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December 30
US Housing Market Starts to Cool
GM Shares Sink Below 20-Year Low
Nikkei Ends Year With Biggest Gain Since 1986
December 29
Buy Silver and Gold Regardless
Mortgage Applications Down 6.8% - Housing Prices to Decline for Decades Slowly and Steadily – Federal Reserve Loses Control Over Economy
The Fed's Turn to Fail
Identify...and Dreaming of Softgoo
December 28
Russia Vamps Iran Snubs 'gold Cartel' - Confirms 'End-Time Prophesy'
Chicago Board of Trade Has 10% Share of Gold-Futures Market
China to Boost Gold Reserves
Russia, Syria Sign $2.7Bln Oil Refinery Deal
U.S. Ends Release of Oil From Reserves
Former National Security Advisor Speaks About the Dollar
December 27
Global Gold Breakouts
Japan to End Release of Strategic Reserves
The Mess Greenspan Leaves
December 26
Gold Expected to Scale New Heights in 2006
Decline of the US Economy
December 23
New Home Sales Plummet in November
Future Gold & Silver Prices
December 22
Stop the Presses, America!
December 21
Costliest Year Yet for Insurers
Fitch Downgrades Ford Debt to Junk Status
Calpine Files for Bankruptcy Protection With $22.5 Bln in Debt
Perfect Financial Storm
December 20
Silver Institute Supports ETF
Bank of Italy's Fazio Faces Showdown Tomorrow with Government
December 19
'Junk' Silver's Role in a Crisis
Tomorrow's Gold?
Petrodollar Warfare: Dollars, Euros and the Upcoming Iranian Oil Bourse
Bankruptcy Law Backfires on Credit Card Issuers
Gold Rallies as Japanese Buyers Return
Calpers, Hermes Among Pension Funds Joining Oil, Metal Boom
December 16
Silver to Outperform Gold, Says Barclays
GM to Stop Paying into Some 401(k)s
Where is Gold Headed?
Commodity Investment Set to Rise Sharply
Albertson's Could Ring up $9.6B Buyout
December 15
Gold: Get Physical!
Swiss Re Says 'Significant Lessons' for Insurers After US Hurricanes
Explaining Silver to the Masses
Double Barrels Against US$
Financial Crisis Looming?
The Grand Illusion
December 14
Wait for a (Silver) Correction?
The Rainwater Prophecy
Didn't Pay Your Mortgage? Don't Worry
Derivatives Bet on GM, GMAC Threatens to Unravel
U.S. Trade Deficit Hits All-Time High
December 13
The US Auto Industry Crisis
Who Killed General Motors?
Daily Forex Commentary
Americans Burning Corn to Cut Heating Costs
December 12
Gold: More Glitter to Go
Central Banks Now Buying Gold
December 9
Got Gold? Prices Hit Another High
Housing Slowdown May Claim 800,000 Jobs
December 8
Red-Hot Gold Sets New Peak
Gold: Next Stop US$550/oz?
"...Pretty Soon It's Dead, Cha Cha Cha"
What Do Rising Gold Prices Mean?
How Greenspan Skewered America
2006 Economic Predictions
Gold Set for Historic High, Says US Fund
Red Alert - Monetary Flood!
December 7
Price Charts Point Gold Toward the Stars: Analysts
Gold in Stratosphere, Wary of Correction
December 6
Gold Tops $510/Oz, Highest Since April 1981
Rising Gold is a Political Red Flag
Central Bankers Seek Totalitarian Power
December 5
It's All Nuts to Me, Mr Bush
Gold Fever Breaks Out Again
The Bell Tolls for Gold US$600!
