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May 20, 2010

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Euro Crisis Totally out of control?

May 19, 2010 by Christopher Laird

bill powersOverall, you can say that the US housing crisis 

spread to the US financial system first, The US 

blew up first, but now the others with the same

 problems (EU) are breaking down, and as the world tried to reflate

 financial markets and succeeded with public money, that is now 

over and the new outcome is the EU region is the next ‘Lehman’ 

style crisis, but it’s a crisis of the biggest economic aggregate in

 the world the EU (Yes it’s bigger than the US). Full article


CPI Goes Negative for Month, Smallest 12-Month I

ncrease Since January 1966, More Negative Months

 Coming

May 19, 2010 by Mike Shedlock

Economists who are generally surprised by everything

 were surprised again today when the CPI Fell .1% 

in the April CPI Release.

Bloomberg reports Consumer Prices Unexpectedly Decreased i

n April.

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Segment 6: The Headwinds of Debt and Credit

In this segment we discuss how the shortage of available credit, and the high levels of existing debt, will continue to drag on our economy for years to come.

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Storm Watch Update

May 3, 2010 by Jim Puplava

I know what you're thinking. The nearly 80 percent rise in the S&P 500 since the March lows of 2009 doesn't make sense. The unemployment rate is close to 10 percent, home foreclosures are at new record highs, businesses are closing shop or laying off workers, the government is running trillion-dollar deficits and backing trillion–dollar bailouts–how can stocks be going up under these conditions? If the economy is on the road to recovery it sure doesn't look like a normal one. You may have lost your job, or your neighbor may be out of work. You may have a son or daughter or grandchildren who have been laid off or can't find work. Full article

