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April 27
Too Much Like 1929
Dollar Myths
Home Builders Hammered by Housing Slump
Drought Fears Ignite Global Wheat Prices
April 26
Father of Securitized Mortgage Market: First Time in History Median Home Price is Likely to Decline
China's Protein Gap Will Stoke Global Inflation: Andy Mukherjee
Blackrock Chief Warns on Leveraged Loans
Economic Nirvana
April 25
AMEX Precious and Base Metals Conference Luncheon Presentation
The Era of the Dollar Is Over
High-Flying Commodity Prices Crimp U.S. Food Buying for Poor
Dollar Down Against the Yen in Asia on Pessimism Over U.S. Economy
April 24
Grocery Bills Eat Up More Income
Subprime Bondholders May Lose $75 Billion in U.S. Housing Slump
Gold Demand Is Growing, and Supply Is Not
April 23
Gasoline at $4 Coming to a Pump Near You, Unfazed by Rising Tab
Capitalizingon Sustainable Development - Making Gold Out of Green
Petrodollar & Iran & Iraq
KPMG Claims Fraud at Fannie Mae
April 20
Inflation Adjusted Profit Pizza
April 19
New Threat to Skilled U.S. Workers
The Peak Oil Crisis: Have the Troubles Begun?
Farmers Could Get Federal Aid for Crop Damage
Qatar Gold Reserves Soaring
Dollar Falls to Lowest Since 2004 Versus Euro; U.S. Loses Shine
April 17
Goldfinger Brown's £2 Billion Blunder in the Bullion Market
UK Pound Goes Through $2 Barrier
Dollar Trades Near Record Low Vs. Euro
Freeze Does Major Damage to Crops, Finances
Why the Bursting of the Housing Bubble Will Bring About the Modern 1930s
The Dow is Crashing
Stagflation Emerging
April 16
Foreclosures Surging in Louisville, KY Suburbs
Subprime Bailout? $120 Billion
Gold Stocks and the Great Crash of 1929 Revisited
Death of the Dollar
Perched Precariously on a Precipice
Over Half of Americans on the Government Dole
April 12
Merril Lynch's Thought for the Day
Dash for Green Fuel Pushes Up Price of Meat in US
NASD Issues Rare Warning to Investors
Doomsday for the Greenback
Financial Earthquakes
April 11
Gasoline Shortages and Summer Prices — Alert from Hawk
In Venezuela, a Showdown Looms Over Oil
Gold Breaches $680 As Dollar Slides on US, China Trade Row
Iran Leads Attack Against U.S. Dollar
Euro Rises as Signs of Growth Prompt Traders to Boost Rate Bets
China Slams US Over WTO Complaints
Can We Trust the Silver ETF?
China Hits Out as US Launches Trade Cases
End of Housing Bubble Should Have Been Obvious to Everyone
April 10
The Federal Reserve Monopoly Over Money
Japanese Exchange to Offer Gold-Based Trading Fund
Everyone is Watching Commodities
April 9
Crop Prices Soar, Pushing Up Cost of Food Globally
April 6
Key Charts & Major Clues
N.J. Pension Fund Endangered by Diverted Billions
April 5
'Strong Possibility' Gas Will Rise to $4
Peak Oil, China, & India Will Send Oil Prices to the Moon
Iran's Pre-Emptive Strike
Fannie Mae's Critics Question NYSE Listing
Fund Issues Dire Equities Warning
Gold, Silver Rise; Dollar Drop May Spur Demand for Alternative
Lead Rises to Record as Magellan Closing Adds to Supply Concern
Army Tells Managers to Prep for Potential Money Crunch
Do It or It's Doo-Doo!
April 4
Moody's May Cut Ratings on 40-50 Banks After Protests
Fannie Mae's Critics Question NYSE Listing
Army Tells Managers to Prep For Potential Money Crunch
Lead Rises to Record as Magellan Closing Adds to Supply Concern
April 3
Major Home Lender Files for Bankruptcy
U.S. Factory Index Drops Amid Auto, Housing Weakness
Japan’s Economy Experiences Deflation Again in February
China Has $1 Trillion to Fight a U.S. Trade War
Europe Tops US in Stock Market Value
Crude: Barrels of Fun to Crack You Up
April 2
China Demands US Scrap Anti-Subsidy Duties
OCC Reports on 4Q 2006 Bank Derivatives
March 30
$6 a Gallon? Not Enough!
