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After the halting and starting three week rally we have seen in stocks, I would be negligent to recommend equity plays here. But there is…
Last week, I warned of a short squeeze in corn due to worsening conditions across the entire agricultural front. Since then, the ETF (CORN) has…
Gold hit a new high too at $1,284, and the yellow metal seems hell bent on taking out $1,300 before it takes a rest. The…
Those who took my advice to load up on silver a month ago are laughing all the way to the bank. The white metal outperformed…
For the faithful who have crossed the desert and suffered the slings and arrows of critics and the ridicule of non believers, gold's move today…
I just got a bill from my dentist, accrued since the sudden onset of my sweet tooth on August 2, and it was an absolute…
The US Dept of Agriculture's Friday crop report has left traders carrying short positions in corn (CORN) with a decidedly sickening feeling in the pits…
When I first recommended the rare earths miners four months ago, I thought of them as stocks that you put on the back book and…
If you wonder why I recommend a shower after investing in Russia, Bill Browder will give you the reasons at length on his YouTube video…
What will the Republicans winning in November mean for your portfolio? This is an easy call to make. Expect a dramatic roll back of the…
One of my favorite math professors always used to tell me that statistics were like bikini bathing suits. What they reveal is fascinating, but what…
I am constantly asked where to find safe places to park cash by investors understandably unhappy with the risk/reward currently offered by the markets. Any…
Barton Biggs, founder of mega hedge fund Traxis Partners, spent an hour outlining his current investment strategy with me. Barton is a man of strong…
One of my biggest disappointments with Obama so far is his continued support of the ethanol boondoggle. The program was ramped up by the Bush…
The great thing about interviewing Joseph Stiglitz over dinner is that you don't have to ask any questions. You just turn him on and he…
The solar industry is suffering some 19th century Darwinian style competition, with Chinese manufacturers Suntech (STP) and Yingli Green Energy Holding (YGE) clearly dumping panels…
The poster boy for everything that can go wrong with an ETF is undoubtedly the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG). If you had studiously…
I spent the evening speaking to Gao Jie, a Beijing civil judge who left the bench to join China's growing environmental movement when her kids…
The great thing about the Internet is that sometimes it gives you back more than you put into it. In response to my piece on…
Federal detention centers in the San Francisco Bay are a are slowly filling up with a new type of criminals. Illegal immigrants and petty drug…