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the squid does it again – Goldman closes copper trade with another loss…

Goldman Sachs on Thursday closed its recommendation that investors bet on higher copper prices, citing the belief that China would…

chart du jour – 1987 all over again?

The striking correlation between the current rampage in the Japanese stock market and that of 1987 is stunning. In 1987, the index…

ZAK MIR ON EMED MINING AND XMAS CARD LISTS

Given how many Christmas Cards are now not coming my way after I suggested that Gulf Keystone (GKP) may not…

game Over For Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital

  U.S. prosecutors are continuing the crackdown on insider trading, pursuing the hard line that has been their policy for…

The BoE get’s ready to crank up the printing presses in mirroring Japan’s policies

It’s fair to say that the UK economy remains sluggish, and the government’s austerity measures are unsurprisingly choking off a…

SANITY FINALLY RETURNS – NIKKEI CRASHES OVER 1000 POINTS

The Nikkei 225 is now down 1500 points from its highs and down 1150 (over 7%) from yesterday’s close All the…

The Japanese bubble reaches new technical extremes…

We suggested a potential short on the Japanese market nearly 1500 points lower just over a week ago (can you…

10 biggest hyperinflation episodes

Inflation is hot property today, hyperinflation is even hotter! We think we are modern, contemporary, smart and ready to deal…

Zak Mir – Man v Machine

It is amazing that after the best part of a year writing for Spreadbet Magazine, that I have touched upon…

Prescient notes from our 2013 outlook…

FTSE 100 Overview Throughout much of 2012, we can see in the chart that the key benchmark UK index was…