This essay from the July 2006 International Speculator captures the essence of Bud Conrad’s forward-looking, contrarian analysis… almost eerily so as we appear to be on the brink of the economic precipice described herein. By Bud Conrad, Casey Research Poor Ben Bernanke. The greatest financial train wreck in history is going to happen on his...

David A Banister- www.MarketTrendTorecast.com In my most recent few forecasts for subscribers and public articles I’ve discussed a major correction in Gold, and it dropped $208 within 3 days of that forecast several weeks ago as Gold traders will recall. Last week I wrote about further consolidation being required in what I’m seeing as a either...

by Tyler Durden From Peter Tchir of TF Market Advisors As far as I can tell, the S&P bounced 1% because Russia said they would buy the bonds of France and Germany.  Well, actually they said they would purchase Common Euro-Area bonds.  I  assume Russia already buys a lot of bonds from Germany and France.  How is this any different?  They didn’t...

JW Jones – www.OptionsTradingSignals.com Social mood is absolutely horrible right now. In my experience as a trader I do not recall a similar time frame in my life. Social mood has deteriorated to the point that it would not surprise me to see two grown men come to blows over a fantasy football draft. Oh wait, that happens every year! In all seriousness,...

By Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD It’s probably the #1 question on every gold investor’s mind right now: Why are gold stocks underperforming gold? Aren’t they supposed to bring us leverage to the gold price? Yes, they are, and their performance been both disappointing and puzzling. There are some exceptions, to be sure, but in the majority of cases the...

by Tyler Durden Is that H2SO4 that Warren is pouring for his next deeply introspective bath? Or will he double down and throw good money after bad money that was good as recently as 2 weeks ago (and according to Cramer was supposed to trigger a “massive short covering squeeze in the XLF.”)

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Our video host Stefan Molyneux speaks with Casey Research Managing Director David Galland about the debt situation in the US and whether the federal government can do anything about it… assuming they’d even want to. [Are you prepared to face the coming debt storm? Learn more about it, including how to protect yourself and your assets, by joining...

David Banister- www.MarketTrendForecast.com A few weeks ago I penned a public article and private forecast for my subscribers calling for a major correction in Gold being due. 72 hours after my forecast, Gold had dropped a stunning $208 per ounce in 3 days catching most by surprise. Why did I forecast a top in Gold then? Why did Gold rally back to...

By Doug Hornig, Casey Research I’ve used the term outrage fatigue on numerous occasions in this forum as a way of trying to explain why there has been such a muted outcry from the general population as the tally of financial atrocities committed against American citizens has exploded. August 22 was just another average day with another average headline...

  Adapted from Stock World Weekly: Count Down To Zero While world markets sell off, and President Obama and Congress wrangle over some form of job-creating legislation, the Federal Reserve is busy with its own problems as it attempts to deal with stubbornly high and persistent unemployment. Expectations for additional quantitative easing...

I hope everyone had a fantastic Labor Day weekend. I truly enjoyed myself and was able to have some creativity with my 18 month daughter. I got some new office chairs last week and I finally had time to assemble them during the rainy and windy black Monday here in Canada… Just like a child on their birthday, I tossed the chair parts aside and played...

by Karl Denninger The suspension of the talks in Athens between the government and a group of officials representing the providers of Greece’s bailout cash came, officials said, amid a dispute about how to address new gaps opening up in the government budget deficit. “The Greek side insisted the missed targets are the result of the recession....

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by Tyler Durden A few days ago the WSJ made waves by disclosing that Goldman was in the process of recreating another “Abacus”, by pitching to clients a global “pain trade” presentation created by Goldman’s Alan Brazil, which, among others, speculated that funding needs for European banks would be far, far greater than...