'Inflation steals from savers, and inflation is the logical consequence of printing too much money,' said Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett.

Global Market Comments March 23, 2010 (SPECIAL TEXAS ISSUE) Featured Trades: (JOHN MAULDIN), (SPX), (XEU), (EEM), (GLD), (CMGTX), (TBT), (JAMES BAKER, III) 1) Son of Texas and financial seer, John Mauldin, believes the stock market could shed 40% in the near future (SPX). John is the president of Millennium Wave Advisors, LLC, a Dallas, Texas [...]

Global Market Comments March 18, 2010 Note to Subscribers: there will be no letter tomorrow as I am taking a research day. Featured Trades: (SPX), (VIX), (MSFT), (INTC), (ORCL), (CSCO), (IDX), (NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY) 1) OK, so the stock market is up seven days in a row now. But if I’ve told you once, I’ve [...]

Global Market Comments March 17, 2010 Featured Trades: (RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE), (TRES AMIGAS TRANSMISSION PLANT), (SPX), (DOLLAR BILL) 1) It’s time for my annual review of the residential real estate market in the High Sierra mountain hamlet of Incline Village, Nevada, and I am sad to report that antidepressant addiction among realtors there is still [...]

Global Market Comments March 15, 2010 Featured Trades: (CHARLES NENNER), (SPX), (DOW), (YEN), (PALLADIUM), (PALL), (DEMOGRAPHICS) 1) After much pleading and cajoling, I managed to get a no holds barred, no stone unturned 40 minute interview with technical analyst to the stars, Charles Nenner of Charles Nenner Research in Amsterdam, for Hedge Fund Radio. Bottom [...]

Global Market Comments March 11, 2010 Featured Trades: (PCY), (TBF), (TM), (THE PACIFIC) NOTE TO SUBSCRIBERS: There will be no letter tomorrow, as I am taking a research day. 1) Get Ready for the April Surprise. I have a feeling that the markets are on a final countdown, but don’t know it yet. No, I [...]

    Global Market Comments March 10, 2010 Featured Trades: (WARREN BUFFET’S ANNUAL LETTER), (BRK/A), (SPX), (GS), (GE), (BYDDF)   1)Sorry about the absent letter yesterday. A virus took out my computer, and it consumed eight hours to reformat the hard drive, find all of my user keys and passwords, and reload the software. Trolling [...]

Global Market Comments March 8, 2010 Featured Trades: (FEBRUARY NON-FARM PAYROLL), (YEN), (EUROYEN CROSS), (SPX), (GOOG), (AAPL), (GS), (BARTON BIGGS), (OEF), (MSFT), (INTC), (CSCO), (ORCL), (FXI), (PIN), (EWY), (THD), (EWT), (EWH), (TUR), (PLND), (RSX), (EWZ), (USO).   1) Something Amazing is Happening With the Payroll Figures. The February non-farm payroll showed a further loss of [...]

Global Market Comments March 5, 2010 Featured Trades: (JAPAN), (YEN), (YCS), (GOLD), (GLD),(NEM), (NATURAL GAS), (UNG), (HEDGE FUND RADIO), (BARTON BIGGS) 1) I’m hearing from my buddies in Japan that while things are already quite bad in that enchanting country, they are about to get a whole lot worse, and that it is time to [...]

Global Market Comments March 3, 2010 Featured Trades: (JON NAJARIAN), (OPTIONMONSTER), (AUSSIE/EURO CROSS), (ETHANOL), (CORN) 1)How does an NFL linebacker develop a series of computer algorithms that give him a crucial edge when trading the market? That is the question I hoped to answer when I interviewed Jon Najarian, co-founder of OptionMonster (click here for [...]

Global Market Comments March 2, 2010 Featured Trades: (30 YEAR TREASURY BOND), (TBF), (TBT), (RSX), (IDX), (THD), (PIN), (CGW), (PHO), (FIW), (VE), (TTEK), (PNR) 1) Louise Yamada, one of the most widely followed technical analysts in the market, says the 29 year bull market in Treasury bonds is coming to a close. Looking at the [...]

Global Market Comments March 1, 2010 Featured Trades: (CYB), (YUAN), (AGU), (POT) (MON), (DBA), (COPPER), (FCX), (CHILE), (ECH) 1) Since I have been setting off distress flairs warning of an inevitable revaluation of the Chinese Yuan, I thought you would be interested to hear about what popped up on my radar on Friday. No lesser [...]

Global Market Comments February 26, 2010 Featured Trades: (TOYOTA), (TM), (PALLADIUM), (PALL), (RESIDENTIAL HOUSING), (XHB) 1) Since I am probably the only person in the country who once worked for Toyota, speaks Japanese, and worked in the White House Press Corps, and am therefore fluent in the ways of Washington, I feel obliged to comment [...]

Global Market Comments February 25, 2010 Featured Trades: (‘EUREKA’), (SPX), (VIX), (USO), (FCX), (GLD), (TBT),(TBF), (CHK), (UNG), (COAL), (BTU), (LUMBER), (WY), (HEDGE FUND RADIO)   1) After speaking to a gaggle of economists, portfolio managers, and traders the last few days, I’ve had one of those ‘Eureka’ moments as the markets have shown their hands. [...]