hi, I just found this...lol!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS_2sAGYI-Q:)

The gov needs a bubble and RE is not coming back anytime soon. What's the obvious choice, STOCKS, since they are paper assets and paper can be...

Despite the lack of time lately, I hope to be an active participant in this forum! A nice weekend for all! Mark Jonhson

I wish I had noticed this three months ago when Ellen Brown posted it at http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/big_brother_basel.php . It describes...

There is a feature length article written by Tom Junod at The Deal of the Century (Sept 11, 2009). It begins: The article focuses on the...

A fine post from Mike Whitney from http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/23622. Emphasis mine.

A good column by Simon Johnson posted at http://baselinescenario.com/2009/09/03/what-is-finance-really/: I'm not convinced on his last point, that...

Some food for thoughts. For the last 2 years, starting from the Subprime collapse, when Shanghai SSE booms, a couple of months later, S&P shoots...

Any speculation, or better yet, real understanding, of why financials are performing so well? C, AIG, FNM, CIT, etc.

http://www.deepcapture.com/the-pendulum-swings/ For those who know what naked short selling is, perhaps from being a longer term reader here (as...

http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/heads-up-1-million-portfolio-goes-live-this-week-32614 I almost invest in this, any general performance...

There have been question earlier concerning counterparty risks to ETFs; to add to that is an interesting description on the mechanics on execution...

China can power its own growth without US exports. huh? :D

http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2009/07/11/wealthtrack’s-great-investors-a-conversation-with-robert-rodriguez/ good interview...

He has been dead right about this recent rally and the exact level(though timings a little off). But see we can use Finister's FDI Index along with...