Financial Sense Online Editorials

05/19 CFTC Aftershocks by Jennifer Barry
05/19 A Pig Tale by Ed Stein
05/19 The End of the Gold Bull Market by David Galland
05/19 Criminal Charges Could Cut BP’s Stock in Half by Justice Litle
05/19 Gold Thoughts by Ned Schmidt
05/19 Deflation and Economic Weakness Are the Best Catalysts for Gold by Trendsman
05/19 Euro Crisis Totally out of control? Implications by Christopher Laird
05/19 Stocks Fall as Germany Tries to Solve Problems on its Own by Brewer Futures
05/18 Is Your IRA or 401K a Target of Government Appropriation? by Chris Blasi
05/18 The Nuclear Option by Marin Katusa
05/18 What Becomes of a Broken Stock Market? by Elliott Wave Int.
05/18 Stocks Bull Market Hits Eurozone Debt Crisis Brick Wall by Nadeem Walayat
05/18 The Threat of Hyperinflation real or not? by Sol Palha
05/18 Golden Goose vs. Black Swans by David & Eric Coffin
05/18 Cold Reality by Brian Bloom
05/18 It Could Have Had Class by Peter Schiff
05/17 Colorado’s Gas Pains by Bill Powers
05/17 Debt Default ‘Deferral’ of Greece a Dangerous Precedent – Got Gold? by Arnold Bock
05/17 Where Do We Go From Here? by Brian Paragamian
05/17 The Government as Identity Thieves by Ron Paul
05/17 Beyond Help by Adam Brochert
05/17 A Warning Shot Across Our Collective Bow by Captain Hook
05/17 This Week: Trading on Emotion – Eurozone Blues by Peter Navarro, Ph.D.
05/17 Th*nk*ng (Stooges) by Fred Cederholm
05/17 Will Sovereign Debt Contagion Cross the Atlantic to the U.S.? by Julian Phillips
05/17 Why More Investors Like Gold by Frank Holmes
05/17 Gold, Silver & SP500 Trading Charts & Video by Chris Vermeulen
05/14 Euro Experiment: EU Bullied into $1T Banking Bonanza by Gordon T Long
05/14 In the Eye of a Storm? by Sy Harding
05/14 Gold Technicals vs Gold Parabola! by Stewart Thomson
05/14 U.S. Michigan Consumer SentimentIndex Rose to 73.3 in May by Tony Cherniawski
05/14 Strategic mortgage defaults the next time bomb by Sol Palha
05/14 Rigging the Markets - How They Do It by Joel Skousen
05/14 What If Doug Casey Is Right? by Jeff Clark
05/14 Signs of Deflation You Might Not be Able to See Clearly by Elliott Wave Int.
05/14 Beyond the Point of No Return by Bud Conrad
05/14 A Word to the Wise by J. R. Nyquist
05/14 COMEX gold and silver markets do not affect gold and silver prices at all! by Julian Phillips
05/14 The European Economic Crisis by Monty Guild & Tony Danaher
05/14 Gold €1000: Crisis Insurance or Bubble? by Adrian Ash
05/14 Golden Antidotes to Our Being Fleeced! by Deepcaster
05/14 U.S. Solvency Contingent on Low Interest Rates by Michael Pento
05/14 Eurozone Rescue: Nuking Savers To Bailout Bankers by Daniel Amerman
05/14 Europe's $1 trillion bailout and a new world currency by David Shvartsman
05/14 The Fix in (the VIX) by Joseph Russo
05/14 Déjà vu? by D. Sherman Okst
05/13 The Day the Free Market Died by Christopher Quigley
05/13 India’s Urban Future by Frank Holmes
05/13 Is China Cracking? by Bob Clark
05/13 Gold & Silver: Market Wrap Week Ending May 7 by Doug Gnazzo
05/13 It’s All Better Now by Neil Charnock
05/13 Greek Wildfire Engulfs the Euro in Flames, buoys Gold by Gary Dorsch
05/13 Gold to S/T Target, Now What? by Gary Tanashian
05/13 Update of Gold and Related Ratios by David Petch
05/12 Deficit Landmines Dead Ahead! by Chris Wood, Jake Weber, & Vedran Vuk
05/12 Prechter Describes The "Stunning Long-Term Elliott Wave Picture" by Elliott Wave Int.
05/12 Trillion Shmillion – Europe’s “Common Currency” Is Still Doomed by Justice Litle
05/12 Are Precious Metals and Indexes Going Parabolic? by Chris Vermeulen
05/12 Selling Gold to Save the Euro by Adrian Ash
05/12 S&P 500 Stock Market Trends - May 2010 by Hans Wagner
05/12 Band-Aids for Everyone by John Browne
05/12 The Problem with Circuit Breakers by Cris Sheridan
05/12 Shock Events & Gold Breakout by Jim Willie
05/12 Trading – Brave or Stupid by Brian Bloom
05/12 Inflation; A positive development for the astute investor by Sol Palha
05/12 Golden Breakout by Toby Connor
05/12 Stocks Called Better; Volatility to Remain High by Brewer Futures
05/12 Gold & Silver: The Only Game in Town 2010-2011 by Trendsman 
05/11 3 Steps to Geographically Diversifying Your Gold Stocks by Jeff Clark
05/11 The Hungarian Connection by Antal Fekete
05/11 Who did the I.M.F. sell their 24.4 tonnes of gold to? by Julian Phillips
05/11 What Do These 8 Technical Indicators Mean for the Markets? by Robert Prechter
05/11 A Brief Note on China by Scott MacDonald
05/11 OTC Derivatives: Failed Banks or Failed Nations? by Ron Hera
05/11 The Big Short by James Quinn
05/11 Using the Same Economic Recipe means getting the Same Tragic Results by Paul Mladjenovic
05/11 Europe's Bazooka by Axel Merk
05/11 The dangers of Quant Trading models by Sol Palha
05/11 Brother Can You Spare a Trillion? by Bill Downey 
05/11 Gold and the Myth of Free Markets by Darryl Schoon
05/11 2010, Year of Sovereign Risk by Hans Wagner
05/10 Where's My Government Check? by Richard Benson
05/10 Volatility by Paul Nolte
05/10 This Week: What Just Happened???? by Peter Navarro, Ph.D.
05/10 Th*nk*ng (Explanations) by Fred Cederholm
05/10 Political Risk Rising by Scott MacDonald
05/10 Rational Panic - Where Are We? by Adam Brochert
05/10 Rise of the Machines! by John Needham
05/10 Program-Trading Must be Banned by Sy Harding
05/10 Of Man and Nature by Captain Hook
05/10 Fed Audit Under Fire by Ron Paul
05/10 T-Waves Thoughts for the week of 05-10-2010 by Stephen Tetreault
05/10 Commodity & Index ETF Trading Strategy by Chris Vermeulen

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