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The Gold Report: Europe is in the headlines daily: more leftists coming to power, regional banks suffering, renewed recession appearing to take hold. What is your take on Europe?
Frank Barbera: In the headlines, Europe looks like quite the mess. Imagine being a Greek who saved over a lifetime now facing the possibility of devaluation or Greece leaving the euro.
"Had I right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? I had before been moved by the sophisms of the being I had created; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats; but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace.
TGR: It seems that economists can plan and recommend, and politicians can negotiate and maneuver, and pundits can analyze and predict all they want, yet when the people don't want to play along, it can all mean nothing. Of course, we're talking about the elections in France and Greece.
It's that time of year again, when investment managers are required to disclose their fund's holdings to the SEC, and by extension, to all investors. And for most investment companies and hedge funds, it's a pretty straight-forward process... just make a list of all the stocks you own, and how much of them you own.If you're Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn, however, it's not quite that simple.
I've discovered a way to earn the equivalent of a second Social Security check every month.
Now, I don't want to mislead you. This check isn't from Uncle Sam. In fact, the government doesn't have anything to do with it. (I think that's good news considering all the debt problems the government is facing).
And you won't be receiving one big check. Instead, you'll see dozens of smaller ones in your mailbox -- or brokerage account -- each month.
The Gold Report: John, at the recent Casey Research Recovery Reality Check conference you described the economic recovery heralded by the Obama administration as an illusion based largely on skewed inflation data. Can you walk us through why, based on your calculations, a recovery is impossible?
John Williams: We can start with the gross domestic product (GDP), which like most economic reports is adjusted for inflation.
The Gold Report: Clear Harbor Asset Management actively invests in resource equities, and it's doing so during one of the most bearish periods ever for resource equities, particularly for small-cap resource equities. Some institutions are leaving the space altogether while others are reducing their exposure. What are your plans?
Aaron Kennon: While the resource benchmarks have all suffered significantly over the last several years, Clear Harbor's natural resources strategy has returned more than 58% since inception 27 months ago.
Trading is in my blood. I vividly remember, as an elementary school student, trading baseball cards with my classmates. My trading interest blossomed as I learned how to buy low and sell high via various part-time business endeavors. These businesses included selling produce I got for free from my grandparent's garden door-to-door and a real estate publishing/marketing company. This interest led me to major in business/economics in college.
The Life Sciences Report: How do you find the companies that you recommend?Alex Daley: We look for the science first. There are a lot of companies in the biotechnology field. Some pin the number at more than 7,000 biotech companies, public and private, in the U.S. alone. That is a lot of data to sort through. The sector possesses a great mix of hype and expectations, which can bewilder investors at times.