The 5 Min. ForecastThe 5 Min. ForecastA daily blog designed to cut through the incredible glut of news by providing you with a quick and dirty round up of the most essential ideas and not-so-common knowledge. Articles
The Fed?s Newspeak
2011-04-27 22:19:00 Truth, Gitmo and monetary policy... The 5 previews Ben Bernanke's first press conference. Plus... How the Fed tries to have it both ways, why it can't and how you can prepare for when reality hits More About: Today , Minutes
Is the Country Ready Now?
2011-04-26 21:59:00 Time for another tussle? Ron Paul to announce "exploratory committee"? Meanwhile, what are they are smoking in Washington? Plus... "Within a hair of a double dip": Case-Shiller delivers "worst" housing numbers on several fronts More About: Country , Today , Silver , Minutes
No Passport For You?
2011-04-25 22:39:00 by Dave Gonigam – April 25, 2011 Busybody Alert: State Department wants to know all your former addresses and employers before handing out a passport "A ridiculous notion"… It's Doug Casey's turn to take a whack at the "gold is a bubble" blather Abe Cofnas on the currency market's "balancing act" going into Fed-Wednesday… and ... More About: Gold , Dollar , Today , Silver , Federal Reserve
Dollar Freefall
2011-04-21 22:34:00 Dollar index breaks below 74: the rumor that could send it to the woodshed. Plus... Abe Cofnas on a pivotal week next week, and trades that could help you profit More About: Dollar , Today , Freefall , Minutes
Yeah, That?ll Solve Everything
2011-04-20 22:52:00 The one and only solution to the crushing national debt, as discovered by 72% of Americans ... and why it won't work. Plus : Chinese credit agency, central bank, Treasury all dump on D.C.'s management of the dollar More About: Today , Central Bank
Gold $1500
2011-04-19 22:36:00 More debt and deficit dismay? Gold touches $1500. Turk, Faber, Mayer weigh in on the dollar, the debt, precious metals, and how to play the coming volatility. More About: Social Security , Dollar , Today , Minutes
?Negative? Outlook? Oh No!
2011-04-18 22:37:00 S&P, kicking and screaming, downgrades U.S. "outlook", but defends AAA. Plus... Dollar defies S&P to rally, as euro-ugly comes back into vogue; Gold zooms to an all-new high as a Texas endowment piles in More About: Outlook , Today , Minutes , Atlas Shrugged
Financial No-Man?s Land
2011-04-15 22:24:00 Gold back near record levels, as upper-middle-class Chinese look for a new place to park cash. Plus... Doug Casey with advice on surviving in a "financial no-man's land" More About: Financial , Land
Low Hanging Fruit
2011-04-14 22:11:00 Hysteria, a host of sarcasm and gold forecasts... $1,550 inside a month and $1,600 before year-end... mild by comparison...Plus... "Low-hanging fruit" for gold miners in Colombia: Frank Holmes identifies what makes the country so attractive, and Chris Mayer sorts out 40 miners working the country More About: Fruit , Today , Minutes
Gold $2107
2011-04-13 22:19:00 Gold shows resilience: Stuffy British bank forecasts $2,107 inside of three years. Plus... Major gold stocks merely keep pace with the bullion: Where to find the outperformers. More About: Gold , Today , Silver , Minutes
Gold and the CCCP Trade
2011-04-12 22:03:00 Swiss celebrate daylight, European Gold Forum opens, and the rally in metals takes a breather. Plus... Oil tumbles $5 as Goldman calls a pause to the ?CCCP trade? More About: Commodities , Switzerland , Today
A Better Bargain at $1470
2011-04-11 22:31:00 World calms down, silver shoots up? Why Marc Faber sees gold cheaper today than in 1999. Bond King puts even more conviction behind our New Trade of the Decade. Do bull markets in commodities spell bear markets for stocks? Surprising evidence against an old saw. Icelandic taxpayers say no (again)? we prepare to bear witness to an exploding snowman? irritated reader asks, ?Where?s the humility?? And a farewell tribute to one of the giants of our trade? More About: Gold , Commodities , Dollar , Today , Silver
Records Falling Everywhere
2011-04-08 23:20:00 Gold and silver set records, silver tops $40: Why one market veteran sees a May 16 catalyst for $2000+ gold before year-end. Plus... Oil at new highs, corn at all-time record, and more fallout from a tanking dollar... again... More About: Gold , Today , Silver , Colombia
Higher Rates Approaching
2011-04-07 21:54:00 Like swine flu, rising interest rates spread westward across the globe: Abe Cofnas on the return of the "carry trade" and prospects for the dollar. Plus... Another harbinger of a stock rally due for a rest, and why thin volume is about to get even thinner More About: Stocks , Today , Housing , Minutes
Why Record Gold Now?
