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• Why Oil Is Going to Zero

  Published 26 November 2012 | viewed 10,474 times

  Every trader in the oil market is fascinated by the recent price action. The last few months have seen an onslaught of negative news developments…

• The World's Largest Solar Plant

  Published 08 November 2012 | viewed 8,626 times

  Unfortunately, I know Blythe, California too well. This natural blast furnace is in a God-forsaken corner of the state where I hunted jack rabbits as…

• What to do in November

  Published 05 November 2012 | viewed 4,260 times

  Since this is such an important development for investors on the calendar, I thought I would repeat this piece from a few weeks ago. After…

• Why I Bailed on Gold

  Published 25 October 2012 | viewed 4,505 times

  This trade has been a real disappointment. Despite seeing the greatest monetary stimulus package in history, gold is now lower than when QE3 was announced.…

• How to Make a Killing on U.S. Energy Independence

  Published 17 October 2012 | viewed 6,435 times

  With U.S. energy independence fast emerging as a topic in the presidential election, I thought I'd delve into this topic in greater depth and see…

• Smash the Rally in Oil

  Published 11 October 2012 | viewed 8,290 times

  I love it. First, Israel's right-wing prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for a snap election. Many observers are viewing this as a referendum on war…

• Ready to Take Some Pain?

  Published 03 October 2012 | viewed 15,886 times

  Look at the chart below and it is clear that Ben Bernanke's announcement of QE3 triggered a classic "Buy the rumor, sell the news" type…

• Gold is Breaking out to the Upside

  Published 01 October 2012 | viewed 17,018 times

  Look at the $25 move in gold today, and it's clear that an upside breakout is imminent. It made this move on a whisper of…

• Oil is Not Looking So Hot

  Published 25 September 2012 | viewed 5,587 times

  I received another one of those scratchy cell phone calls from my friend in the West Texas oil patch. You could almost feel the dust…

• Don't Miss the Big Show in Silver

  Published 24 September 2012 | viewed 43,325 times

  Those transfixed by gold blasting through the $1,750 level have been missing the real action in silver. The white metal has soared 34% to $34…

• Revisiting the First Silver Bubble

  Published 24 September 2012 | viewed 41,207 times

  With silver back in the headlines, I thought I'd touch base with a wizened and grizzled old veteran who still remembers the last time the…

• Why Ben Bernanke's QE3 is a Game Changer

  Published 18 September 2012 | viewed 12,603 times

  I think that Ben Bernanke's QE3 is such a game changer, that we have to throw all existing strategies into the trash and start all…

• Buy the Big Dip in Gold

  Published 11 September 2012 | viewed 14,842 times

  Look at the charts for the barbarous relic below and you can only come to one possible conclusion. If the Federal Reserve disappoints on Thursday,…

• Why I Love/Hate the Oil Companies

  Published 23 August 2012 | viewed 5,856 times

  With oil (USO) getting ready to take a run at $100 a barrel once again, the first thing I do when I get up every…

• Hedge Funds: The New Dumb Money

  Published 22 August 2012 | viewed 9,005 times

  Much of the fury in this morning's nearly 60 point "melt up" opening in the Dow was generated by hedge funds panicking to cover shorts.…

• Get Ready to Buy the Bond Market

  Published 18 August 2012 | viewed 7,723 times

  The Treasury bond market has just suffered one of the most horrific selloffs in recent memory, taking the yield on ten year paper up from…

• Time to Pick Up Some Gold

  Published 16 August 2012 | viewed 14,300 times

  Gold has clearly evolved into a call option on global quantitative easing. Don't think of it just as the stuff your dentist puts in your…

• How the Fed Will Trigger the Next Crash

  Published 24 July 2012 | viewed 23,245 times

  Over the last two months, I have witnessed one of the least convincing rallies in the US stock market in recent memory. Looking at the…

• Why I Am Chopping My U.S. GDP Forecast to 1.5%

  Published 25 June 2012 | viewed 12,356 times

  For the past two years, I have maintained a GDP growth forecast for the US of 2% a year. I have not stuck with this…

• Is Gold is Making a Comeback?

  Published 19 June 2012 | viewed 15,363 times

  One of my best calls of the year was to plead with readers to avoid gold like the plague, periodically dipping in on the short…