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In the financial world, the month of October is synonymous with stock market crashes. So will a massive stock market crash happen this year? You never know. The truth is that How QE3 Shakes Up Gold: Q&A With Nick Barisheff (GLD, IAU, GDX)
Jared Cummans: Nick Barisheff is President and CEO of Bullion Management Group Inc., a bullion investment company that provides investors with a secure, cost-effective and transparent way to purchase and store physical bullion. Recognized worldwide as a bullion expert, Read more…
Economy: 17 Reasons Why The Second Half Of 2012 Could Be A Disaster (TZA, SDS, FAS, FAZ, INDEXSP:.INX)
Michael Snyder: What is the second half of 2012 going to bring? Are things going to get even worse than they are right now? Unfortunately, that appears more likely with each passing day. Read more…
The Pernicious Dynamics Of Debt, Deleveraging, and Deflation (GLD, SLV, AGQ, TZA, INDEXSP:.INX)
Chris Martenson: At this moment, the news media is constantly clamoring about the “Three Ds” that are buffeting the markets: debt, deleveraging, and deflation. We intuitively sense that they’re linked — but how, exactly? Read more…
Bad Jobs Report Is Just A Taste Of The Collapse That Is Coming For The Markets (XLF, FAS, FAZ, SKF, BAC, C)
Michael Snyder: Another month, another bad jobs report. For the month of May, the U.S. economy only added 69,000 jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 8.2%. Read more…
When The Derivatives Market Crashes (And It Will) U.S. Taxpayers Will Be On The Hook (XLF, FAS, FAZ, SKF, JPM)
Michael Snyder: Warren Buffett once said that derivatives are “financial weapons of mass destruction”, and that statement is more true today than it ever has been before. Read more…
Swiss Bank Copies MF Global Fraud, Averts Disaster (GLD, SLV, IAU, PHYS, AGQ)
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: When James Turk, Marc Faber, Eric Sprott and Gerald Celente say get your gold out of the hands of bankers, each one of these men isn’t hyping the gold trade. Read more…
Collapse Of Derivatives Market: $2 Billion Loss By J.P. Morgan Is Just A Preview (XLF, FAZ, FAS, SKF, BAC, C)
Michael Snyder: When news broke of a 2 billion dollar trading loss by JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM), much of the financial world was absolutely stunned. But the truth is that this is just the beginning. This is just a very small preview of what Read more…
An Important Open Letter To ETF Regulators (AMLP, YMLP, TVIX, GAZ, SPY)
Ron Rowland: Dear ETF Regulators, It is time to step up to the challenge of your job’s main mandate - protecting investors. Investor confidence in exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) and Read more…
9 Things Investors Need To Know About The PIMCO Total Return ETF (TRXT, MINT, BND, AGG, SCHZ, LAG)
Michael Johnston: Today brings the most anticipated ETF launch of the last several years, with PIMCO debuting an exchange-traded version of its popular Total Return Bond Fund (NYSEArca:TRXT). The new ETF, PIMCO’s fifth actively managed product, is managed by bond guru Bill Gross–who is widely Read more…
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Eric Sprott: Gold From A Billionaire’s Viewpoint (GLD, IAU, SGOL, PHYS, SLV)
Andrew Snyder: I spoke with some of the top resource investors on the planet this week. When it comes to buying gold, there was a common theme. Do it wisely. Read more…
Investment Killer: Talking Contango With Exchange Traded Funds – ETFs (VXX, UNG, USO, DBO, VXZ)
JT McGee: Exchange-traded fund investors use ETFs for any number of reasons. Many use them for their simplicity, others know that low ETF fees bring about higher, long-run returns. What many investors seem to forget, however, are the unique risks that come with underlying portfolios that make up any Read more…
Investors: Don’t Be Fooled By Big Bank Profits (XLF, SKF, FAS, FAZ, BAC, WFC, C, JPM, GS)
Ian Wyatt: At first glance, the third quarter was a booming success for U.S. banks (NYSEARCA:XLF). The $35 billion in profits U.S. banks was the highest total since before the recession, and was nearly 50% higher than the same quarter a year ago. But those profits were pretty hollow. Read more…
Many Reasons Why The Fed’s Latest Rescue Effort Is Doomed (XLF, FAS, FAZ, SKF, BAC, JPM, GS, WFC)
Keith Fitz-Gerald: World markets got a nice tailwind yesterday (Wednesday) on news that the U.S. Federal Reserve is stepping into the fray along with other central banks to boost liquidity and support the global economy. Read more…
Derivatives Held By Banks: The $600 Trillion Time Bomb That’s Set To Explode (XLF, FAS, FAZ, BAC, TLT, TBT)
Keith Fitz-Gerald: Do you want to know the real reason banks aren’t lending and the PIIGS have control of the barnyard in Europe? It’s because risk in the $600 trillion derivatives market isn’t evening out. To the contrary, it’s growing increasingly concentrated among a select few banks, especially here in the United States. Read more…
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