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Can You Spell “Sound Money”?

We are on vacation.

And so is the rest of France. The little church was crowed yesterday, mostly with Parisians and their children. It was also the 50th wedding anniversary for a friend…a retired army colonel and his wife. But the…

12Aug2008 | Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | Continued

Sector Watch: It’s Time To Keep Your Eye On The Oil Industry

The last time we checked in, I had written about a potential Dow Theory buy signal. Lo and behold, the very next day the indexes reversed and started moving higher.

Primarily due to frantic short covering in the financial sector, it…

28Jul2008 | Smart Profits Report | 0 comments | Continued

HOW TO MAKE YOUR NET WORTH SOAR IN THE MIDST OF A HISTORIC FINANCIAL COLLAPSE

I tend to be in hotel rooms when bubbles burst.

On January 6, 2000, I was on the 30th-something floor of the Marriott hotel across the street from the convention center in San Francisco. I was jet lagged and up working…

23Jul2008 | Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | Continued

Global Investing Roundups

Piracy Robs Microsoft; BlackRock Profits Rise 23%; Nokia Beats Expectations; Venezuela Lights Up U.S.; BOE’s Sentance “Struck”; Coke’s Earnings Hiccup; JPMorgan Earnings Surprise; Investor Outrage in Pakistan

Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) profit growth may be stunted this year by a resurgence of software…

18Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

The Four Tough Questions to Ask Yourself in a Tough Market

For investors who are used to living large, this has been the year from hell.

The markets are tanking. Food costs 25% more than it did a year ago. Inflation is on the march for the first time in decades. The…

1Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

With the Dow in Bearish Territory, and Oil Prices in the Stratosphere, New Potential Problems Abound

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 20% from its October peak - placing it firmly in bear-market territory after what’s so far been its worst June since the Great Depression - neither institutional traders nor individual investors seem able…

30Jun2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Talks About Inflation and Interest Rates Will be on the Front Burner This Week as Economic Speculation Resumes

You can bet there will be a lot of discussion about interest rates this week, thanks to the release of the producer price index (PPI) report tomorrow (Tuesday) and the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting minutes on Wednesday.

The PPI report will undoubtedly rekindle the…

19May2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Will This Week’s Retail Reports Help Investors Decode the Mystery of the U.S. Economy?

The U.S. retail sector will be in the spotlight this week, as investors continue their efforts to gauge the health of the U.S. economy.

Such key retailers as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), Macy’s Inc., JP Penney Co. Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch Co.,…

12May2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued