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Reading List from "The Fall of America and the Western World"

Published on 2010-07-26 14:01:00

Finance/InvestmentsEmpire of Debt by Addison Wiggin and Bill BonnerFinancial Armageddon by Michael PanznerCrisis Investing by Douglas CaseyThe Coming Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit From It by James TurkEconomics in One Lesson by Henry Hazli > read more

The Dark Side of the Economic Crises

Published on 2010-07-22 09:19:00

The following is a translation from the Russian of an interview with Andrei Fursov, the leader of the Center for the Russian Studies of the Moscow Humanitarian University, taken by Mikhail Delyagin, Director of the Institute of the Problems of Global > read more

"The Fall of America and the Western World"

Published on 2010-07-12 02:51:00

That is the title of a 9-disk survival guide: TheFallOfAmerica.net. In brief, the contents look like:1. Economic Crisis2. Financial Armageddon3. The Police State4. The End of the World5. The Power Elite Part I6. The Power Elite Part II7. Our America > read more

Tim Sykes' APKT trade, Feb 3, 2010

Published on 2010-02-27 10:55:00

Here I am puzzled: this was bought as a 1st day break-out, but it was pretty clear to be a break-out from the very beginning of the day, so why wait until $13.96 to buy? Tim sold APKT with a loss at $13.58 later in the day. > read more

Tim Sykes' CNLG trade, Feb 1, 2010

Published on 2010-02-27 10:35:00

The stock was sold short as a pump&dump, and you would not be able to tell that from this chart -- need a finer scale data. What is remarkable here is the fact that Tim sold the stock short on the day of a huge break-out. Certainly if there is a tech > read more

Tim Sykes' JYHW trade, Jan 27, 2010

Published on 2010-02-27 09:59:00

Japanese candlestick pattern known as handing man started this very strong downward trend which lasted for six consecutive days, coming to climax on January 26 -- a belt-hold line day which, despite a downward gap at the opening and an increased volu > read more

Will this go down in history as a contrarian turning point indicator for EUR/USD?

Published on 2010-02-27 09:37:00

Investment themes making magazine covers often indicate points when everyone and their grandmother "bought into" the theme, so the trend can not develop any further. Will "Betrüger in der Euro-Familie" headline in Focus magazine confirm the rule? > read more

Tim Sykes' AENY trade, Jan 25, 2010

Published on 2010-02-27 08:30:00

This trade must have been a frustrating experience: the stock showed a strong performance the day before; most likely Tim bought near the beginning of the day (the buy price, $4.55 is very close to the price at open, $4.54). The stock went as high as > read more

Tim Sykes' IDN trade, Jan 22, 2010

Published on 2010-02-27 08:01:00

The stock must have been sold short on the previous day, Jan 21, the day with the downside gap at the opening. Covered at or near the previous day's low, although the stock kept moving lower. Speaking of volume, both days look unremarkable. Data from > read more

Tim Sykes' ICXT trade, Jan 22, 2010

Published on 2010-02-12 11:46:00

According to Tim's log entry on his site, the stock was sold (short) at $7.53, covered at $7.33. According to Tim's comments, $7.50 was an important level technically. The $7.33 price does not seem to belong to January 22 though; it's possible that > read more