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Bangladesh: A Study in Formality

Brian Hicks
Posted January 16, 2007

Just this past year, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi businessman whose forays into informal finance have helped thousands get by. But political turmoil marking the...

Indium Demand

Luke Burgess
Posted January 15, 2007

Indium: It's a metal that most folks have never heard of. But in today's high-tech economy, demand for this material is soaring in everything from thin-film solar panels to flat-screen TVs. The...

The Best Investment that Most Will Miss

Luke Burgess
Posted January 15, 2007

Indium: It's a metal that most folks have never heard of. But in today's high-tech economy, demand for this material is soaring in everything from thin-film solar panels to flat-screen TVs. The...

Low Risk Silver Investing

Keith Kohl
Posted January 12, 2007

I like gold. But I love silver. That's simply because since silver cost a fraction of gold, it has the ability to tack much large percentage increases during a bull market. In fact, in certain...

What Your Loan Officer Doesn't Want You to Know

Brian Hicks
Posted January 11, 2007

Just for laughs, ask your mortgage broker what the yield spread premium (YSP) is on the loan he is doing for you and watch him squirm. Or better yet, go over some of your old settlement statements...

Apple Converges on Vegas

Brian Hicks
Posted January 10, 2007

Bill Gates may have given the keynote address, but it was Steve Jobs who stole the show on Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegasthe worlds largest trade show for gadget freaks.

Giving Natural Gas Some Horns

Keith Kohl
Posted January 10, 2007

Baltimore, MDNatural gas prices have taken a hard hit this year, but the future may make you rethink any ideas of leaving early.

Slovenia Sniffs the Euro Rose

Brian Hicks
Posted January 9, 2007

Though it only turned a full five years old this January 1, the European common currency has blossomed. Now the euro's aroma is drawing the former captive nations of Eastern Europe - with Slovenia...

Greg McCoach's 2007 Outlook

Brian Hicks
Posted January 5, 2007

The brutal correction we experienced the second half of 2006 has now come to a close and the next phase of our bull market appears like it will open 2007 with a bang, taking metals prices much higher.

A Not so Happy New Year: Another Sub-Prime Lender Cuts its Workforce

Brian Hicks
Posted January 4, 2007

The New Year got off to rough start for the employees of Mortgage Lenders Network (MLN) yesterday, when the Connecticut-based sub-prime lender announced that it was no longer in the business of...

Bonne Année from the Land of Poutine

Brian Hicks
Posted January 2, 2007

Montréal, Québec: The man next to me on the train must not have gotten the memo. Canada is cold in the winter. Astonished at his lack of common knowledge/sense, I bit my tongue every time I...

Gone in a Flash: New Memory Devices Make a Splash