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The Manipulation of Gold Prices
An excellent article posted at Seeking Alpha
The Manipulation of Gold Prices
by: James Conrad December 04, 2008 <>There is no other leveraged commodity market where short sellers increase their positions, materially, as the price rises, and increase them even more when prices are exploding, except gold and silver. The reason traders don’t normally do that is that it exposes short sellers to unlimited liability and risk. Yet, in both March and July 2008, and on countless occasions over the past 21 years, vast numbers of new gold and silver short positions were temporarily opened up, with the <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />...
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Trading Radar for 12/02: Staples (SPLS), Marvell (MRVL), Solarfun (SOLF), Beazer (BZH), Sears (SHLD) Report; Auto/Truck Sales for Nov. Due
The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session:Before Market Opens:Earnings:America's Car Mart (Nasdaq: CRMT) - consensus EPS $0.35, revs $73.40MBeazer Homes USA (NYSE: BZH) - consensus loss $2.10, revs $593.40MSears Holdings (Nasdaq: SHLD) - consensus loss $0.49, revs $10.93BIntraday or Not Specified:Economics:12am ET - Auto/Truck Sales for November
Earnings:Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) - consensus EPS $0.73Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS) - consensus EPS $0.41, revs $7.03BAfter Market Closes:Earnings:Marvell Technology Group (Nasdaq: MRVL) - con...
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The week in preview: Canadian banks, homebuilders, Sears and food producers
Shop Wisely for the Long Term
I'm sure as investors we've all seen the studies which indicate that over the long term we are better off being invested in the market, rather than not. Removing your money from the market for even a few days or weeks as part of an attempt to time the market can really handicap you from garnering good long term returns because nobody can predict what the market will do; and often the upward moves are quick and powerful. <>Case in point - yesterday as the S&P 500 index soared over 11%, the largest one day gain ever. Some stocks were up as much as 18%. The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) was up 17.6%...
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National City in Buyout Talks
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One really has to think this was only a matter of time...<>
The WSJ Reports:<>
As the scramble to resolve the Wachovia (WB) situation continues (Wells Fargo (WFC) and Citigroup (C) are sorting it out), National City Corp. (NCC) , a Cleveland-based regional bank crippled by bad real-estate loans, is in talks with a number of banks about a possible sale, people familiar with the situation said.
Among the potential buyers are PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC), a Pittsburgh-based lender that has dodged many of the industry's problems, and Toronto-based Bank of Nova Scotia. PNC declined to comme...
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