Gasoline Prices Soar on Refinery Trouble
Crude Oil Jumps Above $66 as Iran Dispute Boosts Supply Concern
U.S. Economy: Growth Hobbled by Housing, Spending
UAW Vows to Strike If Delphi Voids Pacts
State Shutdowns Loom
The Mind-Bending New World of Work
March 29
Fed Jeopardizes Dollar as It Neglects Its Mandate
Iran Planning to Stop Using U.S. Dollar to Price Oil, Central Bank Governor Says
Subprime and the Biggest Risk of All
Ugh!
March 28
China to Take Down World Markets
Oil Rises a Seventh Day as U.K.-Iran Standoff Threatens Supply
Saudi Stocks Lose SR81bn in One Day
Gulf Economies to 'Drop the Dollar'
The Time for Gold 'to Go Ballistic' Approaches
China Shifts to Euros for Iran Oil
Trilateral Globalists Call for Gas Tax Hike
March 27
U.S. Economy: Home Sales Drop to Lowest Since 2000
US Mortgage Crisis Forces Homeowners to Take Refuge in Their Cars
Foreclosure Activity Rises
Home Foreclosure Rate in Ohio Skyrockets
Codelco Says Copper Demand Rises on 'Unimaginable' China Growth
March 26
Oil Prices Will Rise
Gas Prices Soaring With U.S. Shoppers Already Struggling
Silver Stock Report: Why Silver's Ready to Double in a Year
U.S. Economy: Leading Indicators Index Fell 0.5%
March 23
Pandemic Could Cause Deep, Uneven Recession, Group Predicts
March 22
Inflation Cancer
Velkomin to the United States of Foreclosure
Russian Criminals Targeting U.S. 401ks and Online Traders
China, Now the World's Largest Investor
March 21
Crisis Looms for Entire Economy
Cramer Reveals a Bit Too Much
Inflation is Eating US Wage Gains
Gold Hits Two-Week Highs on Weaker Dollar
Houses Cheaper Than Cars in Detroit
Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index Falls
Stamp Goes to 41 Cents in May; Forever Stamp OK'd
China to Halt Accumulating Foreign Reserves
March 20
Who is to Blame for the Mortgage Carnage and Coming Financial Disaster?
Who's to Blame for the Housing Mess?
Federal Reserve Notes Are Backed By Nothing
Why the Subprime Bust Will Spread
Stop Worrying About Gold
March 19
A Sea-Change in Risk Perception
Loans From Hell
March 16
America's Total Debt Report - $48 Trillion - and Soaring
Bank Bust & Sea Change: 3 Views
As in 1914, Is the Smart Money Blind?
Can 4% of Homeowners Sink the Entire Market?
Greenspan Warns Subprime Woes Could Spread
The Minsky Moment: They Can Run, But They Can’t Hide
Barclays Demand Squeezes US Lender
March 15
Is America Headed for a Depression?
The Great China Sale
Top Investor Sees U.S. Property Crash
World Liquidity Crisis Emerging
Unwinding the Yen, Unravels Global Stock Markets
Foreign Love for U.S. Assets at Risk in Subprime Drop
Ustamos Mucho Grande Freaking Doomed
March 14
China May Sell U.S. Bonds
China and the 1 Trillion Dollars (for Starters)
China Trade Surplus Overshoots Economists' Estimates
Pop Goes The Bubble: The New Century Financial Corp. Debacle
Central Bank Gold Sales Continue to Decline
Asian, European Stocks Plunge
March 13
Australia's Gold Production Falls to Lowest Level in 13 Years - Report
Alphas, Betas, Scamps and Scalawags
How Bad Will It Get?
Major Mortgage Lender, New Century, on Bankruptcy's Doorstep
When Interest Rates Hit 32%, There Ought to Be a Law
America’s Subprime Collapse and What It Means for the Rest of the World
CDOs May Bring Subprime-Like Bust for LBOs, Junk Debt
U.S. Employers' Hiring Intentions Nudge Lower: Manpower
March 12
It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Corporate America Meets Feudalism
600 Million Reasons to Worry
Cashless Society By 2012, Says VISA Chief
Bank of Israel Employees Declare Sudden Strike
March 9
Gold Timers' Despair
Change in the Houston Area Housing Market
March 8
The Federal Reserve Will End in Bank Failure
The Housing Crash Blog with an Attitude Problem
Gold Production Plummets
South African Gold Output Falls to Lowest in 84 Years
Fingers of Instability, Part 1
Fed Chief Wants to Tighten Up Mortgage Giants
March 7
James Turk: $720 Gold in Two Months
U.S. Heading for Financial Trouble?
