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China, Vietnam, and the New Domino Theory
Brian HicksPosted September 5, 2006
Though I doubt hell land on the roof of the Hanoi embassy, US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulsons arrival in Vietnam this week is symbolic. Vietnam vacated in bitterness by Marine helicopter...
Caffeinated Commodities
Brian HicksPosted August 29, 2006
Every day its a new brew. Coffee can give you a heart attack. Or it can fight cancer. It can make investors rich or turn poor farmers towards the cocaine industry. Today we filter the...
Baghdad Bob Comes to Baltimore
Brian HicksPosted August 28, 2006
My hometown newspaper the Baltimore Sun just can't seem to make up its mind. Just last month the paper went to press with a three part story entitled "The Coming Housing Crunch." It was the epitome...
Fill 'er Up
Luke BurgessPosted August 25, 2006
Average retail gasoline prices have fallen significantly since the beginning of the month and are now at multi-month lows. Here in the U.S., the engine fuel has dropped over 5% since August 4th...
Home Sales Down, Saint Statues Up
Brian HicksPosted August 23, 2006
At Ward's gift shop in Boston there has been a run on St. Joseph statues. In fact, they are selling so many that the owner, Donald Ward Cranely, is having a hard time keeping them on the shelves.
The dollar drops - your money grows! If...
Brian HicksPosted August 22, 2006
The image is comical until you realize what it means. In an ad I saw yesterday for an Israeli foreign currency exchange service, Uncle Sam dangles from a parachute down your computer screen. "Wake...
A World in Chaos...Buy Gold
Brian HicksPosted August 18, 2006
As we look around us, the world is becoming an increasing dangerous place. Whether it is a war, a rumor of a war, terrorism, corrupt government action, insane financial risk, fiat currencies, trade...
Paying for War
Brian HicksPosted August 15, 2006
After days turned into weeks, we have now come to the close of a full month of high-intensity conflict between Israel and Lebanese militia Hizbullah. As the armies cautiously tiptoe back to...
Housing's Ill-gotten Gains
Brian HicksPosted August 14, 2006
Honesty is the best policy. Twain knew this well. But unfortunately in the housing market the truth is often the first casualty of the bidding war.
The Game Has Changed
Brian HicksPosted August 9, 2006
Baltimore, MD- Where once there were fortunes made only the weeds now grow. But it's not the weeds here that are so noticeable as it is the silence.
Chile Copper Export
Luke BurgessPosted August 8, 2006
While the rest if the commodity world is focused on the 400,000 barrel per day oil shut-in at Prudhoe Bay, I'm looking over 7,000 miles away to the northern Atacama Desert of Chile where their...
Where There's Water, There's Fire
Brian HicksPosted August 8, 2006
The last time I headed to the Middle East during the summer, my ever-cautious mother asked me if I packed my raincoat. No, I answered, It doesnt rain there in summertime. No one knows...
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