Gold Sets Fresh Peak In Asia on Fund Buying
Platinum Outshines Gold as Precious Metal Prices Soar
Greenspan Says Budget Gap May Have `Severe' Effects
GM Adds No-Interest Loans to Largest SUVs, Rebate Web Site
Preparatory Measures Taken to Sell Oil in Euros
JPMorgan Steps Up Offshoring in India
December 2
Gold Hits 23-Yr High at $505 an Ounce
Central Banks Move to Mop Up Excess Cash
The World is Tilted
The Greenspan Warnings
December 1
Asian Central Banks likely to Increase Gold Reserves
Brown's Great Bullion Sale Has Cost Us £1.6bn
November 30
Bernankeism: Another Good Reason to Buy Gold
"Boogerhead"
Inflation Fears Drive Gold Prices Up
Globalization Isn't What's Killing GM
November 29
Gold Penetrates $500; Real Run to Begin
US Stops Short of Branding China as Currency Manipulator
International Specialists Forecast Black Future for US dollar in 2006
Dollar Slides After U.S. Home Sales Fall More Than Forecast
Merck Culls 7,000 Jobs as Part of Bid to Save $4bn
November 28
Newmont Forecasts Gold to Rise Above $1,000 on Asian Demand
Ladies and Gentlemen: The American Economy Has Left the Building
What Most People Don't Know About Gold
US Jobless Tally Higher Than Expected
November 25
Four-Digit Gold?
Silver: A Rare Opportunity
A Layman's Case for Silver
Gold Hits New 18-Yr High, Aspires to $500
Foreign Jewelers Say China Sparkles
First Gold, Now Silver
Gold Rush 21, Putin, de Gaulle, Bridgewater Associates, China, and Gold
Ford's Chief Makes Case for Federal Help
Ship's Log, Stardate 652, Mark 42
Something's Gotta Give in America
America is a Nation Not a Market
November 23
Outlook Sours for Real Estate
China to LME: Come and Get Me, Copper!
The Clock Ticks on Economic Collapse
Fed Hints It May Be Near End of Rate Rising Cycle
Mohammed bin Rashid Launches DGCX
Waiting for the Sky to Fall: Asia and Gold at $500
November 22
Economy Goes Forward But Leaves Many Behind
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange to Commence Live Trading Tomorrow
US Pension Accounting Shift ‘Would Hit Equities’
The Real Outrage: Pensions, Not Petrol
High Natural Gas Prices Stoke Fears of Energy Shock
Target Petition Passes Quarter Million
Bernanke: Go, Get the Helicopters!
Delphi Cites Risk of Shutting All U.S. Plants
November 21
GM to Cut 30,000 Jobs, Close 9 Plants
Ameriquest Mortgage to Cut 1,500 Workers
Economists Expect Sharp Recession after Real-Estate Bubble Bursts
Homeowners with ARMs Face Big Bill Jump
Gold Prices Look Set for a Spiral
November 18
Manipulation of the Gold Market
24-Hour Gold Trading Comes to Shanghai
Spendthrift Nation
FEMA Halts Flood Insurance Payments
Potential Delphi Strike Could Hit GM Hard
November 17
Gold Rises to 17-Year High as Inflation Concern Stokes Demand
GM Fears Cast Long Shadow
Copper Trader Throws Market into Confusion
Metals Futures Broadly Higher
Fighting Talk From Phillips; Gold Through $480 - $500 by Xmas
Inflation Brewing & Gold is Shining
November 16
...Defense Systems Set to "Hair Trigger"
FDIC Outlook
FDIC Bank Deposit Insurance (United States): Some Things You Did Not Know (and Should)
Why Silver Could Be the New Gold
Platinum and Palladium Rally Overnight, Gold Drifts Higher
Signs of Sickness in the U.S. Consumer
November 15
Buba's Weber to Resist Political Pressure to Sell Gold Reserves
S. Africa's Gold Output May Drop To 80-Year Low: Report
Greenspan Issues Trade Deficits Warning
GM's Default Swaps, Options Show Increasing Bets on Bankrupt
November 14
The Great Global Buyout Bubble
Vet's Unemployment Rate Skyrockets
Palladium Price to Rise 21% Next Year
Airlines Could Get More Relief From Pension Bill
Rule Would Put Pension Deficits on the Books
The Green Ben Bernanke
November 11
Discontinuance of M3
Disasters Do Happen
Trade Deficit and Gold
Why $509.25 Is Crucial for Gold
Mortgage Rates Reach 26-Month High
Weak Chinese Currency to Ruin US Economy With Cheap Imports from China
Foreign Trade Hits Us$1.148 Trillion
November 10
The Straining Straps of the Straightjacket
Deficits at Home, Welfare Abroad
Watch Out, They Bite!
