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What
caused the extinction of the Neanderthals after nearly
260,000 years of healthy survival?
Free trade.
According to the NewScientist.com, the Neanderthal was ousted by the Homo Sapiens,
and free trade may have been the cause. MORE>>
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In
the late 1880's, trade journals in the electrical sciences
were predicting "free electricity" in the near future. Incredible
discoveries about the nature of electricity were becoming
common place. Nikola Tesla was demonstrating "wireless lighting" and
other wonders associated with high frequency currents. There
was an excitement about the future like never before. Was
all of this excitement about "free electricity", which happened
just before the beginning of the last century, all just wishful
thinking that "real science" eventually disproved? Actually,
the answer to that question is NO. In fact, the opposite
is true. MORE>>
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It
might come as a big surprise to anyone who bought a house
in 2004 that prices were up just 2.7 percent from the year
before.
In
fact, you might be downright stunned by that number especially
since Fannie Mae — the largest mortgage lender in
the country — recently reported that home prices were nearly
13 percent higher in that same period.
Just
2.7 percent, or 13 percent? This isn't, as the mathematicians
say, just a rounding error. MORE>> |
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Many
of you, as I, have had occasion to visit with older relatives
in particular who talk about how things were back in "their
day." Life was much simpler in many respects. One of the
evidences of this is just how much debt was not only sparingly
used, but was once actually scorned by our parents and grandparents. MORE >>
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The
financial press speaks of "the dollar" as though
it had a single price. But it doesn't, it's priced against
every other currency according to how traders feel about
the United States and its economic condition, as well as
the conditions in the other country.
The
euro-dollar exchange rate gets the most publicity, but
the movements in this currency pair don‚t necessarily
reflect movements in other currencies, such as the Japanese
yen-dollar pair. Indeed, I‚m projecting a sharp drop
in the dollar against the yen in the months ahead. MORE >>
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What
is unique about the Shadow is his ability to inject thoughts
into men's minds making them forget what they were about
to do. Their "minds being clouded", he is then able to
implant his own suggestions into their minds and move them
to do his bidding. Of course, this power is used solely
for good. MORE >>
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Investing
in the precious metals and natural resources is not that
complicated. In fact, at this point in time, it is a "no
brainier." Why do I say it is a "no brainier?" Simple,
there is no other place an investor can place his or her
money and not get "creamed" with the coming events. MORE>>
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Financial
insanity is gripping the country. We’re speculating
on everything from stocks and bonds to houses. When
a dislocation comes -- and it will -- watch out.
The
murderous, devastating, epochal tsunami was not a financial
event. But -- to those of us who make our living in markets
-- it could not help but provoke thoughts about financial
risk.
MORE>>
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The
cause of the dollar’s decline is hardly a mystery:
private investors have become less eager to finance America’s
huge current-account deficit. The deficit widened slightly
in the third quarter of 2004, to a record $165 billion,
or 5.6% of GDP in that period.
These
record deficits are adding to America’s foreign debts
at an alarming rate. But as yet, America still earns more
from its foreign assets than it pays on its foreign liabilities.
That is about to change. As interest rates rise, refinancing
America’s debt will become more costly. Goldman Sachs
forecasts that net foreign-investment income is likely
to shift to a sizeable deficit during 2005, growing thereafter.
The investment bank estimates that, if America’s
current-account deficit remains steady as a share of GDP
and interest rates average 5% in future, net foreign debt-service
payments will reach 4% of GDP by 2020—a significant
drag on American living standards. MORE>>
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"Curiouser
and Curiouser" is the pithy and wondrous expression we first
meet up with in Lewis Carroll's classic, "Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland". Young Alice's decision to jump down the rabbit
hole introduces her into a world of bizarre characters and
strange encounters that leave her filled with bewilderment
and confusion. Nothing that she has learned seems to apply
in this strange place into which she has fallen. MORE>>
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The
Fed has inflated the dollar to oblivion since its inception.
In fact the 1913 dollar is worth perhaps as much as four
cents, which is actually stating that ninety six percent
of the dollar's value has been destroyed. Today, additional
money and credit may not be the answer. MORE>>
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"SOMEONE
has stuffed up big-time," an MBA graduate schooled in the
virtues of market research declared over her wine after hearing
news that Australia's iron ore miners had secured an unprecedented
71.5 per cent hike in iron ore contract prices.
On
top of a 120 per cent rise in coking coal contract prices
earlier this year, the deal, effective from April, means
Australia is set to reap billions of additional export
dollars as it basks in the sunshine of one of the biggest
commodity booms in history. MORE>> |
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Our entire
Economy throughout the 20th Century was based upon cheap
and available Crude Oil. This is going to change and dramatically
so.
2005 is going to be hell on
earth for Americans, 2006 far worse.
It is best to consider what
this means and if you have not begun to prepare for the
coming Financial Disaster, it would be advisable to begin
so immediately. MORE>>
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For
the last 20 years, the author has been visiting mines,
mineral fairs, and mineral dealers to purchase and self
collect minerals from over 40 countries to date.
It
is anticipated that those readers interested in the Precious
Metals, Gold and Silver, and the PM share market, may
find interest in these anecdotal tales of mines and minerals,
and enjoy the beauty of one of nature's hidden treasures. MORE>>
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What
is money? Money means different things to different people.
On Main Street it may mean the dollar bills in a wallet or
the cash balance in a checking account. On Wall Street it
represents the electronic digits in the interbank settlement
system. To others money represents credit, the ability to
buy a home with a mortgage, access cash through a credit
line, or the ability to purchase goods with a credit card. MORE>>
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With
1.3 billion people, a phenomenal rate of economic growth,
and an insatiable consumer demand for cars, China will soon
come into direct conflict with the United States over oil,
the world's most valuable and increasingly scarce industrial
commodity. MORE>>
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| What
most investors fail to realize is that inflation and deflation
are, so to speak, two sides of the same coin. Our government
has sanctioned a dishonest monetary system because it is a
system that encourages theft by the ruling elite. MORE>> |
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