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The 10th Man: Midterm Elections: Would a Republican Win Be Bullish for the Stock Market? By Jared Dillian I had an instant-messenger conversation with one of my clients the other day. It was pretty annoying—he wrote things like “BULL MARKET, DUDE,” and harangued me about my net-short positioning.Then he started telling me that the market […]

Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (10/29/14) Between a rising U.S. Dollar Index and black swan events around the world, it’s looking like bunker time for Bob Moriarty. In his latest interview with The Gold Report, the 321gold.com founder delivers a frank overview of U.S. international policy and lambasts commentators who look to their tea leaves in search of the

Outside the Box: The Colder War By John Mauldin   The story of energy is the story of human expansion. From the days when we roamed the African savanna, we tamed first fire and then other forms of energy, using them as tools to control our environment and improve our lives. The control of energy

October 29, 2014 by MerkInvestments.com Any doubts about why I own gold as an investment were dispelled last Saturday when I met the maestro himself: former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan. It’s not because Greenspan said he thinks the price of gold will rise – I don’t need his investment advice; it’s that he shed light

Why Putin Has Been Able to Outwit America and Take Over the Global Energy Trade By Casey Research   Vladimir Putin commands the utmost loyalty from those around him, whereas American politics is now characterized solely by infighting and self-destructiveness. It’s this unity of purpose that explains how Putin and his St. Petersburg boys managed

TransTech Digest: Why Mitochondria Matter By Patrick Cox I may sound like a broken record saying this again, but it’s critical that we realize that scientific understanding of the biological world is increasing at an exponential rate. For younger readers, I should explain that the term “broken record” is a reference to a common failure

CEO Went Against the Petrodollar and Dies a Mysterious Death. Who Holds a Monopoly on the Truth? By Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist Last month in these pages, I wrote: Patrick de la Chevardière, CFO of Total SA (which is France’s largest energy company), has publicly announced that Total is looking to finance its