The Coming Disaster in the Derivatives Market
U.S. Trade Deficit Hits All-Time High
Kraft to Raise Some Prices as Its Costs Mount
Blockbuster Going Bust?
November 9
The Six Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Bank of New York Reaches $38M Deal to Avoid Russian Money-Laundering Accusations
Analysts See Shift in Gold, Greenback Correlation
Gold Trades Near a Three-Day High as French Riots Spur Buying
Bush Borrowed More Than All Previous Presidents Combined, Group Says
Toll Brothers Cuts Forecast
November 7
Threat to the Petrodollar System So Great It Could Provoke US Military Attack
Senate Should Make Oil Executives Come Clean
November 4
World Bank Warns of Bird Flu Cost
November 3
There's No Money to Pay Girls to Take Their Clothes Off!
Treasury Moves to Alleviate Bond Shortage
Russian Tycoon Potanin in Talks to Sell Norilsk Nickel to State Diamond Monopoly — Paper
November 2
No More Mortgage Write-Off?
The New York Times' Rocky Mountain Paradise
Delphi's Economic Toll: $10 Billion
Gold & Inflation
November 1
Economic Ties Binding Japan to Rival China
October 31
Investors Hope Fed Move Will Bring Clarity
Gartmore Warning Sparks Hedge Fund Fears
Home Repossession Orders Soar by 66% as Debt Mounts
October 28
Palladium Shines on Metals Boom
Bernanke, China, and Palladium Break Out
Plame Charges Could Sink Dollar, Bonds, Stocks
Stocks Drop as GM Rattles Investors
SEC Subpoenas GM
Viewpoint: The oil Tsunami
October 27
Size of Bankruptcy Bubble Surprises Banks
How the US Money Market Really Works
NY Times Continues Incoherent Assault on Gold Mining
Palladium Hits 11-Month High, Europe Gold Eases
Medicinal Silver
October 26
Silver Users Fear Silver Shortage
Size of Bankruptcy Bubble Surprises Banks
Misreading Bernanke
Tough Flying for the Global Economy
October 25
Gold May Exceed Record $873
The Lure of Gold Sends Its Price Sky-Rocketing
Dubai Goes for Gold!
The Best Silver Miner in the World
Wilma Could Cost US Insurers as Much as $10B: Estimates
Ben Bernanke
Girls! Girls! Girls!
October 24
Flu Doomsday Scenario for World Economy
US Stocks: The Visible Hand of Uncle Sam
October 21
21st-Century Bank Run
Rogers Fund Halts Oct. 31 Redeptions Due to Refco
Toyota Racing Ahead
Ford Motor Co. Expects 'Significant' Layoffs
A Crony For Chairman?
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Threatens to Raise Oil Prices if U.S. Invades
October 20
It Can Happen - Gold at $3500
Philippines to Become Russian Oil Distributor in Asia
October 19
At Least Mickey Tried to Stop the Brooms
Stakes Rise in Japan, China Gas Dispute
Greenspan Says Energy Prices are 'Drag' on Growth
Major World Indices
October 18
Refco Files for Bankruptcy, Sells Futures Brokerage to Flowers
Platinum to Scale $1000, Say Analysts
Stakes Rise in Japan, China Gas Dispute
US Stocks: The Visible Hand of Uncle Sam
Delta Gets OK to Halt Pilots' Pension Pay
October 17
Silver to Blow Sky High, Gold to Follow
India Witnesses Gold-Buying Rush
Is a New Disaster Hiding in Refco's Hedge?
Crowds Race to File Bankruptcy Petitions
Is the Economy Viable?
