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Dismantling John Williams' Hyperinflation Predictions
Jan 30, 2011
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If you look around on the various gold bug web sites, you are likely to see the same crowd posting the same lines of hyperinflation and everything else they can conjure up in order to scare people into loading up on excessive amounts of physical gold. Note the emphasis on “physical gold” rather than gold ETFs.
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Understanding the Proper Use of Gold and Silver
Jan 14, 2011
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For a couple of years now, many investors have been bombarded with claims of hyperinflation and a Zimbabwe-like fate for the U.S. dollar. These gold bugs would have you believe that gold has value as a form of currency. They have made these claims hoping that everyone will line up to buy gold, so as to raise the price.
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Target-Date Funds: Another Dangerous Investment Epiphany
Jun 17, 2010
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You may have heard of one of the newer (marketing) "innovations" developed by the mutual fund industry called target-date funds.
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4 Stocks Poised to Move Big
Jun 1, 2010
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I don’t make it a habit of analyzing short interest data. However, I always check the data when I initially scan a security because it can help when analyzing the charts.
Of course, if I want ...
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How to Catch a Falling Knife (Yes it Can Be Done)
May 4, 2010
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In the Wall Street Investment Bible, I discussed other securities I that had a good chance of bankruptcy down the road (e.g. Blockbuster and Sirius Satellite). Regardless what ultimately ha...
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Manipulation of Gold and Silver Prices
Apr 9, 2010
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Many of you know where I stand on gold. Despite having forecast gold to rise to very high prices in America's Financial Apocalypse, the fact is the gold bugs have fooled many to believe gold is a hedg...
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A Lesson in Market Forecasting
Mar 20, 2010
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Before I begin, I would like to say that most of you will need to actually study this article.
You will need to read it and reread it.
You will need to look at your own charts of the Dow...
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Blockbuster Then and Now: Lessons for Traders and Investors
Sep 17, 2009
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It’s extraordinarily rare to find a book that provides specific securities analysis, enabling investors to profit based upon the recommendations. One of the reasons this is such a rare e...
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The Case for Market Timing
Aug 12, 2009
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To those of you who say it's impossible to time or forecast the market; to those of you who keep wasting your time reading and watching the clowns positioned as so-called "experts" by the me...
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Fool's Gold (Part 3)
Jul 10, 2009
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Hopefully, you now realize that gold certainly isn’t a hedge against inflation; quite the opposite. Accordingly, a buy-and-hold approach is the worst possible investment strategy for the use of ...
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Fool's Gold (Part 2)
Jul 7, 2009
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In part 1 of this article, I laid out some common sense explanations why gold is best utilized for short-term trading. Furthermore, I emphasized that gold rarely provides a good hedge against inflatio...
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Fool's Gold (Part 1)
Jul 6, 2009
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“…the U.S. might continue its trend towards inflation merely due to continued high oil prices and weakness of the dollar. And only after some disaster such as a Fannie Mae blowup might de...
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Why Mutual Funds are the WORST Investments During Bear Markets (Part 2)
May 18, 2009
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Let me explain further why mutual funds can get killed during bear markets. A down market is the best way to lower the cost basis of the fund’s securities positions.
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Why Mutual Funds are the WORST Investment During Bear Markets (Part 1)
May 15, 2009
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If you’re like most investors, you’ve probably stopped looking at your 401(k) statements and other investment accounts.
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Swine Flu: A Follow-up on Trading the Hype
May 4, 2009
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Last week I released a piece that no other (qualified) financial professional was willing to expose because (in my opinion) they don’t want the masses to know how event-driven media-hype...
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Swine Flu Panic: Trading the Hype
Apr 29, 2009
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I wanted to discuss this whole swine flu hype that’s been blown out of proportion to illustrate how the media creates illusions from what would seem to be valid information. This also re...
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Market Forecasting Tutorial (Pt 3)
Jul 20, 2008
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This is the final part of a 3-part series on market forecasting. Part 2 can be found here.
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Market Forecasting Tutorial (Pt 2)
Jul 19, 2008
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This is the second of a 3-part series on market forecasting. Part 1 can be found here.
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Market Forecasting Tutorial (Pt 1)
Jul 18, 2008
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Today, I'm going to show you some relatively simple techniques that will (hopefully) help you learn how to forecast market direction and timing.
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Using Oil to Beat Inflation: Risks of Oil Trusts
Jul 11, 2008
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In my previous article, I made a compelling case for investment in oil trusts, specifically Canadian trusts.
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Industries to Avoid. Industries to Buy
Jul 8, 2008
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While some of the recommendations in this commentary may seem like no-brainers, its real purpose is to illustrate how investment themes relate to the bigger picture.
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