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Gold Never Has Been (and Never Will Be) in a Bubble

By Nathan Lewis, Binghamton, New York Most serious gold investors follow a basic principle: that gold is stable in value. […]

Fed’s Quantitative Easing to Starve Middle Class Americans

From the website of NIA – National Inflation Association, http://inflation.us The Federal Reserve today announced that they will be implementing […]

The End of Free-Trade Globalization

By William Greider, The Nation.com, The world economy is on the brink again, facing a crisis of epic dimensions for […]

Pimco’s Gross: Dollar May Drop 20 Percent on Fed Easing

From Moneynews.com The dollar is in danger of losing 20 percent of its value over the next few years if […]

Risk of Inflation, Potential Commodity Shock: Analysts

From CNBC, Rising inflation in emerging markets, coupled with marked increases in commodity prices, could hurt developed economies, as companies […]

Pending home sales drop 1.8 percent in September

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people who signed contracts to buy homes fell in September after two months of […]

Learning to Think Ahead

By Bill Bartmann, Entrepreneur.com, Successful entrepreneurs treat business like chess and develop the ability to see at least one move […]

What the New Congress Means for Markets

What does the new Congress mean for your investments? Maybe it’s a little early to prognosticate. Results are still coming […]

Taping a Feather to the Tax Hammer

By Kevin Brekke, Editor, Casey Research Switzerland In a Dispatch earlier this week, David drew attention to a movement (literally […]

India Can Give the U.S. a Big Export Boost

By Gunjan Bagla, BusinessWeek, On Nov. 5, Air Force One will take off for Mumbai with President Barack Obama, First […]