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October 21, 2009

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Market Observation IPO Nos - Part 2 October 21, 2009 by Richard A. Eckert The 24/7 casino—by invitation only! But the issue appears to go beyond bidding up shares frantically and irrationally in a bubble atmosphere, without taking the time to properly evaluate the fundamentals of the assets in which one is investing. It’s not just that U.S. equities trading no longer reflect the fundamentals of the real economy or individual companies occupying that economy, but that it no longer seems to be in the business raising money for investment in promising new ideas or technologies or allocating capital to those projects with the most competitive returns on a risk-adjusted basis. Indeed, from this author’s perspective, through some bizarre transmogrification, the U.S. equity market now competes with new ideas, new technologies and, potentially, high-return projects for capital. And any new capital it attracts is used only to invest in itself.  Full article | Previous article: Part 1 Financial Sense Newshour Saturday, October 17, 2009 Quint Tatro (Technical), Axel Merk (Economy), Joseph Dancy (Energy), James Turk (Metals) Morgan Downey, Author, "Oil 101" Part 1 - Climbing the Wall of Worry | Other Voices: Jeff Clark, Casey's Gold & Resource Report Part 2 - There Is No Such Thing As a Free Lunch | Other Voices: William Houston, coauthor of "Water: The Final Resource" | Q-Calls Posted on Saturday, but available all week long.  Financial Sense Online Editorials 10/21 American Pie by James Quinn 10/21 Pick Me Up, Dust Me Off: The More Tax Friendly 401(k) by Paul Petillo 10/21 The geopolitics behind the phoney US war in Afghanistan by F. William Engdahl 10/19 Gold: What's REALLY Behind the Record Rise, Bull or Bubble? by Elliott Wave 10/19 Black Gold... Green Oil by Marin Katusa 10/19 Agri-Food Thoughts by Ned Schmidt 10/19 Th*nk*ng (Beginnings) by Fred Cederholm 10/19 Clean Energy Transition: Policy and Program Challenges by Andrew McKillop 10/19 The Gold Basis is Dead - Long Live the Gold Basis! by Antal Fekete 10/19 This Week: Market Top? by Peter Navarro, Ph.D. 10/16 Oil – Will it be priced in currencies other than the U.S. $? by Julian Phillips 10/16 Death of the Dollar, Again: Before You Mourn, See This Chart by Elliott Wave 10/16 Greenspan Gone Wild (Again) by Brady Willett 10/16 Is This the Final Blast-Off? by David Morgan 10/16 Disarming America by J. R. Nyquist 10/16 The Truth About Energy by Puru Saxena 10/15 The Dollar in Your Wallet Is Only Worth 18¢ by Jeff Clark 10/14 Gold Thoughts by Ned Schmidt 10/14 Russia Bolivia to launch gas joint venture by F. William Engdahl 10/12 Rats in a Cage by James Quinn 10/12 Commodities Boom or New Bermuda Triangle? by Andrew McKillop 10/12 Th*nk*ng (Prizes) by Fred Cederholm 10/12 This Week: China’s “Commodity Colony” by Peter Navarro, Ph.D.   FSO Contributors | Archive for Editorials | Contributor Info Financial Sense University Editorials 10/21 A Golden Star is (about to be) Born. by Peter Degraaf 10/21 Attack by Central Bank Lilliputians by Jim Willie 10/21 Global Growth Trends – Asia and Brazil by Hans Wagner 10/20 Recognizing a Bubble – Dynamics of Free Money by Axel Merk 10/20 Gold in Uncharted Territory with Silver Following Along by David Urban 10/20 Let’s Talk About Gold! by David Vaughn 10/20 Who Woke the Dragon? by Darryl Schoon 10/19 Financial Holocaust, Zero Bound and the Next Leg Down by Ty Andros 10/19 Loss Of Wealth by Captain Hook 10/19 What Does Adens’ $5,800 Gold Projection Mean for Gold and Silver Junior Equities? by Lorimer Wilson 10/19 Mega Profits by Neil Charnock 10/19 Precious Metals, Oil & Nat Gas Trend Charts by Chris Vermeulen 10/19 EIA Data Points to a Bullish Gas Market by Joseph Dancy 10/16 China, The Global Carry Trade and Oil by Keith Schaefer 10/16 And the Moon's Made of Cheese by Adrian Ash  10/16 Primary Bear Trend about to resume? by Brian Bloom 10/16 Will Q3 Earnings Support the Rally? by Sy Harding 10/16 Ignorance Is Bliss by Peter Schiff 10/16 Trading Trap #8: Failure To Truly, Madly and Deeply Believe In Yourself by Janice Dorn, MD, PhD 10/16 U.S. Michigan Sentiment Index Decreased to 69.4 by Tony Cherniawski 10/16 The US Dollar Is Doomed! by Patrick Heller  10/16 The Flip Side of a ‘Jobless Recovery’ by Andy Sutton 10/16 No Armageddon... Yet! by Deepcaster 10/16 Reflation Supported By Stocks, Commodities, and Oil by Chris Ciovacco 10/15 Gold’s New Friends by David & Eric Coffin 10/15 Transition point - Whither the USD, gold, and Dow? by Christopher Laird 10/15 Blight on Humanity Addendum by Rob Kirby 10/15 Dow Closes Over 10,000 - What Does This Mean – Nothing by Brewer Futures 10/15 Gold & Gold Stocks to Benefit by Neil Charnock 10/15 Dollar Update by Sol Palha 10/15 End of US$ Global Reserve Currency by Jim Willie 10/15 U.S. Stock Markets Disconnected from Reality by John Browne 10/14 Global Growth Trends – Falling Value of the U.S. Dollar by Hans Wagner 10/14 Abandoning the USS Dollar by Jennifer Barry 10/14 Repent! by Stephen Kovaka  10/14 Gold Price Action Emphasizes ‘Standard’ Status by James West 10/14 Other Peoples Money by Captain Hook 10/12 Crazy Market Thoughts – Wake Me Up When September Ends by David Zurbuchen 10/12 Part II: Deflation or Inflation? Here is the Answer… by Paul Mladjenovic 10/12 He Who Owns The Right Of Way... by Shelby Moore, III 10/12 Dow Jones Commodity Index Fund Trading Opportunity by Chris Vermeulen 10/12 Gold & Silver: Market Wrap Week Ending October 9 by Doug Gnazzo 10/12 Building the Labor Force with Forced Labor by Michael Pento   FSU Contributors |  Archive for FSU Editorials | Contributor Info