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........A note from our sponsor....... EverBank continues to grow stronger. Announcing a 65% increase in earnings. We keep doing it. We keep growing stronger despite a weak economy. In 2008 we experienced record bank growth. Now through the first quarter of 2009, that pattern continues. *Earnings climbed...
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Dear Reader, This week I tripped over an old musical favorite, I'm Your Captain , by Grand Funk Railroad, which is what I'm listening to as I begin this weekly missive. While the song has a little rust on it, for those of you who haven't taken a ride on Grand Funk Railroad of late, it's...
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03-16-2009
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Filed under: Economy, Gold, China, Obama, The Casey Report, GDP, Employment, Without Borders, Global Trade, Renminbi, Citigroup, Nationalization, Exports
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Dear Readers, I have woken in the pre-dawn to find our direst predictions coming true, with global stock markets taking yet another pounding and U.S. stock futures limit down. Serving as a proxy for the mindset now gripping governments around the world, French President Sarkozy has announced that the...
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10-27-2008
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Filed under: Economy, Interest Rates, International Speculator, Presidential Race, Credit Crisis, Politics, Gold, Dollar, China, David Galland, Economic Forecast, Taxes
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September 26, 2008 Dear Readers, What a world I have returned to from my cloistered retreat at the beautiful Vivenda Miranda , scenically situated on a cliff outside of the quaint port town of Lagos, Portugal. Everything has changed. Everything is changing. The storm we have so long tried to help you...
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09-30-2008
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by David Galland Casey Research- International Speculator The current "battle" in the gold market is around the $900 level, a fairly steep retrenchment from the recent highs of $1,011. Some investors, their hopes dashed that $1,000 would be quickly and decisively overrun, are seeing disaster...
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Dear Reader , You don't need me to tell you, but the $1,000 mark is the latest to fall beneath gold's mighty rise. Even so, as a benchmark, the number $1,000 is meaningless. It represents no new high in the inflation-adjusted prices that count. And it is not attached to a magic switch that assures...
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Dear Fellow Global Adventurers , This past week I came across worthy comments from Dr. Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report in which he comments that, by continuing to cut interest rates, Bernanke will eventually "destroy the U.S. dollar." If Bloomberg is reporting accurately, and...
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Dear Readers, It's getting to the point where even the most determined optimist is having a hard time finding a good reason to roll out of bed. Among just the smattering of news that crossed the lens this week... Producer prices rose 7.4 percent in January from a year ago, coming on the heels of...
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03-03-2008
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Filed under: Economy, Interest Rates, Credit Crisis, commodities, Inflation, Oil, Gold, Visa, Ben Bernanke, Recession, Dollar