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Dollar (UUP) Rises Most Since June, Gold (GLD) Falls Most In A Year, Traders Move Up Date For First Fed Hikes

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:47:17 GMT

This trio of Bloomberg headlines is exactly why I've been cautious about jumping in the crowded trade. (in fact we actually went long the dollar as an insurance policy last week in case the crowded trade finally burns down) Anyone who lived through 2007 and 2008 knows what happens when crowded trades reverse... not to mention those of us around in March 2000. Those who continue to play the crowded trade have been big winners, and it's the right thing to do as long as you can jump off the bubble before the hedge funds all try to exit the narrow door at exactly the same time.[More...]

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:19:07 GMT

As expected, Bank of America (BAC) will repurchase its $45 billion TARP preferreds, funded in part by an additional $18.8 billion in "common stock equivalents", $4.0 billion in asset sales, and $1.7 billion in restricted stock issued to employees in lieu of cash bonuses.[More...]

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:21:30 GMT

Good morning. Stocks tanked in the last half-hour on Thursday and while the major news outlets attributed the decline to either profit taking or some trepidation in front of this morning's big Jobs report, we'd like to offer a little more substantial reason for the 85 point dive on an otherwise subdued day of trading.[More...]

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:14:41 GMT

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet declined by $15 billion to $2,183 billion from the prior week, after the Fed presumably offloaded $2.7 billion in MBS: this is the first time since QE started that MBS holdings have declined. If anyone can tell us just who the idiots are who bought MBS from the Fed (and at what price), and who the even greater idiots are who are supposed to believe this, please send us an email.[More...]

Options Intelligence Report: Gold Bulls And Bears Place Bets On Bullion

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:18 GMT

Today's tickers: GLD, MTG, ACN, BAC, HUN, PSS, ARO, HUN, APWR & FDO[More...]

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:43:41 GMT

Inflation and deflation are the two most important factors for a well designed wealth management investment strategy. Inflation destroys the long term purchasing power while deflation reduces the effectiveness of the capitalism's basic profit machine. A well designed long term strategy thus needs to have a well balanced hedge in both economic cycles. Harry Browne's permanent portfolio is designed over various major asset classes to tackle this problem. A more actively managed strategy is Doug Roberts' Follow the Fed Strategy.[More...]

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:38:07 GMT

China isn’t just leading the global economic recovery – it’s lapping the field.[More...]

Season To Trade The Seasonal Charts, Dow, Gold, Silver, Oil And Gas

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:33:10 GMT

The market has had a fantastic week so far for stocks and precious metals. The financial and energy sector are underperforming which is a concern, but we continue to hold our positions and will wait until a reversal to lock in our gains.[More...]

Gold May Lose Some Luster

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:17:38 GMT

Thinking of selling some of your old gold jewelry for hard cash? It is the big thing these days with television commercials popping up everywhere, and even at kiosks inside shopping malls.[More...]

Interesting Stat: How Much Private Sector GDP Is From Construction And Real Estate?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:15:56 GMT

Back in June, we discussed commercial real estate at length following attendance at a large real estate conference in NYC. Our tone was cautious and one question we wondered about was the percentage of GDP that real estate represents. We actually came across the answer back in August and meant to share then, but didn't get to it. Since the question/topic remains highly relevant to considering the potential negative economic drag from depressed real estate activity, we're sharing now -- the following table is from an 8/28/09 NYTs article, "Construction That Fueled Growth in the Sun Belt Slows":[More...]

Gold Participation and Income Fund Completes Closing of Over- Allotment Option and Separation of Combined Units

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:47:00 GMT

TORONTO, Aug. 26 /CNW/ - Gold Participation and Income Fund (the "Fund"), a closed-end investment trust designed to provide investors with Canadian-dollar exposure to the long-term performance of gold bullion and gold equity securities while providing a monthly distribution stream and mitigating downside risk, is pleased to announce that it has completed an issuance of an additional 50,000 Combined Units pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option granted to the Fund's agents in its recently completed initial public offering.
Altogether, the Fund has raised gross proceeds of $28.2 million under the offering, including the proceeds from the over-allotment option.
The Fund is also announcing the separation of the Combined Units into Units and Warrants to purchase Units of the Fund.

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Dollar (UUP) Rises Most Since June, Gold (GLD) Falls Most In A Year, Traders Move Up Date For First Fed Hikes

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Options Intelligence Report: Gold Bulls And Bears Place Bets On Bullion

A Well Balanced Wealth Management Investment Strategy

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Season To Trade The Seasonal Charts, Dow, Gold, Silver, Oil And Gas

Gold May Lose Some Luster

Interesting Stat: How Much Private Sector GDP Is From Construction And Real Estate?

Gold Participation and Income Fund Completes Closing of Over- Allotment Option and Separation of Combined Units

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