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Thumbnail image for Gold in Freefall: What Would Tom O’Brien Do Now?

Tom O’Brien, editor of The Gold Report newsletter and CEO of Tiger Financial News Network, was on CNBC yesterday talking to Amanda Drury and Brian Sullivan about the dreary performance of gold over the last few days. O’Brien said gold is a very small market and the SPDR Gold Trust ...

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Saying earnings are decelerating and most don’t recognize it, along with anything housing related being a winner, Byron Wien discussed his 2013 surprise predictions on CNBC’s morning show “Squawk Box” today (see videos below). Wien’s 10th surprise is that Europe’s structural problems remain unsolved. He doesn’t expect much change in ...

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Bill Gross, co-founder of PIMCO and a long-time observer of the markets, said his prediction of less than a five percent return on bonds was not hard given they yield 1.7%. Gross said his forecast for stocks depends on two primary things: real economic growth which he sees at two ...

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Thumbnail image for Mark Leibovit: Election Year Cycle Indicates Bearish Phase Coming

The Nightly Business Report featured VRTrader.com’s Mark Leibovit as their guest market monitor on Friday. Leibovit said he’s currently moderately bearish based on his election year model. He also mentioned his visit six months ago where he called a market top to occur in April; a “bulls-eye call,” as he ...

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Thumbnail image for Charles Nenner Believes S&P 500 Will Fail Next Attempt to Break 1,400

On Jim Puplava’s Financial Sense News Hour Charles Nenner reiterated his prediction that bonds would top out in the next couple of months, and also provided his outlook for stocks. Nenner said he got out of stocks the last time the S&P 500 breached 1,400.  However, he believes the market ...

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Thumbnail image for Robert Prechter Sums Up Our Predicament With One Word: Deflation

Jeff Macke recently interviewed Robert Prechter, president of Elliott Wave International. Macke pointed out that Prechter foresaw last August’s credit downgrade and wanted his latest opinion on the prospect for another event of this magnitude. Prechter stated eventually another credit downgrade is likely given the amount of borrowing and lack of ...

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Thumbnail image for David Rosenberg: European Crisis at Existential Moment

Bloomberg’s Tom Keene and crew interviewed David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff, to get his views on the economy and markets. Rosenberg gained notoriety for his bearish forecasts on the economy before the 2008-2009 economic crisis. Rosenberg said the risk of going into recession is growing because ...

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Thumbnail image for Chinese Economic Data is Questionable and Disconcerting to Investors

Questions have arisen regarding the economic data being released by Chinese officials. If Chinese economic data has been doctored, the three-year bull market in equities could be in peril. According to a report by Keith Bradsher of The Times of India, local and provincial officials in China have an incentive ...

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Thumbnail image for Jim Rogers, “I’m Short European Indexes”

Legendary investor Jim Rogers, author of A Gift to My Children: A Father’s Lessons for Life and Investing, was on CNBC yesterday commenting on the European bailout situation, China and his current investment outlook. Rogers repeated much of what he has said in the past. Specifically, governments cannot solve a ...

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Thumbnail image for Dambisa Moyo Warns of China’s Cornering of Commodities

Dr. Dambisa Moyo, author of Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What It Means for the World, was interviewed by Fox Business regarding the repercussions of China’s push to acquire commodities more aggressively than any other country in the history of the world. Moyo disagreed with the assessment ...

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