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August 31
MoGu's Rent-a Moose Suit...
August 30
Income Slides
August 29
The Mother of all Economic Problems
Frightening Talk of a Monster Recession
Anatomy of Jobs Fraud
Tax Man Eyes the eBay Crowd
Crises Drive Ford to the Brink
Bernanke Calls for Fairer Globalisation
August 28
US Housing Slump Fuels Crash Fears
Wall Street Braces for Flood of Economic Data
Is China too Rich?
Central Bank: Russians Dump Dollar for Ruble in 1st Half
August 25
Recession Will Be Nasty and Deep, Economist Says
August 24
'I Believe the Dollar is Doomed'
Bundesbank Rules Out Gold Sales to Fill Budget Gaps
Homeowners Feel Pinch of Mortgage Rate
I'm Busting a Gut Here!
August 23
Ford Cuts Sink Suppliers' Credit Ratings
Mega Change!
Toll Brothers Profit Slumps as U.S. Housing Boom Ends
August 22
Real Money Betting on Gold at $1,000
Gold Gains Dollar Drops Again as Investors Grow Skeptical of Peace in the Middle East
Gold Jumps 2.4 Pc on Weaker Dollar, Firm Oil
What's Next for Silver?
Tactical Silver Trends
Airlines Tremble at Prospect of $100-a-Barrel Oil
Chavez Visits China as Venezuela Reduces U.S. Oil Market Ties
Nickel Plated Dominos
August 18
Why You Must Own Gold!
Silver to the People
Gold Gains as Dollar Falls on Soft Core Inflation Data
Topsy Turvy Gold Chart
August 17
Nickel Soars, Prompting Metal Exchange to Impose Trading Limits
My Pink Pacifier's Stopped Soothing
August 16
A Truer Measure of America's Ballooning Deficit
The Calm Before the Storm (The All Nighter Economy)
Better Than Ever
Gold Advances in Early Trade
August 15
The Bankruptcy Boom is Back
The Next Big Pension Crunch
POSCO Hurt by Nickel Short Positions on LME
August 11
Crude Oil Could Soar to $250/Barrel, Kommersant
Knights of the State Round Table
August 10
Housing Glut Worst in 40 Years
Pentagon Wants US Battle-Injured Soldiers to Settle Their Debts
I Had Promised That I Would Be Calm
August 9
Sage Advice Amid Mid-Summer Snow Jobs
Catch-22 at the Fed
August 8
Is It Time to Consider $5 Per Gallon for Gas?
Housing Bubble Watch: NAR Announces the Return of the Buyers Market
Shortage has Truck Drivers Fuming
Good as Gold?
August 7
Delta Files to Cancel Pilots' Pension Plan
Oil Strikes $76 on BP Field Shutdown
Local Farmers Predict Higher Produce Prices
August 4
Iran Warns Oil Could Reach $200 on Sanctions
AOL to Slash 5,000 Jobs
August 3
Mahathir Calls for a Boycott of the Dollar
"Revenge of Stark Reality" Theory
August 2
U.S. Economy: Spending Has Smallest Gain of Year, Prices Rise
It's Time to Invest for $100 Oil
When Chaos Replaces Oil
August 1
Record Household Deficit - Is There Anything Wrong With This Picture?
Currency Regime Change
July 31
Dark New Day
Brakes Slam on US Economic Growth
July 28
Federal Reserve Board Impedes the Wanta Plan
July 27
Bankers Fear World Economic Meltdown
Russia’s Fx, Gold Reserves Up 2.8% in Week to July 21
July 25
Russia's Gold and Currency Reserves Surging for Four Weeks Straight
EuroWeek : US Creditors Sue Rating Agencies Over China Rating
$4 Per Gallon for Gas?
July 21
Rising Global Interest Rates Point to Good Times for Gold
Truck Drivers From India to Take U.S. Jobs?
USA and Japan Become the Poorest of the Richest Countries
China Stainless Steel Firms Struggle as Nickel Surges
Commodity Prices Seen Soaring in Second Half
July 20
CNBC to Become Pro-Gold?
July 19
U.S. Housing Index at Lowest Since 1991-NAHB
Remember, "We" Includes the Chinese
July 18
Beijing Shows No Sign of Letting Yuan Rise
Three War Forecasts
July 17
US 'Could Be Going Bankrupt'
High Petroleum Prices Force Montana's Asphalt Prices to Rise
July 14
Bulls Bet on Gold to Top $1,000
July 13
World Woes Drive Gold Prices Back Up
Platinum Demand to Outpace Supply
U.S. May Want More Bank Data
Oil Prices Rise as Iran Referred Back to UN Security Council
Oil Hits $76 as Mideast Violence Escalates
Oil Buying
Is the United States Bankrupt?
