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Frailty in Housing Market

Brian Hicks
Posted March 29, 2007

The rickety house of cards that Alan Greenspan and his mortgage buddies built--one bad loan at a time--took another hit this week. New home sales plummeted 4% in February to their slowest pace in...

Nano Gold

Brian Hicks
Posted March 29, 2007

I often talk in these pages about the increased demand for gold I see as more and more investors realize the instability and enormous risks that exist with fiat currencies and the geopolitical...

Buzz-Saw Economics, Part 2: Wine on My Mind

Brian Hicks
Posted March 28, 2007

As I headed out to the suburbs of Santiago last Tuesday to visit the world's first winery to list on the New York Stock Exchange, I expected to have a day of snooty sophistication. But I got a look...

Just One Word--Nanotech

Brian Hicks
Posted March 27, 2007

In the 1967 film The Graduate, it may have been the shapely legs of Mrs. Robinson that caught the eye of young Ben Braddock, but it was Mr. McGuires sage advice that captured the ears of the...

Gold Mining Waste

Luke Burgess
Posted March 27, 2007

With gold production in South Africa currently at an 84-year low, mining firms working in the region are scrambling to do everything in their power to boost production and add to their bottom...

Iran's Manipulation of Oil

Keith Kohl
Posted March 26, 2007

Over the last few days, Iran has single-handedly pushed oil to a three month record high. And as long as they continue defying the global community, the sky is the limit for oil prices.

Hope Doesn't Pay the Bills

Jeff Siegel
Posted March 22, 2007

While they're busy patting themselves on the back for hating Exxon and morons who drive Hummers in the city, machete-wielding Nigerians continue to murder.

Apple's Next Evolution

Brian Hicks
Posted March 22, 2007

By the time the Bruce Springsteen figured out that there was on, the world of television had radically changed. Those old rabbit-eared three-channel sets had long since gone the way of the...

Direct from Chile: Buzz-Saw Economics, Part 1

Brian Hicks
Posted March 21, 2007

SANTIAGO, CHILE: Twice in my life have I ever heard--let alone tolerated--the sound of power tools outside my bedroom at midnight. Once was in 2005, in Northern Tibet, China. The other time was this...

Painful Premonitions at the Pump

Keith Kohl
Posted March 19, 2007

Of all places to experience déjà vu, mine came to me at the gas station this weekend. Something tells me you might have had a similar feeling, too.

From the Sub-Prime to the Ridiculous

Brian Hicks
Posted March 16, 2007

Here in Santiago, Chile, the sun is bright. The future is also bright for the national economy of Chile, but as many U.S. investors homeowners are now learning, capitalism can bring cataclysm if...

Home Builder Stock Outlook

Brian Hicks
Posted March 15, 2007

Wealth Daily Editor Steve Christ take tackles the outlook for home builder stocks for 2007 and 2008.

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