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. 
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Market Highs Abound, Two Brazil Plays, Make-A-Baby Day in Russia, and More!
2007-09-12 19:56:00 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Market highs abound… What’s driving euro, loonie, oil, gold to YTD highs U.S. trade sets two record highs, too? why it?s seen as ?good news?? National Association of Realtors reduced forecasts for ninth time this year? two predictions on a housing bottom? Beazer asks for court protection? OPEC increases production, but ... More About: Baby , Brazil , Today , Russia
Libor Hits 20 Year High, Global Warming ?s Silver Lining, An HD Play, Champ
2007-09-11 20:14:00 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Libor keeps rising? U.K. banks face 10 days of hell? the first victim of the U.K. credit squeeze goes down hard? Did your hedge fund beat the S&P 500 in August? Probably not? Climate change makes shipping around the world easier? less expensive? stakes raised in the ... More About: Global Warming , Silver Lining , Play , Today , Global
Dollar in the Dumps, Heads Roll at CFC, Gold $1,000, and More!
2007-09-10 19:27:00 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias The greenback?s new all-time low? time to buy the dollar or are lower lows on the way? Gold maintains the $700-plus mark? is $800, $1,000 on the horizon? Countrywide makes its own special contribution to this month?s jobs report? we?ll save you the suspense? they ain?t exactly hiring Picture this: Putin ... More About: Dollar , Today , Roll , Minutes
Horrid Jobs Report, Gold Breaks $700, Greenspan Speaks, The Best Stocks of
2007-09-07 20:27:00 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Greenspan likens Panic of 2007 to bubbles of 1987, 1998? 1837 and 1907? laments the Fed?s inability to control them? Central banks of the world holding their breath, waiting for the U.S. shoe to drop? et voila! Jobs report 104,000 jobs worse than expected? why subprime malaise is f*ing with the ... More About: Stocks , Gold , Today , Report
Beige Book Recap, Global Forecasts on U.S. Economy, Scary Employment and Ho
2007-09-06 20:04:00 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Fed releases the ?Lily White Book ?? a litany of anecdotal evidence refutes their findings Private job stats hit a 4-year low, record layoffs in financials, temp employment paints scary forecast Pending home sales worst on record? traders take it out on the dollar U.N., OECD, Grantham all down on the ... More About: Economy , Today , Global , Beige
Record Hurricanes, Oil and Gold Prices Jump, Uranium Developments, Worrisom
2007-09-05 19:01:00 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Hurricane Felix steers clear of oil and gas industry, but oil jumps to $75? reasons why below Gold gains $10? why the precious metal is looking more like ?a store of value? every day Russia, India and Iran all reveal surprising uranium plans? and a way for you to play the trend Asian ... More About: Hurricanes , Uranium , Today , Record
Bush Bails Out Borrowers, Euro Buying Opportunity, Russians Send Wheat High
2007-09-04 19:35:00 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Top S&P 500 performers derive their revenues outside the U.S.: why you should care Big surprise: Bush promises to use your money to bail out subprime lenders? Bureaucrats, wonks and lobbyists make Maryland the No. 1 wealthiest state in the union Buying opportunity in the euro? Russian news sends wheat skyhigh? prices ... More About: Euro , Today , Opportunity
Politicians Gang-Up on Subprime, Bernanke Speaks, Bogus GDP, Wheat and Indi
2007-08-31 19:26:00 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias PIMCO?s Gross is going to get his wish? Pols to the rescue! Never met a crisis they didn?t love. Our advice: Shield your ears and run for cover? Since when is the Fed supposed to ?promote orderly functioning markets?? Since 10 a.m. this morning, apparently Market woes got you down? An easy ... More About: Today , Wheat , Politicians , Gang , Minutes
Conspiracies Abound, Markets Rally, Wheat Keeps on Truckin?, Chinese Pollut
2007-08-30 21:21:00 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Markets rally… The soothing words that set off a global shopping spree An enormous bet placed on the downfall of the S&P 500? the anonymous options play that has insiders shaking in their boots Wheat punches through another record high? an argument for continued high prices from the Maniac Trader Chinese pollution: Not ... More About: Today , Conspiracies