Goldman Sachs Warns of 'Dead Bodies' After Market Turmoil
Dow's Bounce May Not Signal Recovery
The Bear's Lair
The Damage Has Been Done to the Financial Markets as Volatility Soars and the Carry Trade Unwinds
And They Call Me Arrogant!
March 6
A Fairy Tale World
The Four Days That Shook the World
Hidden Fees Seen Eroding U.S. 401k Retirement Plans
Lehman Says Oil Will Rise, Deflates 'Bubble' Argument
China's Economic Strategy
US and Global Financial Turmoil: Ten Observations on the Coming Financial and Economic Hard Landing
March 5
World Stock Drop Hits Second Week
Shocks, Webs, Liquidity & USDollar
The Secret Maneuverings of the Plunge Protection Team
Rocking the Subprime House of Cards
Asian Stocks Tumble As Yen Surges
Chinese Market Gold Rush Goes On
March 2
Commerce Department Says U.S. Economy Is Weaker Than Expected
Wall Street's Bear Growls
Goldman, Merrill Almost 'Junk,' Their Own Traders Say
Oil Is Back and So Is the Russian Bear
March 1
Tuesday's Market Plunge
Major Asian Markets Retreat for Third Day
Dow Falls Another 200, Gains 100 Back
Nothing In Reserve at Commercial Banks
Jim Rogers: U.S. 'Probably in Recession'
US Will Not Tolerate North Korean Counterfeiting Despite Nuclear Deal
More Stoppages at Airbus Plants
Shares Plummet on Fears of Global Slowdown
Tokyo's Nikkei and TOPIX Tumble in Sell-Off
Reversing the Joy of the Boom
February 27
Wall Street Slammed After China Stock Woes
Wall St Slides on Worry About China, Growth
Freddie Mac to Tighten Subprime Mortgage Standards
Why Today's Market Action Should Not Come as a Surprise to Q-Files Listeners
Marc Faber: Markets are ‘Overbought and Vulnerable’
Home Prices Fall at Fastest Rate in 14 Years
Chrysler to Offer $100K Buyouts to Some Union Workers
February 27
China's Stocks Have Biggest Tumble in 10 Years; Vanke Plunges
European Stocks Slide After China Market Plunges; BHP, Rio Drop
IRS Goes After eBay, Wants Info on Seller Earnings
Subprime Housing Game Is Over
Rough Waters Ahead
February 26
Summits, Trade War, Gold
Gold and Silver Market Updates
Central Bank Buys 20 Tonnes of Locally Mined Gold for Its Reserves
U.S. Economy Leaving Record Numbers in Severe Poverty
February 23
Barrick Knows It Can't Be Just About Gold
The Second Great Depression
February 22
Gold Rises to 9-Month High on Inflation Concerns; Silver Gains
Willing Stupidity
Housing 'Hangover' Kills Jobs as Spending Wanes; More Cuts Loom
Commercials on the Ropes
February 21
Ford Could Close More Plants, Cut Union Wages: Analyst
Japan Hikes Rates, Yen Falls
February 20
Inflexion Point of the Phase of Impact / US Economy Enters Recession
February 19
Chicago Exchange to Launch Hurricane Futures
Mainstream Finance Gets It Wrong on Gold
February 16
Gold Sales Hit Record $65.3Bn
That Worrisome Trade Deficit
Housing Sales Drop in 40 States
New Global Trend: Dump a Dollar, Buy a Euro
February 15
Chrysler to Cut 13,000 Jobs, Keep Options Open
Daimler Open to Partial Sale of Chrysler
Delta's Parent to Slash 8,000 Jobs
Hershey to Cut 1,500 Jobs
The US as Leading Currency Manipulator
Dependent on the Kindness of Strangers
February 14
Trade Deficit Sets Another Record
Delphi 3Q Loss Widens to $2 Billion
Gold Rallies Above 670 USD, Hits Fresh 7-Month High
Prepare for a Flight to Gold
February 13
U.S. Postal Service Warns Financial Firms of Threats
Accelerating Middle Class Poverty
Inflation Whispers to the World to Buy Gold
February 12
US Congress Urges Japan to Sell Reserves
February 9
Zero Degrees of Dollar Separation
Gold: Rich Country, Poor Country
The MoGu "HTTIASTIB,EWUI.ICYCBCBTFTIESS" Kit
Alcatel-Lucent to Cut 12,500 Jobs
February 7
Spending Spree Over As Americans Walk Without Safety Net
Mr. Bush's Deficit Dance
How the Fed Lost Control of Money Supply
Lawmaker: U.S. Sent Giant Pallets of Cash into Iraq
February 6
For the First Time, Poverty Shifts to the U.S. Suburbs
February 5
10,000 Jobs May Be Cut at Chrysler
Gold Manipulation
Tokyo Bourse to Offer ETFs Linked to Prices of Precious Metals - Report
February 1
Getting Warmer!
