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From our Economic Editor comes another big batch of news and commentary:
Gun
Sales Thriving In Uncertain Times -- Europe
On Brink Of Currency Meltdown -- Iceland:
IMF Cash Not Enough -- Current
Volatility Hints At Next Crash -- Financial
Crisis: Latin America Hit Hard -- Customer
Panic And Bank Run In Kuwait -- Dow
Up Almost 900 Points, But No Sighs Of Relief -- Iceland
Raises Interest Rates To 18% -- White
House To Banks: Start Lending Now, Stop Hoarding -- 80-Year
History Of Brutal Gold Stock Corrections -- Madness
Rules! Insurers/Pensions Piling Into Derivatives -- Wall
Street Resumes Once-In-A-Lifetime Sucker Buying -- IMF
May 'Print Money' As Crisis Spreads -- Pound
In Free Fall, No Way To Stop It -- First
Banks, Then Firms, Now A Raft Of Countries Falter -- Oz
Dollar Drops 40% For No Reason -- Bankruptcy
Fears Rise As GM, Chrysler Seek Federal Aid -- Russia
Begins To Refuse Credit Cards In Worsening Global Crisis
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Reader Paul B. recommended this article: King Henry Paulson says: 'Buy banks!'
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Writing in a recent issue of The
Complete Investor, Dr. Stephen Leeb had this comment:
"We know it sounds ridiculous to keep saying 'Don't worry, be happy,'
yet that really is your best course of action. Either the tidal wave
of cash will find its way into the financial system, to the considerable benefit
of our
gold and energy holdings, or the mother of all depressions will result in the
end of civilization as we know it, in which case the pessimists will suffer
as much as the optimists. It's that simple. So given those two stark
choices, you may as well be an optimist. Stay positive now, and odds are you'll
be handsomely
rewarded in the future. If we are right about inflation winning the battle,
today's $60 oil will seem like a joke 18 months from now -- like a $10 suit
or a $25 engagement ring.
Prices of all commodities will soar, and the stocks in our Portfolio will give
you returns higher than you can possibly imagine today. Gold especially will
overshoot the moon. It's the best investment you can make today." (JWR
Notes: I added the emphasis. Leeb publishes a paid newsletter, and
it has been recommended to me by several SurvivalBlog readers.)
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