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June 24, 2010

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Market Observation Headwinds & Market Messages Chris Puplava June 23, 2010 The stock market for the past year has been supported by numerous  economic and financial tailwinds that have helped propel it to retrace a  significant portion of the 2007-2009 decline, roughly a 61.8% Fibonacci  retracement for the S&P 500.  That said many of the prior tailwinds have become headwinds leading to a deceleration  in stock  prices. Looking at various indicators suggests that these tailwinds are likely to continue  through  the bulk of 2010 and implies a potential economic growth scare. Full article | Contributor List Featured Article Uranium, Lithium, and Rare Earth Metals Investing for the Future Cris Sheridan June 23, 2010 When President Obama declared that the construction  of the first nuclear power plant in almost three decades  was “only the beginning”, I hope you took notice. Normally, we could just dismiss such  a statement as cheap political talk, however, in this case it turns out to be backed up by  $8 billion in government funding. And according to Obama’s budget proposal, this really  is just the beginning. Full article FSO Staff Recommends: » FOMC Stands Pat On Rates, Softens View On Economy » Half of all modified mortgages redefault within a year » What Is Driving State Budget Woes? Unemployment » Fannie Mae Increases Penalties for Borrowers Who Walk Away » ECRI: Inflation, Deflation & Gold (VIDEO) » ECRI: Double-Dip Recession Risk (VIDEO) » Steve Wynn Takes on Washington (VIDEO) » ECRI Weekly Leading Indicators Widely Misunderstood » New Home Sales Miss by Most Since at Least 1998; Lowest Reading Ever » Prison inmates among those abusing home buyer tax credit » Europe to Obama: No more spending! » Derivatives: No special deals for Wall Street » Dollar turns higher as new-home sales fall » U.S. Still Leads as Top Gold Holder as Investors Stock Up » Asians now richer than Europeans FSO Editorials: » "Shout Bubble From the Mountains" by Warren Bevan » "Inflation Impulse?" by Gary Tanashian » "Choppy Recoveries & Stock's Rally Attempt" by Chris Ciovacco » "Crude Realities" by Puru Saxena » "Rhodium Trading Thoughts" by Ned Schmidt » "Poisonous Ideas" by J. R. Nyquist » "President Obama and Rep. Stupak proclaim " by Richard Loomis » "The Secret to Finding Winning Energy Stocks" by Marin Katusa » "Financial Reform Bill Now in Conference" by Michael Nystrom » "Is There Really a Debt Crisis?" by Clif Droke » "Th*nk*ng (Oil)" by Fred Cederholm » "Unraveling the Rally" by Paul Nolte CFA  Read more FSO editorials Financial Sense Newshour THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010 FSN In Depth: Christine S. Richard, Confidence Game   RealPlayer WinAmp Windows Media MP3  Christine S. Richard Author; Bloomberg News Reporter Confidence Game:  How a Hedge Fund Manager Called Wall Street's Bluff PFS Group Client Only Meeting Excerpt 9 Segment 9: Unresolved Issues: Supply Scarcity In this segment I address how population growth, developing world economies, and energy supply problems are interrelated. Previous Segments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Archive Financial Sense Online Editorials 06/23 DJIA's 200-Day Moving Average by Elliott Wave Int. 06/23 Simply Outrageous by Richard Loomis 06/23 Uranium, Lithium, and Rare Earth Metals: Investing for the Future  by Cris Sheridan 06/23 What The Economist Doesn't Know About Gold by Adrian Ash 06/23 SDR Strawman & Gold-Backed Euro by Jim Willie 06/23 Why Many Analysts See Gold Going As High As $10,000  by Lorimer Wilson 06/22 Peak Production in Haynesville by Bill Powers 06/22 Architecture for a New World Financial System  by Antal Fekete 06/22 Mum's the Word by Ted Butler 06/22 Fed’s Next Move is to Ease by Michael Pento 06/21 Time to Focus on Silver by Trendsman 06/21 Finding Gold in the Mainstream by Frank Holmes 06/21 A Summer Of Discontent by Captain Hook 06/21 Design Considerations for a Shock-Hardened Deepwater Drilling Rig  by Dr. Stephen Rinehart 06/21 The Summer Sun Beats Down on Wall Street by Paul Nolte 06/21 Th*nk*ng (Reserves) by Fred Cederholm 06/21 If They Don’t Own Gold, Don’t Trust Their Opinion on Gold  by Justice Litle 06/21 Gold Thoughts by Ned Schmidt 06/21 Gold & Silver: Market Wrap Week Ending June 18  by Doug Gnazzo 06/21 Dow, Gold & Oil are Breaking Out or Bouncing  by Chris Vermeulen 06/21 Too Much Government in the Gulf by Ron Paul 06/21 Shout Bubble From the Mountains by Warren Bevan 06/21 This Week: Mixed Signals by Peter Navarro, Ph.D. 06/20 What The Deflationist Campers Forgot To Put In Their Backpacks  by D Sherman Okst 06/19 It's Not a Financial Crisis - It's a Stupidity Crisis! (Part 1)  by D Sherman Okst 06/18 The Volume Issue by Carl Swenlin 06/18 How a Drilling Ban Hurts the Little Guys by Frank Holmes 06/18 Double Dip - No Longer Crazy Talk by Sy Harding 06/18 Gold & Silver Power Update by Stewart Thomson 06/18 Monsters in the Market by Tony Cherniawski 06/18 Prechter's Deadly Bearish Big Picture: The 7-Year Crisis Cycle Explained  by Robert Prechter 06/18 Inflation Impulse? by Gary Tanashian 06/18 Choppy Recoveries & Stock's Rally Attempt  by Chris Ciovacco 06/18 Crude Realities by Puru Saxena 06/18 Rhodium Trading Thoughts by Ned Schmidt 06/18 Poisonous Ideas by J. R. Nyquist 06/17 Municipalities: Are They The Next Potential Landmine?  by Brian Paragamian 06/17 Extend & Pretend: A Matter of National Security  by Gordon T Long 06/17 Baltic Dry Goods Chart is giving signals by Brian Bloom 06/17 Base Metals by Monty Guild & Tony Danaher 06/17 Opportunity in the Deflation to Hyperinflation Transition  by Deepcaster  06/17 U.S. Fights Global Hangover: Getting Drunk in the Process?  by Axel Merk 06/17 Chinese Workers Force the Issue by Neeraj Chaudhary 06/17 Geological anomalies are like opinions: Everybody has one  by Louis James 06/17 President Obama and Rep. Stupak proclaim  “There will be peace in our time!!” by Richard Loomis 06/16 A Colorful View on SPX, Gold & Oil by Chris Vermeulen 06/16 Will China Follow the U.S. In a Mortgage Bust? by Hans Wagner 06/16 The gold standard: generator and protector of jobs by Hugo Salinas Price 06/16 The 2010 Silver Buying Guide by Jeff Clark 06/16 The New Economic Reality, Part 3 by Monty Guild & Tony Danaher 06/16 Cap & Tax by Mark Rasmussen 06/16 Pricing Deflation in Aussies Per Oz by Adrian Ash 06/16 Redesign of Super Tax by Neil Charnock 06/16 U.S. Equity Markets Pare Gains Ahead of Economic Reports  by Brewer Futures 06/16 U.S. Debt Bomb Detonation Expedited by 5 Years by Michael Pento    Contributors: FSO, FSU |  Archive for FSU Editorials | Contributor Info