2011-04-06 22:02:00 Gold hits a record, for no obvious reason: Tocqueville?s John Hathaway on why that's a good thing. Plus... Washington fiddles over $33 billion while $14.2 trillion national debt burns: Frank Holmes with a stunning chart tracking the national debt and the gold price More About: Gold , Oil , Today , Colombia , Record
Beware High Margins
2011-04-05 22:31:00 Corporate America crowing about fat profit margins: Chris Mayer on why they may soon be eating crow. Plus... a chart that shows stocks may be overpriced by 45% More About: Stocks , Today , High , Beware , Minutes
The Gate of Tears
2011-04-04 22:47:00 Oil tops $108 as cops shoot protesters in Yemen: How this one country could spark a doubling of the oil price. Plus... Israel is watch nervously, even as they pursue energy independence: Byron King on the resulting bi-fold opportunity. More About: Gate , Middle East , Gold , Today
Clouds Under the Silver Lining
2011-04-01 23:26:00 by Addison Wiggin – April 1, 2011 Jobs spark jubilation; manufacturing index, too. The 5 finds reasons to curb your enthusiasm… The Federal Reserve forced to release 894 pdf files of "discount window "documents… Earth's magnetic poles fail to realign… Gold down ;( dollar up… how a tiny currency move delivered a 222% gain after ... More About: Silver Lining , Dollar , Today , Silver
A Record High? and a New Low Point
2011-03-31 20:48:00 by David Gonigam – March 31, 2011 Gasoline prices reach record inflation-adjusted high… Byron King on the president's energy plan and "a new low point" "Kabuki theater"… Patrick Cox on plans to "modernize" the FDA Chris Mayer on why the grain complex is due for a rest An indicator to watch as we move into ... More About: Social Security , Today , High , Point , Record
The Sham of ?Reform?
2011-03-30 22:06:00 by Addison Wiggin – March 30, 2011 Government gets religion on mortgage lending standards… The 5 notices Uncle Sam had his fingers crossed during the conversion ceremony… Ominous chart that points to “enormous backlog of foreclosures” about to hit the market Patrick Cox on a threat to the economy far bigger than rising oil prices… ... More About: Reform
Fight or Flight
2011-03-29 23:19:00 by Addison Wiggin – March 29, 2011 The Japanese earthquake could spare the United States from a "dubious distinction"… why it may not matter to you… Capital goes where it’s treated best… 60 Minutes takes a moment to notice… Video: Silicon Valley venture capitalists politely listen to a hippy-dippy pitch for bottled air… More Fed ... More About: Fight , Today , Federal Reserve
Beware the Wealth Effect
2011-03-28 23:36:00 Fed's "wealth effect" gives precious metals a smackdown: Dan Amoss on what the Fed really is likely to do next, and what you should expect. Plus... Six reasons natural gas is still a good bet... and 11 ways to play it. More About: Stocks , Wealth , Brazil , Natural Gas , Today
We?re Number 28!
2011-03-25 22:48:00 "We're Number 28!"... Results from David Walker's comprehensive survey of fiscal soundness around the globe. Plus... China's latest "5- year plan" even more bullish news for natural gas... More About: Natural Gas , Today , Silver , Federal Reserve , Minutes
Heeding the Irrational Market
2011-03-24 22:29:00 Durables disappoint, but stocks rally: Why it's significant buyers are back now. Plus... The off-budget war: how Libya is eating into proposed budget cuts. More About: Stocks , Nuclear , Market , Euro , Natural Gas
Gold?s Clear Message
2011-03-23 21:14:00 Gold approcahes record: James Turk on the "clear message" it's sending. Plus... One announcement sends nuclear renaissance closer to its grave: Byron King on what to do now. More About: Gold , Message , Clear
iPads and Burritos
2011-03-22 20:11:00 Lessons about rising food prices from a Taco Bell shooting in Texas More About: Gold , Dollar , Today , Minutes
Seen and Unseen
2011-03-21 21:40:00 by Addison Wiggin - March 21, 2011 U.S. opens third front of "Forever War"... The 5 surveys effects both seen and unseen Japan aftermath: How to profit from the fall of uranium, and do good for quake victims, in one step Traders don rally caps... The chart that shows stocks still have room to run ... More About: Middle East , Stocks , Small Business , Uranium , Natural Gas
A Warning Ignored
2011-03-18 23:54:00 Experts warn interest rate rise could ramp up U.S. Treasury's borrowing costs More About: Oil , Today , Warning , Minutes
Worse than Zimbabwe
2011-03-17 21:54:00 by Addison Wiggin - March 17, 2011 Official statistics confirm: In the race to the bottom, the United States surpasses Zimbabwe ! The $2 trillion ramp in stock and commodity prices... and the lonely ally of Ron Paul who calls it for what it is... Man moves markets, then admits he didn't know what he was ... More About: Yen , Today , Colombia , Minutes
Everybody Panic
More articles from this author:2011-03-16 21:08:00 by Addison Wiggin - March 16, 2011 Stocks hammered, again... Japan, nukes and reminiscences of the 'flash crash'... The "nuclear renaissance" declared dead... and a viable candidate named to replace it... Vancouver favorite Marc Faber on the one sure thing that will follow falling stock prices... how it will affect every decision you make this ... More About: Gold , Today , Federal Reserve , Minutes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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