Oil Jumps as Caribbean Storm Brews
Focus on Autos
Delphi, GM & Rogue Events
October 14
Refco Sends Tremor Through Financial World
U.S. Investment Income Close to `Tipping Point': John M. Berry
Consumer Prices Surge
Study Says US Consumers Use Credit for Basic Costs
The Inflation Freight Train
October 13
Bird Flu Could Destroy Economy WHO Warns
Boullion Soars on Inflation Concerns
Taiwan to Monitor Travelers in Effort to Control Bird Flu
Gold Will Rise: Analyst
Winter Fuel Bills Expected to Heat Up
Trade Deficit Hits Third Highest Level
Mortgage Deduction Changes on the Table
Refco Ex-Chief Bennett Arrested for Securities Fraud
October 12
America Sinking Below the Waterline
Delphi Pensions Underfunded: Fed Agency
Delphi's Pre-Bankruptcy Trough-Filling Is Odious: Mark Gilb
Oil Peak Projection and Assumptions
U.S. Steps Up Pressure on China's Currency
Natural Gas Users to Take Hit This Winter
S&P Cuts GM Ratings Deeper into Junk
Gold May Extend Longest Rally This Year on Inflation Concerns
Europe Gold at Highest Since Early 1988 as Funds Buy
October 11
Scandal Rocks New York Brokerage Firm
Lawyers See Bankruptcy Explosion
Delphi Chief Sees GM Bankruptcy Without U-Turn on Wages, Health
The Stark Reality of America's Financial Meltdown — Part 2
Move Might Unhinge Suppliers
The Eagle, The Dragon and African Oil
Listen to What Gold is Telling You
Platinum Aims at 25-1/2-Year Peak, Europe Gold Flat
It's Time to Take Seriously a US-Led Global Recession
October 10
Companies Have Not Been in Such Shape Since the Depression
The Stark Reality of America's Financial Meltdown — Part 1
Staggering Blow: Delphi's Bankruptcy Ominous Sign for Fading Auto Industry
Retirees Could Be Big Losers If Fed Board Takes Over Pension
Storm Clouds Gather Over World Markets
The Dreaded Secret
October 7
Elite Bankers Now Pulling Plug on US Economy & Currency!
Rate Fears Weigh on World Markets
Another Major Autumn Stock Market Decline for 2005?
Rising Bank Fees Hit Consumers
Signals of the End of the Dollar Standard
October 6
Bankruptcy Filings Soar in Advance of New Law
We Can't Pay it Off
Delphi Could File for Bankruptcy-NYT
Fuel Spikes Trigger Contraction of Airlines
Retailers See Mixed Results in Sept.
October 5
How a US Currency Crisis Could Unfold
Russian Scientist Suggests Russian and South African Monopoly on Platinum Market
Gold Fever Grips Chilean Island
Fed Officials Sound Alarm Over US Inflation
October 4
Bullish Gold, Platinum Forecasters Vindicated
Elite Bankers Now Pulling Plug on US Economy & Currency!
GM, Ford Auto Sales Fall; Toyota, Nissan, Honda Gain
Empty Houses, Falling Prices: A Boom Dies
Slowing Is Seen in Housing Prices in Hot Markets
China Oil Rivalry Pushes India, Taiwan Closer
Coming in the Mail: Big Energy Bills
October 3
Stations Nixing Gasoline on Credit
Rumsfeld Refuses to Pay Back Military Families for Lifesaving Body Armor
Global: Batonless
Chavez: Venezuela Moves Reserves to Europe
September 30
Interview: Gold to Touch $500 This Year, Chase $600 in '06
Gold Holds Above $472 in Asia, Silver Firms
Attack on Iran Would Rocket Oil Prices to $400 - General
Do Buy, Do Sell
The Energy Storm's Not Over Yet
Storm Left Big Platform Upside Down
The Silent Oil Crisis
Richard Russell on Oil
US Economy is an Accident Waiting to Happen
September 29
Gold Poised to Create New Generation of Millionaires
Why Your Family Needs Gold
DaimlerChrysler Details Mercedes Cuts
Ford to Cut Half of Suppliers to Improve Technology
Greenspan Cautions Investors About Rising Rates
Things are Worse Than You Think. Much Worse
California Housing at 'Tipping Point'
South African Gold Magnate Brett Kebble Shot Dead
New Study Finds Oil Company Profiteering Behind Gasoline Price Spikes; Bush Called Upon To Prevent Profiteering
Something is Not Right...something is Up, Possibly a Crisis
September 28
Foreclosures up 15%
Delphi Seeks $6 Bln to Avoid Bankruptcy, People Say
Costly Winter Likely as Hurricanes Trim Heating Oil Reserve
RBA Warning of 'Meltdown'
The Casey Files
Consumer Confidence Plunges
September 27
Analysis: Hints of Stagflation Despite Growing US Economy
Top-Secret Bank in Works
September 26
Stormy Weather Gives Gold More Glitter
Speculators Going for Gold as Alternative to Currencies
Greenspan to French Finmin:US Lost Deficit Control
2 Refineries Hit, Overall Impact Modest
GATA's Efforts Paying Off Impact Spreading/SHAKA...ZULU!
