Tag: daily reckoning
“Engaging, fast-paced and intriguing. Bravo!”: Bill Bonner on The Lazarus Smile
Published on January 21, 2010
Former TFN publisher J. Christoph Amberger is reaping rave reviews for his conspiracy thriller, The Lazarus Smile!
By TFN staff
Baltimore, MD: Praise from high places. Agora Inc.’s president and editor of The Daily Reckoning has reviewed J. Christoph Amberger’s The Lazarus Smile. Here’s what he had to say:
“The Lazarus Smile is engaging, fast-paced and intriguing. It [...]
Commodities prices plunge: The drawback of basing investment advice on the weather forecast
Published on September 2, 2008
As Hurricane Gustav fizzled, commodities prices have plunged… if gold, crude oil, and copper are moving with the weather forecast, it’s time to head for the relative safe haven of stocks!
Euro crash: We may never get blogged by the Daily Reckoning again!
Published on August 10, 2008
The euro comes crashing down from it record highs against the dollar. The Daily Reckoning may never blog us again!
New Book Release: Demise of the Dollar, Reloaded
Published on April 28, 2008
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): When U.S. manufacturers and exporters lobbied the Bush Administration back in late 2001 to reduce the valuation of the US dollar against currencies like the yen and the euro (which was about to replace all individual national currencies in the Eurozone on January 2, 2002), the reply was that [...]
Commodities Investing: Gold rises, dollar falls
Published on January 8, 2008
"In terms of real money – gold – oil is still cheap. Then again, in terms of real oil, gold is cheap. In terms of anything real, everything else is realistic." — Bill Bonner
Blogger's note: Popular Daily Reckoning contributor Bill Bonner sent out this insightful and entertaining article today. According to Bill, the [...]
The Week in Review: Wall Street sinks, China floats, and Marilyn Monroe makes an unexpected appearance
Published on January 5, 2008
If you missed last week's TFN financial news coverage, here a few of the highlights!
by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): The first trading week of the new year began quite ominously, with a substantial drop in the American stock indexes. This meshed well with some of our most popular TFN contributions this week… [...]
Daily Reckoning’s Bill Bonner: Demise of the Dollar and the new economic superpowers
Published on January 4, 2008
Baltimore — (TFN): Given recent volatility and the prospects of lowered consumer demand from the States, should we continue to invest in China and India? Where is the US economy headed in 2008? William Bonner, founder of Agora Inc. and bestselling financial author, comments on the demise of the dollar, its effect on other [...]
A National Problem: Politics and the “human scale”
Published on January 3, 2008
"How is it that a reasonably intelligent man can perfectly well drive through traffic without killing himself, but ask the same man his thoughts on global warming, the war on poverty or public education… and what you get is such preposterous nonsense you can barely believe your own ears?" — Bill [...]
Forecast 2008: Outlook for the US economy, Part 1
Published on January 2, 2008
"Tax hikes will suffocate economic growth and domestic demand, resulting in a widespread relocation of US economic bellwether companies offshore." — J. Christoph Amberger
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): I'll be the first to admit that I was wrong. Based on the fall surge in the markets, I had pegged the Dow Jones Industrials [...]
Gazprom, Crisis in Pakistan, Take-over Arbitrage and a Daily Reckoning for 2008: TFN’s week in review
Published on December 30, 2007
Baltimore — (TFN): Most of our colleagues in the financial newsletter industry took a well-deserved breather from e-mailing fresh new financial analysis to you, some since the Friday before Christmas. It's not like anything groundbreaking could possibly be happening in the financial markets anyway between Christmas and New Year, right? Apart from the occasional political [...]
Global Credit Crunch: Why the Fed is making it worse
Published on December 26, 2007
"The feds try to artificially increase the supply of cash and credit… so as to avoid correcting mistakes." — Bill Bonner.
Blogger's Note: Our friend Bill Bonner of The Daily Reckoning published a good article on the current credit crisis. Bill has some interesting things to say about the U.S. market situation and the [...]
The Bullion Conundrum: Can you generate income from gold?
Published on December 25, 2007
"In a bull market this strong, why meddle with options at all? Why not just buy gold and hold it? Well, firstly of course, only an idiot would put all of his money into a non-yielding asset – or so your financial advisor would say. (Just ask him yourself; he could probably do with a [...]
Annual Reckoning: Market Outlook 2008
Published on December 23, 2007
Baltimore —(TFN): We've asked Bill Bonner, financial bestseller author and chairman of Agora Inc., to destill the impressions he has gathered surveying his global media empire… and tell TFN viewers what he thinks we'll be in for during the coming twelve months. Bill analyzes the roots of the global crisis, the role of debt [...]
Investing Outlook for 2008: Bill Bonner’s view of what is ahead in the coming year
Published on December 23, 2007
"We think you should be prepared for a recession next year. When people have less money, typically, they spend less money; the economy contracts. (…) Not a pretty picture. But is this a bad thing? Not the way we look at it. A correction is way overdue. Better late than never." — Bill Bonner
by [...]
US Market Forecasts: Hurricane season and Dow outlook
Published on December 11, 2007
Baltimore — (TFN): Hurricane forecasters were wrong again with their 2007 forecasts of killer storms hitting the United States. It is beginning to look as if they are just as accurate as forecasters of US financial collapse: US GDP growth just came in at multi-year highs… despite subprime and real estate crisis. J. Christoph Amberger [...]
Resource Mining Stocks: BHP rebounds from Rio rebuff; WorleyParsons, Saudi Aramco deal may be close
Published on November 28, 2007
“We suspect that construction and infrastructure and engineering stocks are going to have a good 2008 with all this spending in the pipeline. And not just in Australia.” — Dan Denning
by Dan Denning, Daily Reckoning Australia and TFN
Blogger’s Note: We saw this piece on the site of the Daily Reckoning Australia. If you don’t believe [...]
Oil and Inflation: “Soaring Inflation Leads to Rising Bond, Oil and Gold Prices”
Published on November 23, 2007
“When the price of gold goes up, the value of the stuff that buys it – paper – goes down. People are buying gold because they fear inflation is going to get worse. Typically, gold holds its value in an inflationary trend.” — Bill Bonner
by Bill Bonner, Daily Reckoning Australia and TFN
Blogger’s Note: Its it [...]