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Real Estate's Unholy Trinity

Brian Hicks
Posted September 14, 2006

Buying a home is an exciting experience. In fact, it’s kind of giddy, because for a lot of people it represents something of a fulfillment of a dream. That’s how deep the belief in home ownership...

Remember the Other Eleventh

Brian Hicks
Posted September 12, 2006

The news crawler on the morning of December 11, 2001 scooted across the bottom of the TV screen at its normal pace. The previous night's sports scores, some stock prices...Oh, and China was...

Time to Buy Palladium

Brian Hicks
Posted September 11, 2006

While investors are very familiar with gold, silver and platinum, palladium is often overlooked when considering it as a precious metal for investment purposes.

China, Vietnam, and the New Domino Theory

Brian Hicks
Posted September 5, 2006

Though I doubt he’ll land on the roof of the Hanoi embassy, US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s arrival in Vietnam this week is symbolic. Vietnam – vacated in bitterness by Marine helicopter...

Caffeinated Commodities

Brian Hicks
Posted August 29, 2006

Every day it’s 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 Hicks
Posted 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 Burgess
Posted 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 Hicks
Posted 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 Hicks
Posted 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 Hicks
Posted 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 Hicks
Posted 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 Hicks
Posted 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.