July 12
The Creature From Another World
Yakkity Parrots Can Be Trained to Say Smart Things
Syria Will End Dollar Peg, Moves Reserves to Euros
July 11
Economic Weapon of Mass Destruction
Central Banking, the Depreciation of Self-Worth, and Decivilization
July 10
China Trade Surplus Hits Record
July 7
Crude Oil Touches New Intraday High
Japan Bank Urged to Keep Eye on North Korea
July 6
Runaway Market - Part 1
Runaway Market - Part 2
Get Ready to Do Some Bargain Buying!
Hedge Funds: Playing Dice With the Universe
Banks Slammed for Downplaying CIA Probe
July 5
Enron Founder Ken Lay Dead of Heart Attack
Gold, Silver Rise After North Korea Fires Missiles Into Sea
Is Gold's Bull Market Back on Track?
Will the Federal Reserve Create the New Socialist Man?
Online Gambling on Hurricanes Becoming Popular
July 3
Gold Hits 4-Week High as Tokyo Rises, USD Watched
Gold Exchange to Start Silver Trade
UAE Central Bank Set to Enter the Gold Market
June 30
Platinum Fundamentals
'Zombie Debt' Comes Back to Haunt Consumers
US Dollar-Based Economies Depreciate Twice Since 2003
Europe Confidence at 5-Year High, Prices Top Forecast
June 29
Crisis Investing: U.S. Agriculture
Pendulum Swings Toward Gold
Central Bankers Warned on Rising Inflation
Weed Eaters and Bug Suckers?
June 28
China Slams Dollar Reliance
Regulator Fines 'Unethical' Fannie Mae $400m
ARM Implosion Straight Ahead
Henry Calls for Redistribution of GSE Assets
June 26
GM to Shed Quarter of Workforce This Year
What Would Happen If the USD Collapsed?
Refco Bank Hid $1 Billion Loss From Hedge Funds, Arafat Casino
Russia to Repay Its Debts Early
Retirees Will Face Dire Straits
Dollar Rallies to Two Month Highs, Fed Eyed
June 23
New Bankruptcy Law Will Not Protect You from Identity Theft
Gold & Silver Accumulation Ramps Up
U.S. Losing Its Middle-Class Neighborhoods
Ford Rated More Likely to Default Than GM
S.E.C. Is Reported to Be Examining a Big Hedge Fund
June 22
Faith in Gold
Dilemmas & Redux
Turkmen in Gas Warning to Russia
June 21
Iran War 'Could Triple Oil Price'
Toting an Uzi is Not a Good Sign
U.S. Pension Peril Grows With Bankruptcies
GM's Credit Rating Cut Yet Again
Diesels Under Pressure
The Most Powerful Force on Earth
Fed Steals Punchbowl, Party Ends, Hangover Starts
Brazilian Airline Cancels Flights
June 20
Remarkable Development in the Gold Market
The Inevitable Consequence of Monetary Inflation
US Gold Futures Clash Intensifies
Fear Grips Phoenix Housing Market
Foreclosures May Jump as ARMs Reset
Commodities Lure New Cash
June 19
Car Buyers Stymied By Negative Equity
America's Untested Management Team
Capitalism Requires a Great Depression
June 16
It's the End of the World As We Know It, If the Yen Carry Trade is Unwound
What Happened to Gold?
Gold in Asia Rises as Investors Raise Bets on Bullion Recovery
June 15
Beyond Insane
Why Arabian Investors Should Buy and Hold Gold!
June 14
Global Equity Meltdown Costs Investors $2 Trillion
Russian Official Urges New World Financial System Without Dominating Currencies
Dollar on the Edge
U.S. Economy: Producer Price Rise Compounds Inflation Concern
Precious Metals
Bernanke Scares Pavlov's Sheep
June 13
Global Markets Plunge on Fed Worries
Bankruptcy Filings Up Despite Reforms
Interbank Money Manipulation — comment from Q-Files listener
Paulson and the Dollar
Nikkei Posts Biggest One-Day Loss in Two Years
Japan's Stocks Resume 2nd-Quarter Drop; Nikkei Loses 600 Points
Foreclosures Rising With Debt, Job Losses
The Greater Depression
UAW Chief: Problems More Serious Than Ever
Futures Markets
Latin American Stocks Hammered on Rate Concerns; Mexican Shares at Lowest Since Nov.
June 12
Global Military Spending Hits $1.12 Trillion: Report
Nigeria: Over 800,000 Barrels of Oil Shut
Is Bernanke an 'Amateur'?
