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Daily Reckoning

Expatriation in the Wake of the Facebook IPO

The Maryland House of Delegates just voted to raise taxes. Should we move to Florida…or Delaware? If we move to Palm Beach, will we ever be able to visit our beloved Maryland homeland again? The Financial Times reports that thousands of wealthy French people are now moving to London. Their motive? They want to escape [...]
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Penny Sleuth

How to Time the Market with Momentum

Momentum stocks can be a canary in the market’s coal mine. If you were paying attention to the big momentum plays this quarter, you could have pinpointed when the market was ready to turn lower. Now, with short-term losses mounting, you might have the chance to spot the first buying opportunity by monitoring these very [...]
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Daily Resource Hunter

Gold Shines In Early Trade, Continuing Yesterday’s Jum…

Gold has jumped over 60 dollars in the past 24 hours, giving some hope to a short-term bottom. "The sharp surge in gold futures Thursday" Kitco reports, "is mostly a technical-chart bounce, with some help from Federal Open Market Committee minutes late Wednesday which were construed to leave the door slightly ajar for possible further accommodative monetary policy, analysts said Thursday."
STORM Signals

Market Wrap-Up: How (Not) to Trade Facebook’s IPO

Did you miss out on the Facebook IPO? Here’s why that’s a good thing.
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5 Min. Forecast

An Exit Tax… Or an Act of Extortion?

The math on Facebook: You want 15% a year for the next five years? Here's what has to happen. Plus... Living with Uncle Sam's "exit tax," setting up a floating country: Two stories about early Facebook investors more interesting than the IPO.
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Whiskey and Gunpowder

Why Greece Can’t Afford to Stay in the Euro

Sometime in the next few weeks we’re going to find out if Greece can afford to stay in the euro. We’re also going to find out if Spain and Italy can afford to leave the euro. Access to credit markets is the key issue. The stigma of default will lock a country out of capital [...]
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Agora Financial Newsroom

Why Water is Undervalued and How to Invest in Its Facilitati…

Water is the commodity which citizens of developed countries take for granted the most. Consider, for example, that the majority of your body is made up of water. If we acknowledge the unprecedented population growth at this point in history and the scarcity reflected in the fact that 3% of all water on earth is [...]
Total Income Alert

The No. 1 Aspect of an Income Investment to Look For

Today, I’m going to show you the No. 1 thing you need to look for when settling on an income investment. Plus, I have two quick portfolio updates…

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World Right Side Up: Investing Across Six Continents

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From Brazilian farmlands to Colombian gold fields, from Chinese shopping malls to Indian hotels, from South African wine country to the boom/bust souks of Dubai, Chris Mayer’s around-the-world investing field trip explores the nooks and crannies

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Little Book of the Shrinking Dollar: What You Can do to Protect Your Money …

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Every paper currency in the history of civilization has eventually lost its entire value. It’s a simple matter of supply and demand. Today’s U.S. dollar supply is way out of whack. And its value is going down—fast! Back in 1970, if you just stashed a dollar coin under the mattress,

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