China Passes Japan, Bad Credit Worse Than Terror?, Chavez Keeps Being Chave
2007-08-29 20:39:00 By Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Markets slide worldwide… U.S. traders read Fed minutes, throw tantrum, tank indices Chinese stock market surpasses Japan ?s? why you should care? and three new plays on the Hong Kong exchange Chavez to chop three zeros off Venezuela?s ?strong? bolivar? similar scheme in Nigeria blocked? Are ?bad credit? and ?looming defaults? ... More About: Terror , China , Credit , Today
Homes for Sale at All-Time High, Consumer Confidence Plummets, China?s New
2007-08-28 20:45:00 By Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Real estate pullback ?showing no signs of slowing down?? 17 out of 20 metro markets decline in last 12 months U.S. markets sell off again? but one sector is seeing its highest insider buying action in 12 years Temp jobs suffering? last time this happened general ?unemployment? followed right behind A precious commodity ... More About: For Sale , China , Time , Consumer , Today
Fed Bends the Rules, Behind Gross? Plea, LTCM Returns, What?s a Jatropha? a
2007-08-27 21:24:00 By Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Dollar getting dreary again? Why the Fed?s ?granite façade? is showing strains? Mish uncovers the real reason Bill Gross wants a Bush bailout “If at first you don’t succeed”: LTCM founder back in the game Massive drought in Turkey, but you wouldn?t know it from this picture of fountains at Hagia Sophia Wheat hits ... More About: Today , Rules , Minutes , Rule
China?s New Secret, More Subprime Implosion, Gold Trading Advice, Uranium T
2007-08-24 18:33:00 August 24, 2007 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias The secret’s out… Four of Asia’s largest banks come clean about subprime exposure Countrywide founder decries ?worst crisis in 55 years? Bond king predicts housing slump not seen since Great Depression; calls on the president to bail the country out? yeah, right Gold : short term sell-off, long-term rally? Clarke ... More About: Advice , China , Uranium , Trading
BoA?s Big Gamble, A Worthy New ETF, Dubai Buys Vegas, and More!
2007-08-23 20:04:00 August 23, 2007 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias The four biggest U.S. banks unite and borrow $2 billion from the Fed? parlor tricks or legitimate desperation? Bank of America shows its contrarian side? how much ?value? is there in Countrywide? Markets rally? Fry predicts more blood to be shed before a true turnaround The Chinese big ... More About: Today , Dubai , Gamble , Worthy , Minutes
Huge Chinese First, Pre-Rate Cut Advice, Capital One?s Wallet, and More!
2007-08-22 20:13:00 By Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias A Chinese first: Citizens allowed to trade in Hong Kong? 2.2 trillion reasons why this is a big deal Still, they need to deal with the ?Great Leap Backward?? 2 out of 3 economists predict Fed rate cut? why cash is next to godliness until their decision? Byron King?s ?Wealth Insurance? portfolio? Fitch ... More About: Advice , Today , Huge , Minutes
China?s Stocks Soar as Chinese Officials Scheme, Average Salaries Fall, Fed
2007-08-21 21:12:00 August 21, 2007 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Shanghai index soars ahead, credit crunch be damned? Chinese government forbids monks to reincarnate without approval from Beijing? no, really Fed stuck between the hard place of credit demand and the ?granite facade? of INFLATION? new chart shows it could be worse than Bernanke lets on? Average ... More About: Stocks , China , Today , Minutes
Deciphering the Fed as Markets Rally, BDI Still Strong, Crazy Commuting Sta
More articles from this author:2007-08-20 21:59:00 August 20, 2007 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias We call BS on the Fed? the chart that proves they’ve already cut the fed funds rate Markets love the juice, rebound worldwide? why is gold tracking the financials? India suffers its worst sell-off since its 7% decline a year ago; why this is a buying opportunity What credit ... More About: Today , Crazy , Rally , Commuting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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