Leading Indicators Fall for 2nd Straight Month
c September 23
Financial Jihad
Ay Caramba! Will Venezuela Cancel Mining Concessions?
Lloyd's Fears Rita May Bring $60Bn Stress Test to Life
The Dollar's Days are Numbered, Gold's Day is Due
September 22
Gold at 17-Year High as Oil Price Prompts Inflation Concern
Big Fund Prospectors Push Gold to 18-Year High
Rita May Be 'National Disaster' - Oil CEO
Jobless Claims Related to Katrina Rise by 103,000 Last Week
Oil Rig Locations
September 21
University of Michigan Sentiment Index Gives a Stock Market Crash Warning
Rita Headed for Houston -- Could Take Out Key Remaining Refineries
September 20
Crude Oil, Gasoline Surge as Storm Heads for the Gulf of Mexico
Commodities Rise Most Since 1956 as Gas, Oil Surge
The Great American Airlines Disaster
September 19
Why Gold Could Hit $1,000 an Ounce
Gold Touches Fresh High of $461.70/oz
Airlines Face Alarming Pension Shortfalls
The Coming Economic Crash in the United States and the World Caused by Debt
Anybody Remember What Silver Looks Like?
Kuwait Offers to Build First Refinery in U.S. in 30 Years
Fraud Allegations Draw Scrutiny to Hedge Funds
September 16
Gold Stays Close to 17-year High
September 15
Live Market Quotes
COMEX Benchmark Gold Hits 17-Year High at $459/oz
Gold: The Bulls Have Awoken
Positive Gold Price Projections
Pump Panic, Gold Glee
Be Afraid. Buy Gold and Silver
Saudi Arabia Swaps Oil for Gold
Greenspan, the Wizard of Bubbleland
September 14
US Airline Troubles Set to Deepen
September 13
India and China Poised to Join Hands in Trade and Fiscal Areas as Both Countries Find the Easy Money Door to the West is Closing
Katrina Pushing Up Prices Across the Board
September 12
Delta May File for Bankruptcy on Thursday: WSJ
Further Fuel Protests Threatened
Danger Signs of Global Crisis
September 9
Damage to Military Bases Triggers Nearly $1 Billion in Emergency Repairs
September 8
Mexico Sends First Aid Convoy Ever to U.S.
Monetary Insanity
Big Oil's Secret Strategy to Gush Profits Exposed
Truckers Strike Imminent?
September 7
Volkswagen May Cut Up to 14,000 Jobs
September 6
$USD100/Barrel Oil No Longer Unthinkable in Wake of Katrina
Housing Boom Doomed?