The Changing Global Economy Russia Buys Gold for Reserves
Ninety Percent of Everything Is Crap
January 31
The Great Credit Bubble: What Could Go Wrong?
Russia Now Has World’s 10th Largest Economy
The One World Order: Following the Filthy Lucre
January 30
Foreclosures Soaring in New York
Who Runs the World and Controls the Value of Assets?
Get Ready To Harvest Gold the ETF Way
Abdullah Says Malaysia Has Shifted Reserves Away From Dollar
January 29
State of the Nation? Broke
The Highway Men
January 27
The Gold Price-Fixing Conspiracy
January 26
Kuwait May Abandon Dollar Peg to Protect its Economy
A New Service for Silver Savers in Mexico
January 25
More Californians at Risk of Losing Homes
Sloth, Gluttony & the Coming Medical/Finacial Tsunami
Why the Instant Background Check is a Bad Idea
More Californians at Risk of Losing Homes
Calling All Gold Bulls: IMF Adopts New Gold Accounting Standards
Ford Posts Record Loss of $12.7B in 2006
Play Along and Go Long
Can the Fed Prevent Deflation? Does It Want to?
January 23
Pfizer Stuns Mich. With Huge Job Cuts
Housing Cracks Extend to Banks
Coin Shortage Could Turn Pennies to Nickels
Some Key Statistics as Prediction Aids
Next Stop: Doomsville!
Flood of Insurance Claims After Storms Hit
January 22
Housing Cracks Extend to Banks
Stocks Fall on Bernanke Comments
January 19
Sallie Mae 4th-Quarter Net Falls; Core Earnings Rise
Oil's Plunge a Fake - Expect $80 a Barrel Before 2008
January 18
US Housing Bust Getting Worse, Warns Goldman
Gold Forecast $750 an Ounce
Derivatives--The Mystery Man Who'll Break the Global Bank at Monte Carlo
Gold Ready to Retest $640
Liquidity Dilutes!
January 16
Buyers Scarce, Many Condos Are for Rent
2007: Buckle Up, Boys and Girls... Danger Lies Ahead
January 15
Shortage of Coins Hits Gold Market
Euro Displaces Dollar in Bond Markets
Bank Records Not Private in National Security Probes
Amfi Expects Launch of Gold ETFs in Feb
The Place to Be for Gold in 2007
January 12
Irreparable Cracks in the Financial System
Gold Impetus & Risks
Silver Close to a Bottom
January 11
Norilsk Nickel Platinum Group Metal Exports Halted By Kremlin Delays
Why Bullion is Heading for an All-Time High
Burdened as I Am With Gold and Firepower. . .
January 10
A Frightening Worldwide Currency Crisis
Gold Buying Doubles
January 9
Global Markets Face 'Severe Correction,' Faber Says
January 8
More Pain for Homeowners: Allstate Plans to Shed 106,000 Policies in State
Fiat Money: History Repeats Itself
January 5
Social Security for Illegal Aliens
Banks Could Be Crippled By Flu Pandemic
January 4
Taxes
Sucking Sound Is Global Liquidity Drain: Mark Gilbert
Zinc and Nickel Price Forecast
Euro Used as Legal Tender in Non-EU Nations
The Great Commodity Pendulum of the 21St Century
Homeland Insecurity?
I Can Still Kick, Squirm, Spit, Scream
January 3
The New Bush Order
The World's Reserve Currency
Chile's Divisive Mountain of Gold
Dollar Dips Further Against Pound
Dollar May Fall on Report Showing U.S. Manufacturing Weakening
Driving Towards National Bankruptcy
January 2
The Death of Cash
2007 Economic Forecast: Dollar Decline, Recession
Euro Threatened with 2007 Meltdown, as French Economy Slump
Gold Has Biggest Annual Gain Since 2002 on Dollar's Decline
Gold and Silver Ring in 2007 Bullish
Silver - Ready to Roll
Precious Points: a New Year for Metals
Russian Energy Supermodels