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Just a Cargo Cult

While the Cargo Cult is in charge, opt out of the financial world and find something better to do with your money…

+ | May 25th, 2013 | Continued

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How a Slowing Chinese Economy is About to Hand Australia a Pay-Cut

China manufacturing index contracted for the first time since October 2012. That suggests global economic consumption remains weak. China’s latest round of credit stimulus has done very little for the Chinese economy, apart from exacerbate it’s imbalances for no discernible benefit.

+ | May 24th, 2013 | Continued

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Could this be the Market Mini Meltdown Before ‘The Big One’ Hits?

The global market situation feel like tectonic plates bumping up against each other…sooner or later it will cause a major earthquake.

+ | May 24th, 2013 | Continued

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More Background Noise From Ben Bernanke

Whatever noises Ben Bernanke makes about ‘tapering’ or returning interest rates to normal is just that…noise.

+ | May 23rd, 2013 | Continued

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How Australia is Sliding Down the Other Side of the Mining Boom

As the Australian mining boom ends, China has a reduced appetite for our commodities. This effects our terms of trade, which has an effect on national income.

+ | May 23rd, 2013 | Continued

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Crowds, Mencken and Wisdom from Two Great Investors

The study of crowds has always fascinated people in finance. Markets can go to extremes no one can make sense of. One way to explain it is through crowds..

25May2013 | + | 0 comments | Continued
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(Y)earning for the Truth

The current price per earning is above average. What if that higher than average multiple is being applied to exaggerated earnings?

24May2013 | + | 1 comment | Continued
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The Siege of Vicksburg

What kind of an investor would put his money in the stock market now? A fool? Or a realist? Let’s return to our report from Vicksburg…

24May2013 | + | 0 comments | Continued
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Your Forefathers’ Pain Can Be Your Gain

The share market is behaving like a foolhardy trapeze artist — performing recklessly, knowing the Federal Reserve will provide a safety net (again).

23May2013 | + | 1 comment | Continued
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Adventures in the New South of the USA

Rural Mississippi, it’s easier to get washed in the blood than soaked in the sauce. There are more churches than bars… This is the New South.

23May2013 | + | 3 comments | Continued
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Fed Up with The Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve has basically dug a hole for itself. Now, it can either keep digging, or get buried.

22May2013 | + | 5 comments | Continued
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The Fatal Flaw at the Heart of Modern Economics

What kind of brain could think such a thing? How could you confuse an economy with a machine? It is the fatal flaw of modern economics.

22May2013 | + | 4 comments | Continued
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Influenza: The Market That’s Ready To Go ‘Viral’

We tend to think of influenza as a common seasonal illness. However, influenza imposes an economic burden of $83 billion per year in the US alone…

22May2013 | + | 0 comments | Continued
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The Warning Signs for Australia’s Economy

The profit warnings from all the mining services companies are simply a warning for Australia’s economy. Times are changing!

21May2013 | + | 3 comments | Continued
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Breaking the Gold Bulls

Those who have stuck their necks out previously have lost their heads, the market has clearly done its job in breaking the spirit of the gold bulls.

21May2013 | + | 2 comments | Continued
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Could Japanese Stocks be the ‘Trade of the Decade’?

‘Buy Japanese stocks, sell Japanese bonds was our new ‘trade of the decade’. You can see how much thought we put into it…

21May2013 | + | 3 comments | Continued
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A Simple Interpretation on Gold for Times of Monetary Madness

Another beating for the precious metals. After gold and silver fell in New York trading on Friday, Asian futures markets have opened in a panic..

20May2013 | + | 11 comments | Continued
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Dr. Bernankenstein Created a Monster, Not a Normal Economy

It’s where you end up after the Great Experiment fails…and you realize that Dr. Bernankenstein has produced a monster…not a normal economy.

20May2013 | + | 5 comments | Continued
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US Homeland Security Slaps Bitcoin Exchange

Regulators are going to be causing problems for the Bitcoin exchange in years to come, creating what is called ‘regime uncertainty’.

20May2013 | + | 2 comments | Continued
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A Battle the Government Cannot Win

The government hates progress. It prefers a world fixed and immobile, so they can regulate it and deny consumers. But entrepreneurs don’t like straitjackets.

18May2013 | + | 4 comments | Continued
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