Trucking Industry Says Fuel Price Rise Will Put Some Out of Work
September 2
Losses From Katrina Seen as Topping 100 Billion Dollars
Munich Re More Cautious on Full-Year Targets in Wake of Hurricane Katrina
September 1
20 Oil Rigs Missing in Gulf of Mexico: US Coast Guard
Gas Station in Decatur, GA Now Charging $7.00 a Gallon
Gasoline Futures Surge to Record High
Rails, Insurers Take Hit in Storm
Truck Stops Ration Fuel
Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicle Achieves 12,665 MPG on Test Track
August 31
More Than 95% of Gulf Oil Production Lost
Gas Scare Hits Atlanta
Carriers are Stricken by Cancellations and Lack of Fuel
Five Oil Refiners Most Exposed to Katrina
Home Builders' Insider Stock Sales Worry Merrill Lynch Analyst
Hanging on Housing and Oil
U.S. Poverty Rate Rises, Ranks of Poor Whites Expand
August 30
Venezuela to Sell Cut-Price Heating Oil to U.S. Poor
It May Not Be That Easy
Oil Artery Clog Could Impact U.S. — Flashback
Indonesian Rupiah Slips Below Another Key Level
Dumping of US Dollar Could Trigger 'Economic September 11'
Brazil, Russia, India and China to outdo Europe and the US
August 29
US Heading for House Price Crash, Greenspan Tells Buyers
Bets are on for $100 a Barrel Oil
Rising Sun Gold US$500 Coming to a Theater Near You
Why Terrorists May Target Asian Financial Centres
August 26
Winter Forecast for Heating Homes: Costly
China Ramps Up Platinum Purchasing
August 25
Fed Summons 14 Banks to Discuss Credit-Derivatives Controls
Oil - Inflation - Silver & Gold
Chávez Taunts US with Oil Offer
Chávez Seeks Influence With Oil Diplomacy
GM, Ford Motor Debt Ratings Cut to Junk by Moody's
Killing the Dollar in Iran
August 24
Chavez Offers Cheap Gas to Needy Americans
US Home Sales Dip But Prices Still Rising
Borrowing, Spending, Counterfeiting
August 23
What About Silver Demand?
Start of Real Estate Crash
Gasoline Prices Set New Record
World Economies Stand in Front of the Largest Ever Depression Triggered by Hyper-Stagflation – Stock Markets Ready to Slide Over The Cliff
Dating the Next Recession
Kazakh Oil Coup for China, India Cries Foul
China National Petroleum Bids US$4.18B for PetroKazakhstan of Calgary
August 19
Mechanics say Northwest's Last Offer Falls Far Short
Why Oil Prices Will Stay High
Slaughter of the Housing Speculators
August 18
Oil. Gold. Silver. Ommmm.
$10,000 Gold & $700 Silver
Bulgaria Unearths Huge Hoard of Gold
For Drivers, Shock to Subtle Shifts
India, China: Comrades in Oil
August 17
Insidious Inflation
China Struggling to Meet Fuel Shortages
Stocks or Real Estate for China's Middle Class?
August 16
July Inflation Jumps on Higher Gas Prices
Truckers May Stage Blockade Over Fuel Prices
Delta to Sell Atlantic for $425m
Conspiracy Theory
August 15
Hundreds of Truckers Protest High Gas Prices
Watching the Economy Crumble
August 11
At Least the Japanese Robot is Not Going to Kill Us
Airlines Face Growing Fuel Shortage Risk
The Tigers Slow Down
August 10
Unocal a Rich Prize for Chevron
Petroleum Bourse to Become Reality
The Case For Palladium
...Brighter Every Day
No Relief in Sight as Gasoline Prices Set Another Record
August 9
Oil Prices Top $64 a Barrel in New High
China to Fuel Gold to $725
August 8
Saudis to Retrieve $360 Billion Abroad
Huge Strike Shuts SA Gold Mines
The Critical Need for Spending Restraint in the Congressional Budget
Crude Oil Prices Hit New Record
August 5
Oil Keeps the World at Fever Pitch
The Republican Pork Barrel
Russian C. Bank Ups Euro Share in Target FX Basket
August 4
Gold Futures Top $440 an Ounce
Urk!
U.S. Auto Supplier Sector in the Worst Shape Ever
The Bank for International Settlements Calls for Global Currency
Delta Stock Falls to 43-Year Low
Something Doesn't Feel Right...
August 3
The Zero-Savings Problem
Mugabe Sells Zim Platinum Rights to Chinese
The Collapse of Capitalism
The US Housing Supply-Demand
Oil... The Life Blood... "The Prize"
Mining: That Which Glisters Could Yield More Cash
August 2
SA Facing Worst Gold Strike
Platinum Scores Fresh 15-Month High, Gold Flat
Father of the Euro Dies in Swimming Pool
Asia: the Best Bet for Businesses
August 1
Oil Prices Pass $61 on Saudi King's Death
The Day After Tomorrow What Was, What Is and What Will Be
Geopolitical Silver