Hot Links for Weekend Reading… David Merkel on ignoring the siren song of bearishness in a bull market. (AlephBlog) The big BIG winners of 2009: Stocks that are up 400% plus: (Bespoke) Bonus/ compensation discussions will be prominent at the G-20 meeting next week. (Bloomberg) Peter Schiff: Letting Lehman go was one of the only…
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Mauldin on Deflation or Inflation, Take Your Pick
It is not a matter of pain or no pain; it is a matter of choosing which pain we will face and for how long, and perhaps in what order. – John Mauldin, September 2009 We’ve talked about the Inflation vs Deflation debate a lot here on TRB this year, as I think that getting…
Hot Links: Playtime is Over
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Gold breaks $1000 this morning! World stocks rally overnight! (no one has a job). (Bloomberg) A Kraft-Cadbury merger could be a bonanza for lawyers and bankers working on the deal. (DealBook) Christopher Hitchens on the current state of the War on Terror. (Slate) Stop feeling sorry for yourself, Dick Fuld. …
Leprechauns on Parade
Moment of truth time for the gold bulls and bears. The Will it or Won’t It Break $1000 polemic is every bit as suspenseful as the buildup to Ross and Rachel’s first kiss was during Season 2 of Friends. I don’t share investment ideas or make market calls on this site for compliance and business…
Tomorrow's Business Headlines?
I’m not saying these hypothetical headlines are likely, but I also wouldn’t fall out of my chair if one of ’em popped up in some variation or another. “JPMorgan’s Dimon Jealous Of AIG And Citi, Wants Back In To The TARP” “Four Hundred Percent Of All Homeowners Underwater On Two Hundred Fifty Percent Of Their…
…You Might Be a Gold Bug.
Gold bugs have been around for over 100 years, lurking at the fringes of the investment community and singing the praises of the yellow metal to anyone who will listen. As a result of the plunging US dollar, apocalyptic drops in asset prices and the commodity’s eight year bull market, gold has attracted a huge…
Johnny Upside: I'll Buy Your Gold, Dog!
Johnny Upside is back…and he’s paying Cash for Gold! For those of you who haven’t met Johnny Upside yet, the last time we checked in with him, he was launching a distressed assets fund. Prior to that, he was starting up a fund of fund of funds. Johnny Upside has a knack for showing up…
Melt It Like Beckham: Major Changes for the Indian Gold Market
Very quietly, two developments occurred in India over the last week that could have major implications for the gold market. Both of these developments could portend drastic changes in gold demand from a key market, just as the inflationistas believe they are at the threshold of a paradigm shift in the precious metal’s pricing. First…
John Mauldin: An Unpayable Deficit?
John Mauldin‘s latest newsletter, entitled This Way Be Dragons (Thoughts from the Frontline), tackles the big problem that the bulls don’t want to think about yet: How will the $1.2 trillion deficit we’ve got in the oven ever be paid off? While Obama gives lip service to cutting the deficit in half, his actual budget…
Rise of the Silver Surfer
I have a new sector, a new weapon in my arsenal, an area of the market that I’ve ignored for over 10 years due to the lack of quality pure-plays. I’ve been trading and investing in various gold ideas forever, but a lot has changed with the white metal, and now I’m happy to report…
