AMAZING STRENGTH IN THE “CONTRARIAN’S COMMODITY” In yesterday’s edition, we wrote about the major new low in the CRB Index, a widely followed gauge of commodity prices. The benchmark raw materials index is trading at its lowest levels since July 2009. One of the major “drags” on this index is crude...
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By Tom Dyson “We’ve suddenly got some activity…” My father lives in a wealthy suburb of New York, where many Wall Street bankers live. He’s been trying to sell his house for nearly three years… He’s maintained the house and garden in perfect condition, he’s hired the most aggressive realtors, and he’s discounted...
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We’ve spent most of our “ink” over the past three months detailing how the government’s giant “E-Z-Credit” program is pushing up the price of nearly every asset imaginable. This makes life difficult for the contrarian trader, who looks for cheap, beaten-down assets to buy. One of the few ideas we can...
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By Dr. Steve Sjuggerud What are you getting for your money in stocks today? Sure, the market is way up… and investors are excited… But what’s the outlook over, say, five years? To spare you the suspense, the outlook is not good… Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham called the top in the markets in 2000 (like...
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