November 30, 2010 - Quote of the Day
'People are starting to feel better here. They don't feel like they have to have Dr. Kevorkian on speed dial anymore,' said Scott Nation, president of Nation Shares.
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November 26, 2010 - Quote of the Day
'The really big problem here is that we have 10% unemployment now. If you drop it 1/2% a year for ten years, we're not going to reach full employment before we reach the next recession,' said Lachmann Achutman, managing director of the Economic Cycle Research Institute
November 24, 2010 - The San Francisco Hard Asset Conference
Featured Trades: (SAN FRANCISCO HARD ASSET CONFERENCE), (GOLD), (SILVER), (PLATINUM), (PALLADIUM), (GLD), (SLV), (PPLT), (PALL) 1) The San Francisco Hard Asset Conference. Attending the San Francisco Hard Asset Investment Conference this week, I learned that the people who inhabit this world are different from you and I. They camp in remote, mosquito infested swamps,
November 24, 2010 - Taking a Nissan Leaf Out for a Spin
Featured Trades: (NISSAN LEAF), (NSANY), (F) 2) Taking a Nissan Leaf Out for a Spin. After five years of waiting, I finally got to drive the dream car of the future, the 2011 all-electric Nissan Leaf at the San Francisco auto show. Pulling a few strings with CEO Carlos Ghosn landed me a VIP test
November 24, 2010 - What About Asset Allocation?
Featured Trades: (ASSET ALLOCATION) 3) What About Asset Allocation? Asset allocation is the one question that I get every day which I absolutely cannot answer. The reason is simple: no two investors are alike. The answer varies whether you are young or old, have $1,000 in the bank or $10 million, are a sophisticated investor
November 24, 2010 - Quote of the Day
'The banks are effectively zombie banks, because their consumer and commercial assets are not growing and their fee businesses are getting crushed. You're looking at very low return vehicles,' said Meredith Whitney, CEO of the Meredith Whitney Advisory Group.
November 22, 2010 - The Mad Hedge Fund Trader Interviews Vivian Lewis of Global-Investing on Hedge Fund Radio
Featured Trades: (VIVIAN LEWIS ON HEDGE FUND RADIO), (PT), (EWZ), (TF), (UUP), (EUO), (PLND), (ECH), (PIN), (FXI), (GIFD), (PCY), (CYB) 1) Vivian Lewis of Global-Investing on Hedge Fund Radio. I managed to catch up with Vivian Lewis, the globetrotting publisher of http://www.global-investing.com/ , one of the oldest international investment newsletters in the industry. She was
November 22, 2010 - The Tax Rate Fallacy
Featured Trades: (THE 'TAX RATE' FALLACY) 2) The Tax Rate Fallacy. When anyone starts lecturing you that the US has the highest tax rate in the industrialized world, just turn around, walk away, and pretend you never heard of them. This person is either ignorant about this country's taxation system, or is deliberately trying to
November 22, 2010 - Breaking Up With Rare Earths
Featured Trades: (RARE EARTHS), (MCP), (AVARF), (LYSCF) 3) Breaking Up With Rare Earths. I'm sorry to tell you this Rare Earths, but I have decided that it is time for me to move on. When I first met you at the Hard Assets Conference last May, you were the greatest cheap date around. You were
November 22, 2010 - Business is Booming at 'Ruff Times'
Featured Trades: (GLD), (SLV), (CCJ) 4) Business is Booming at 'Ruff Times'. Following Howard Ruff for the last 33 years has always been eye opening, if not entertaining. The irascible Mormon is the publisher of Ruff Times (http://www.rufftimes.com / ), one of the oldest investment letters in the business, and one of the original worshipers