Comments (0) Topic: Other — May 11th, 2008

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited has reported quarterly net income of $28.9 million, or $0.20 per share for the first quarter of 2008 with the First quarter 2008 highlights being as follows (read more…)
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Comments (4) Topic: Other — April 30th, 2008
We have recently noticed how the actions of top executives at some of the largest financial institutions are not too different from those of The Sopranos.

Allow us to explain (read more…)
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Comments (1) Topic: Other — April 22nd, 2008

The Bank of England confirmed the introduction of a “special liquidity scheme” whereby Treasury Bills will be swapped for high quality AAA rated mortgage backed securities. The Labour party that once represented socialism in Britain, is now coming to the rescue of poorly managed private banking enterprises. This gift to these banking failures is disguised as a loan with the people of Britain picking up the tab for the banking sectors grave mis-management (read more…)
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Comments (1) Topic: Other, Gold — April 20th, 2008
It is quite an unusual occasion to see a major currency in a developed country lose more than 10% of its buying power in less than a year. However, these are unusual times!

But no matter how dire the fundamentals are for the greenback, it should still (read more…)
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Comments (1) Topic: Other — April 9th, 2008

The International Monetary Fund has said that the financial sector faces potential losses of almost $1,000bn as a result of the credit crisis. It has also warned of further loses on prime mortgages, commercial real estate, leveraged loans and consumer finance, according to FT.com.
Jaime Caruana, head of monetary affairs and capital markets at the Fund said (read more…)
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Comments (0) Topic: Other — April 9th, 2008

This is a question that we have wrestled with for some time now and have found it rather difficult to pin down, although we tend to lean towards the inflationary scenario. In our recent get-together in Auckland with Doug Casey we briefly touched on this topic. However, we have now obtained this article from Casey Research, which may be of interest to you.
An interview with Bud Conrad, Casey Research chief economist (read more…)
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Comments (4) Topic: Other — April 3rd, 2008
A huge thank you from all the team here to the 5000 subscribers who have now enrolled for our free newsletter. This newsletter is now being read in all corners of the globe from New York to Dubai and from Auckland to Beijing. We are flattered not only by the volume but also by the number of stock brokers, fund managers, financial institutions, mining companies, financial letter writers and banks who are also recipients (read more…)
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Comments (0) Topic: Other — March 31st, 2008
Comments (0) Topic: Other — March 31st, 2008

Another week of rumour and denial as investigative reporters dig into the financial health of our well established institutions. Bankers are in the frame, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Put your hand into the hat and pull out a name and there you have it, this weeks target for the media. Ask the target for a comment regarding a rumour about their insolvency and they will deny it. Bank denies insolvency rumour is your headline. Its so reminiscent of a school trip to the pantomime, he’s behind you! Who? The monster? No, the fresh faced reporter with a microphone! (read more…)
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Comments (3) Topic: Other — March 25th, 2008
We recently bought a position the inverse ETF called Ultra Short Financials ProShares, (AMEX:SKF) in a “Bet Against The Banks”. SKF is designed to rise 20% when the Dow Jones US Financials Index falls 10%.
This is a volatile security and has recently endured a significant pullback and, as we are still bearish on the financial sector, in our opinion this is a great time to buy (read more…)
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