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Archive for August, 2008

19 Aug

Gold Price Rebound

History shows that precious metals usually follow a particular path and this year appears to be no different than before.
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19 Aug

Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence numbers show us that the economy is in trouble. But how much stock should we really put in these figures?
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19 Aug

Wasting Resources

The development of the American suburban system has added to the waste and misuse of resources in the United States.
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17 Aug

WhiskyCast Episode 158: August 17, 2008

A double feature with two (actually, three) great whiskies to talk about this week! Glenlivet’s breaking the age barrier with its first 25-year-old single malt, and we’ll taste it with Ian Logan. David Mair of The Balvenie will tell us more about the new Balvenie Signature, along with a special distillery-only bottling he snuck out […]

14 Aug

Crisis Breeds Opportunity

Legendary investor John Templeton never a great opportunity and often found his best investments in the wake of crisis and adversity.
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13 Aug

Deep-Sea Mining

The oil and gas industry has overcome many obstacles and is now poised to rake in big money from offshore drilling. Now metal and mineral miners are following in their footsteps.
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12 Aug

Presidential Economic Policy

Changes in economic conditions are often slow and are set in motion months before a new president takes office.
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11 Aug

The Fed and the Money Supply

In an attempt to stave off inflation, the Federal Reserve as enacted policies that create commodity bubbles and devalue fiat currency.
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10 Aug

WhiskyCast Episode 157: August 10, 2008

When the temperature’s approaching 90 (32), sometimes a cold beer just sounds better than a glass of whisky. Northing wrong with that….especially when the beer has whisky in its DNA. More brewers are experimenting with aging their beers in whisky casks, and one of the most unusual comes from Scotland’s Harviestoun Brewery. Ola Dubh is […]

08 Aug

Underwater Mining

The cost and time it takes to properly mine underwater oil reserves is quite large, but there are still plenty of good investment opportunities created by their discovery.
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