Money Creation
Reasons to Worry
June 9
Double Counting of Gold by Central Banks May Have Aided Price Suppression
June 8
Nikkei Logs Biggest One-Day Loss in a Year
Asian Stocks Drop to Lowest Levels in Mos.
CEOs Have Less Rosy View on Economy
VW to Drop Diesels from MY2007 Lineup in US Due to Emission
Gulf-Managed Funds Facing Cash Exodus
June 7
Iran Hoarding Gold
Everybody is Insane
The Next “it” Product
Mauling From Madrid if ECB Hikes by Half Point
Study: 43% Won't Have Enough in Retirement
Paper Assets Seeking Safety Send Gold Soaring
June 6
World Markets
Regarding the Resurgent Ruble
Russian Exchange Stabilization Fund – From Rubles to Foreign Currencies to Gold?
Russia Leading Global 'stealth Demand' for Gold
Russia: 'Era of Cheap Fuel is Over'
June 5
I Knew I Should Have Bought Gold
From Rubles to Foreign Currencies to Gold
Allstate Drops Most Earthquake Insurance Nationwide
How Low Will the Dollar Go?
Investment Implications of an Abrupt Climate Change
Oil Prices Up in Asian Trade as Iran Warns on Energy Supplies
June 2
Japan's Bonds Tumble as Auction Demand Slumps to Three-Year Low
NYSE, Euronext in Trans-Atlantic Exchange Deal
Nonprofit Reports Data Loss For 1.3 Million Borrowers
Sales of American Autos Fell Sharply in May
Oil Firms Toward $71, US Refinery Glitches Support
European Outlook: More Risk, More Stamina
June 1
Allstate Dropping Earthquake Coverage in Washington
I, Emperor Mogambo...
World Markets about to Crash Together?
Fed Members Unsure on May 10 About Next Interest-Rate Decision
Suppressed Details of Criminal Insider Trading Lead Directly into the Cia's Highest Ranks
Russia to Repay All Soviet Era Debts in 2006 — Finance Minister
May 31
Russia to Lift All Currency Controls on July 1 to Make Ruble Fully Convertible
The Dollar Vs. Manufacturers—Can Only One Survive?
U.S. MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Fell 1.9% Last Week
May 30
BOJ Pours 1.5 Trillion Yen into Money Market
Dollar May Drop on Concern U.S. Growth Will Trail Europe, Japan
Dollar Falls on Concern U.S. Reports Will Signal Slower Growth
Dollar Demise Practically Ensures Gold's Rise
Liquidity Contraction Feeds Bloodbath
Opening the Bank
May 26
A Storm of Trouble
Governments and Central Banks are Completely Incapable of Keeping Tomorrow from Coming
U.S. April Durables Orders Fall More Than Expected
May 25
The Coming Economic Depression
European Stocks Extend Losses as Miners, Oils Drag
Ask Questions First, Then Shoot
The Economy as Cartoon
OECD Warns Rebalancing of US Deficit May Drive Dollar Down
IMF Cuts Off Credit to Bolivia
Belarusian President Lukashenko Forecasts Collapse of Global Economy
Backfire On Corrupted Price Index
The Great Uranium Bull Run
May 24
More Uncertainty on World Markets
Pentagon Secret Spending Said at Post-Cold War High
Interest Rates Slide at Treasury Auction
U.S. Stocks Fall on Interest-Rate Concern; Alcoa, Exxon Drop
Rare Metals Outstrip Copper Demand
May 23
Mexican Stocks Plummet, Peso Hit Hard
The Plan to Replace the Dollar With the 'Amero'
Collapse of the Petrodollar Looming
Saudi Firm Buys Gold From African Central Bank
RTS Bourse to Start Trading Oil, Oil Products, Gold on June 8
Oil Rises After U.S. Refinery Fire Heightens Gasoline Concerns
May 22
The Coming Financial Crises
Markets ‘Are Like 1987 Crash’
Global Economy Headed for Danger
Warren Buffett Isn't Buying American - Should You?
No 'Ordinary People' at the Atlantica Table
Road Kill on Main Street
May 19
The Weapon Iran May Not Want to Use
Short-term Rates to Stay Near Zero
IMF Leans on Financial Heavyweights
May 18
US$: Revolt, Downgrade & Disorder
New Bout of Inflation Jitters Hits Markets
The Death Throes of the Scumbags
Risks Plague Bank of China IPO
Emerging-Market Stocks Slump, Set for Biggest Drop in Two Years
Russian Rouble to Attack the US$
Fund Manager : Market’s Going to Get Coyote Ugly
Auto Workers Authorize Leaders to Strike Delphi Corp.
