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Zak Mir in the Iron Lady & the gold miners – again!

Zak Mir in the Iron Lady & the gold miners – again!

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Since being a kid in the early 70’s, politics has been nearly as much of an interest of mine as the financial markets are – you can tell what a bundle of laughs I was in the playground eh?! The aftermath of Baroness Thatcher’s death, although perhaps regarded as “imminent” for quite some time, could…

Tom Houggard makes the bold call of an imminent market turn

Tom Houggard makes the bold call of an imminent market turn

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Time cycles: Awesome timing tool   In early January 2004, I went on Bloomberg TV in London and told the viewers that my timing analysis predicted a high for the Dow Jones index on the 13th February 2004.As the day approached I got many emails and calls from clients and journalists to ask if I was still…

Bank Deposits are now At Risk in the rest of Europe

Bank Deposits are now At Risk in the rest of Europe

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Dijsselbloem For those individuals holding cash in a European bank, be aware that as Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the President of the Eurogroup proved in recent weeks, creating a precedent with money being effectively confiscated from depositors in Cyprus, that you may be at risk. Will such an incident occur again? They say Cyprus is a “special…

Just who was tipped off in advance of the great Cypriot bank robbery?

Just who was tipped off in advance of the great Cypriot bank robbery?

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We have been exercising our minds here in recent days with regards to the situation in Cyprus and asking ourselves the question – were certain parties able to escape the hefty losses imposed by the troika by moving money abroad ahead of time? With the prospects of losing at least 37.5% on deposits over €100,000,…