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This guy has beaten the market 10 of the last 12 years. $10,000 put into his fund in 1999 (Dec 31st) would have turned into over $37,000 while $10,000 into the S&P in 1999 would have turned into $9,000. In 2008 when the S&P lost 37% of its value this fund manager was prudent and made sure that his fund still returned 3.5% for the year. Obviously I am talking about the commodity of Gold and not a mutual fund but the point I am making here is if I WAS talking about a mutual ...More
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Pretty interesting off the cuff mini study here from CXO advisory (which is a great research blog I highly recommend it) Now it should be noted they define buy and hold as holding the SPY only, not ...More
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I have reported my own comment for review! I anxiously await an MF administrator response to discover if the recent GETA posts quickly reaching #1 rec status is due to organic recs or some ...More
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The stock market performance last year was spectacular. Now, the party is over and the lingering question is: "how much can S&P 500 fall this year?" As a starter, there is ...More
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Mole's newest post on evil speculator is righteous. Quite literally. I have said many times that Financials are the cancer of the economy: Financially My Dear I Don't Give a XLF, Do You Smell ...More
Understanding The Likelihood of Cap and Trade With Game Theory
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To view this article in its original format, please click here. To determine what the likelihood of something like Cap and Trade being passed is, it's first necessary to identify what ...More
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It smacks of school yard tough talk, but I must admit, I'm with Denninger on China. Sometimes I feel like some investors tend to be in love with China. I see it here a lot, "Well, China does it ...More
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... were all dead.Roubini's recent comments that "The USD will devalue by 15% - 20% over the next few years" makes sense, assuming China keeps it's stimulus in place and consequently ...More
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I saw these graphs on the big picture about the level of food stamps. It just makes me think of when I studied economics of the Roman Empire and the contribution of the burgeoning welfare system to ...More
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John Hussman of www.hussmanfunds.com puts out a Weekly Market Comment (which I highly encourage you to read every week). Per usual, this is another good article. The sentiments are very similar to ...More
Natural Gas Producers Positioned to Gain and Why Ignore NYMEX Futures
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By Senior Energy Industry Executive Karl W. Miller For public interest, Mr. Miller provides the following information. Mr. Miller is currently on medical leave. The word on the street, and somewhat ...More