Farmers Feel Pinch of High Fuel Prices Now, Consumers May Later
May 17
Huge Gold Action and Earth Shaking Change Imminent
Tanigaki Says Japan Could Sell US Treasuries to Fund Intervention
US 'Must Beware' Rise in al-Qaeda Oil Strikes
Dollar Resumes Its Slide
Why the Dollar is Falling So Fast
How the Dollar's Collapse Will Lead to a New Gold Standard
Gold Resumes Rally as Dollar Falls, Investors Return to Metals
The Great Oil Race: Cheney Discovers U.S. is Losing Out to China
May 16
Weak US Dollar Weighs on Markets
US Dollar Weakness Likely to Crash Global Stocks
The Declining Dollar Erodes Personal Savings
Banks Face Vast Losses in Copper Mayhem
Petrodollar Became Essential Basis for US Economic Hegemony in the 1970s
The People's Forex Liberation Army
Chavez Issues Warning Over Oil and Iran
Florida Says State Farm Seeking 72 Pct Rate Hikes
May 15
Chavez Offers Oil to Europe's Poor
Oil for No One If Iran Attacked
IMF Acts to Avoid Markets Meltdown
China Warms to Cheaper Palladium Jewellery
May 12
Gold Soars to New 25-Year High Above $725
Euro Sets One-Year High on View the ECB May Accelerate Its Rate Increases
Most Paris Club Members Ready to Accept Russia’s Early Debt Repayment
Russia's Gold and Currency Reserves Hit Record High
May 11
US Housing Slowdown Appears to be Spreading Nationwide
Don't Look to Me for a Solution
Fannie Mae Faces $800M Bill for Restatements
When Money and Mouth Diverge
Politics Blamed for China's Trillion-Dollar Bad Debts
Energy Crisis? Venezuela Gas is Cheaper Than Water
Treasuries Erase Their Gains After Fed Raises Rates, Signals More to Come
May 10
Putin Proposes Creation of Ruble-Denominated Oil, Gas Exchange
Dollar Vulnerable, No Matter What FX Report Says
Canadian Dollar Rises Above 91 Cents for First Time Since 1978
830,000 Vehicles, 50 Places to Fill Up
Refco Class-Action Suit Widened to Include Austrian Bank
May 9
Asia is Getting Ready to Dump the Dollar Peg: Andy Mukherje
The Inevitable Collapse of the Greenback
How Does a Currency Collapse? And the U.S.$?
May 8
Why Silver Prices Must Rise
Saudi Cleric Sees U.S. Collapsing, Muslim Victory
The Last Gasp of the Dollar; Iran Bourse Opens Next Week
Copper Thefts Plague East St. Louis
May 5
Gold Hits Fresh 25-Year High
US Jobless Claims Rise Last Week, Q1 Labor Costs Up
Consumer Confidence Hits 7-Month Low
Gasoline Prices a "Crisis": Bodman
Oil Stock Exchange to Be Set Up in Iran Next Week
NY Gold Sprints Higher Early, Silver Rebounds
First Silver Fund Beats Expectations
Kodak and Fuji Hit by Higher Cost of Raw Materials
Margins for Gold and Silver Future Contracts to Be Increased on NYMEX
Copper Soars to Record on Supply Concern; Zinc, Aluminum Rally
May 4
Some Analysts Warn Gas Prices Could Top $5 a Gallon
Gold: It's Not Iran, Stupid
Russia Has World’s Fourth Largest Gold and Forex Reserves
May 3
Refco Judge Freezes $1.2B of BAWAG Assets
I Advise Buying Gold
...and Then the Head Pops Off
Moneyization, Part 23 or We Have Meltdown
GM and Ford Sales Lose Ground in April
Saudi Fears Over Attacks Drive Oil Prices Higher
London Brent Hits Record on Iran Fears Ahead of US Stocks Data
May 2
Bolivia Seizes Gas Industry
The Axis of Gas
Fuel Costs Prompt School Closings in Tenn.
Gold Climbs to a 25-Year High
Gold Lease Rates and the Price of Gold
Social Security, Medicare Funds Deteriorating Faster
Energy Chief: High Gas Prices Could Last 3 Years
High Gas Prices Will Last Years, Bush Aides Say
What the Price of Gold is Telling Us
Investors Target $700 Gold
China's Jewelry Sales in 2006 to Increase By 40%!
May 1
New Oil Shock Ahead as $100 Spike Looms
$100 Oil, 5% Inflation, and the Coming Recession
$100 Billion Iran-China Energy Deal Ready to be Signed: Chinese Ambassador
Gold Closes at 25-Year High, Silver Jumps
The Threat to a Fistful of Petrodollars
Inflation - Who Says It's Dead?