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Ringing in 2011 With a Look Back at 2010

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The Daily Reckoning Weekend Edition Saturday, January 1, 2011 Mar del Plata, Argentina ------------------------------------------------------- Eight of the best from last year, The best and worst bets in America, And, a happy and healthy New Year to you! Joel Bowman, from Mar del Plata, Argentina... The Daily Reckoning offices are closed today in observance of rules stipulated in the Post-New Year's Eve Recovery and Rehydration Act. We'll return next weekend with our usual format. Until then, please enjoy eight of the best from the year just gone... THIS YEAR in The Daily Reckoning... The Final Frontier...for Your Portfolio By Patrick Cox Marco Island, Florida Forget about science fiction...cheaper private space access may actually be just around the corner. Earlier this month, PayPal founder Elon Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, moved us closer to that goal. It did so by successfully launching a medium-lift rocket into low Earth orbit. No More Bones to Pick By Patrick Cox Marco Island, Florida As I have observed many times, stem cell therapies hold enormous promise for curing disease and repairing tissue. Stem cell science even has the potential to stop or reverse the aging process - at some point. The companies like BioTime Inc. that I have recommended to the subscribers of the Breakthrough Technology Alert are expanding their ability to grow the tissues of the human body from their stem cell lines. Son of Subprime By Addison Wiggin Baltimore, Maryland In 2007, the writing was on the wall. The famous "perfect storm" had gathered above the US housing market, its eye hovering over subprime loans. As you know, the storm came...and it rained, and rained, and rained... Ultimately, it washed away trillions of dollars in investor wealth. The Housing Non-Recovery By Whitney Tilson New York, New York Two years ago, we stood up here on this exact stage and delivered a very downbeat presentation on the US housing market. We return today to provide an update...and a new forecast. The Best Way to Bet on America By Chris Mayer Gaithersburg, Maryland There is lots of ugly economic news out there, but one key bright spot is world trade. In the US, one particular industry will enjoy windfall profits from exports this year. That industry is agriculture. The Great Grain Robbery By Chris Mayer Gaithersburg, Maryland In 1972, Russia's wheat crop failed. Russia had to dip into the global grain markets to meet demand. Before Washington knew the plight of its Cold War adversary, Russia bought up all of the surplus wheat in the US. Dubbed "The Great Grain Robbery," Russia's purchases sent grain prices soaring around the world. Goldman's Perfect Quarter By Eric Fry Laguna Beach, California While the European Central Bank (ECB) was busy manipulating markets and making headlines Monday, Goldman Sachs was quietly revealing a different story of market manipulation...or something that walks and quacks very much like a market manipulation duck. Outing Ben Bernanke By Eric Fry Laguna Beach, California Deception in the financial markets is not always costly, but it is rarely remunerative. Investors cannot afford to ignore this tendency. Recent disclosures from the Federal Reserve reveal that honesty was one of the earliest casualties of the 2008 financial crisis. These disclosures contain a number of juicy tidbits, like the fact that Goldman Sachs received tens of billions of dollars in direct and indirect succor from the Fed. --- Patrick Cox Announces His Predictions for 2011... --- Five Market "Wealth Quakes" Could Land You 10,720% Gains in the Next 13 Months New presentation reveals shocking 2011 predictions! These five "Wealth Quake" events could make you 10,720% richer in the next year...just for starters. But you must hurry! This epic presentation expires soon. For the biggest shot at huge wealth - watch this right now. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Weekly Endnote: We've got a couple more installments of our Best Of Series for 2010 this coming week, including one authored by you, and then it's back to business as usual. But for now, we're busy enjoying the first day of the New Year. We hope you are too. Cheers, Joel Bowman Managing Editor The Daily Reckoning P.S. Don't forget that the discount offer to become a lifetime member of Agora Financial closes on Tuesday. If you made a New Year's resolution to get your finances in shape, Reserve membership could be your most important move. We added a few new services to the suite in 2010 and have a few more to roll out in 2011, so we can't keep the price this low for long. In fact, after Tuesday, the price will go up...forever. Membership details can be found here. ------------------------------------------------------- Here at The Daily Reckoning, we value your questions and comments. If you would like to send us a few thoughts of your own, please address them to your managing editor at joel@dailyreckoning.com The Daily Reckoning - Special Reports: Gold: The Truth About Gold Fiat Currency: Using the Past to See into the Future Have You Heard of the OTHER Government Backed "Pension Program?"

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