Kevin Puil: $4/lb Copper Is on Its Way

Brian Sylvester of The Metals Report (2/5/13)

Kevin Puil thinks analysts need to be realistic when it comes to copper. The Malcolm Gissen & Associates portfolio manager points to copper’s historic levels at over $3/lb as proof that there are brighter times ahead for base metals as economies around the world continue to industrialize. On the other hand, with economic projects less abundant than they once were, supply is under severe [...]

Jim Roger Sees “Overdue Correction” Hitting Gold as Unleveraged Money Buys at 3-Month Lows

London Gold Market Report

from Adrian Ash

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Weds 19 Dec, 07:55 EST

 

Jim Roger Sees “Overdue Correction” Hitting Gold as Unleveraged Money Buys at 3-Month Lows

 

PRICES to buy gold with Dollars rallied from their lowest levels since late August on Wednesday morning in London, recovering 0.7% from yesterday’s drop to $1662 per ounce.

The drop came as Greece was upgraded Tuesday by the S&P ratings agency from “selective default” to “junk” status, following payment [...]

For-profit prisons: The U.S. has more people locked up than China, a “police state” with four times our population.

A presentation on March 13th by Corrections Corp of America touted the coming growth of the private prison business. It was geared toward potential investors and had a very bullish outlook on locking people up for profit, which is a good thing for the economy—and since we all want the economy to be good, yay, locking people up for profit!

The presentation, in glowing tones, spoke mainly about how the private prison business [...]

Silver Enters Short Term Trading Range in Bullish Overall Technical Picture

The technical picture for spot silver has been decidedly bullish since the grey metal made what seems to be a double bottom pattern on its price chart.Basically, the price of silver has fallen to a set of notable medium term lows, first at the $26.05 level on September 26th of last year, and more recently at the $26.15 level on December 29th.

The neckline of that pattern, or the intervening high point [...]

Bob Janjuah: Euphoric In The Short-Term, Apocalyptic In The Longer

by ZH

Nomura’s Bob Janjuah has released his latest Bob’s World macro observations which won’t come as a big surprise to most. As per the last time he forecast the future, Bob has a very bullish outlook on the short-term, where he sees the market potentially jumping into the 1400s, however turning very bearish into the longer-term: “In this risk-off phase I expect to see, as [...]

James Turk: “Silver Will Hit New Highs in a Matter of Weeks”

 

“The action in gold this week will be important as strength here will indicate the beginning of a move back toward its record high.  I expect that high to be probed by the end of this month.  After all Eric, nothing has fundamentally changed.  The dead cat bounce in the dollar has not altered the bullish outlook for gold.”

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I Warned That Banks Will Soon Be Forced To Walk Away From Homes… Guess What!

by Reggie Middleton

About 4 months ago, I claimed that Banks Will Be Forced to Forgo Certain Foreclosures, Even If the Borrower Has Admittedly Defaulted! In summary:

Without an economic incentive to foreclose, it would not be in the bank shareholders best interests to pursue foreclosure even though borrowers clearly defaulted & owe money to the lender. The economics of distressed assets in mortgage and [...]