Feature Article #1
Obama Stimulus and January Effect Will be the Week’s Top Stories
President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is reportedly putting the finishing touches on an economic recovery plan that could run from $675 billion to $1 trillion, though many experts believe the program will most like range between $700 billion and $800…
Money Morning | January 5th, 2009 | Continued
Feature Article #2
2009’s Trade of the Year
Phewww…I think we’re all breathing a collective sigh of relief - 2008 is officially over!
Don’t get me wrong, I wish the markets would go up forever and we all could be rich and never have to worry about a thing.…
Q1 Publishing | January 3rd, 2009 | Continued
Feature Article #3
Why Crude Oil Will Present Investors with a Golden Opportunity in 2009
Oil prices have fallen 70% since hittinga record $147.27 a barrel in July, which means in just five months, crude has given up all the price gains it made in the past four years.
After such a wrenching plunge, many analysts…
Money Morning | December 29th, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #4
Wall Street Holidays
This is an enjoyable time of the year. It’s when families gather together to share a wonderful holiday meal and exchange presents. After all, who does not love to tear the wrapping off their presents to see what’s inside? It…
Oxbury Research | December 22nd, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #5
Battle of the Flations
Source: Bud Conrad, Chief Economist, Casey Research
One of the most hotly debated topics among financial talking heads these days is, “Deflation or inflation, what is it going to be?”
There is no question that we are currently experiencing asset price…
The Gold Report | December 19th, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #6
Fed Slashes Interest Rates to a 0.0% to 0.25% Target Range … But Now What?
As expected, U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers slashed a benchmark interest rate yesterday (Tuesday). But they cut it by a bigger-than-expected amount, and did so in an unconventional manner.
Instead of establishing a new, specific primary interest rate, the central bank’s Federal…
Money Morning | December 17th, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #7
Global Oil Demand: Are You Ready for Gasoline Under a Buck a Gallon?
When I started driving, gasoline still contained lead and regular was selling for 29 cents a gallon. My father remembers 10 cents a gallon.
While it’s highly unlikely we’ll ever see those prices again, you could see gasoline below $1 a…
Investment U | December 16th, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #8
Investment Guru Jim Rogers Says Commodities are the ‘Place to Be’ Despite Their Decline
Commodity prices have plunged from the record highs they hit earlier this year, but in a recent interview with Bloomberg, investing guru Jim Rogers said he is still bullish on commodities, which he expects to take off as soon as…
Money Morning | December 8th, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #9
Check Please
In recent issues of Bourbon & Bayonets I’ve discussed some of the costs of this bailout from an academic standpoint. I looked at how this bailout was the result of Keynesian economics whether that’s what it was called or not. A…
Oxbury Research | December 4th, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #10
A Slippery Slope Ahead for Oil
Dr. James Schlesinger says the U.S. attitude towards oil “has only two modes – complacency and panic.”
Schlesinger should know. In the 70’s he closely watched the Middle East as the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Then he would move onto become…
Q1 Publishing | December 2nd, 2008 | Continued



















































