This is a follow up to my post, “ISIS Pharmaceuticals breaches long term support.” As many of you may know, posts from this blog are often (though not always) syndicated on SeekingAlpha.com. In the case of my previous post on ISIS, I caught significant flack from the SeekingAlpha community. Among other things, I was accused of not understanding how to invest in biotech and generally missing the point on Isis’ anti-sense technology. (For those interested, I actually posted on Isis’ business and fundamental value in a previous post.)

Well, I figure it’s time to post a follow up to my previous post. To recap, here is the chart I posted on October 5, 2009. This is a three-year weekly chart which I typically use to determine the intermediate/long term market trend driving the stock.

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Asia has proven comparatively resilient against the current downturn, but hurdles still lie ahead. In order to maintain robust growth rates in the face of weak US demand, the region’s dynamic economies must stoke domestic consumption and embrace environmentally sustainable development policies. So says Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and author of The Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization.  Clay Chandler, Asia editor with McKinsey’s publishing group, spoke to Roach in Hong Kong.

Source: Clay Chandler, McKinsey Quarterly, November 13, 2009.

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Nov. 13, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (’Mantra’, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV), developer of the revolutionary carbon recycling ERC technology, was featured in the Fourth Quarter 2009 edition of District Energy Magazine (District Energy). The article, entitled “Carbon Recycling: An alternative to carbon capture and storage,” takes a closer look at the current economic, regulatory and legal challenges facing carbon capture and storage (CCS), and offers some insight as to the potential advantages of carbon recycling over CCS.

Rowan Oloman, author of the article and freelance writer of Vancouver, B.C., notes: “Several massive hurdles still stand in the way of full-scale CCS deployment. U.K. consulting firm McKinsey figures that adding CCS to the next generation of European power plants could lift their price by up to $1.3 billion each.” While this cost barrier is a significant deterrent to widespread adoption of

This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy.

• Daniel Gross (Newsweek): The greatest trade ever, November 10, 2009. How hedge fund manager John Paulson bet against the real estate bubble and made $15 billion in a single year.

• abc News: SocGen’s top analyst sees market lows next year, November 9, 2009. Albert Edwards, a top analyst with French bank Societe Generale, expects global markets to hit a new low in 2010, adding that he would not be surprised if the global economy enters another recession next year. Edwards, one of the leading equities bears and a long-term critic of the policies of Western central banks, is skeptical of popular opinion that extreme policy response will safeguard the West against a repeat of Japan’s lost decade of the 1990’s.

The buying and selling of currencies on the foreign exchange market is what is commonly well-known as currency trading. To most people, currency trading is fairly tricky to comprehend in the beginning. Despite this, trading on the forex market is pretty clear-cut on the whole.

The currency exchange market is recognized as the major traded market on the planet. This market sees the exchange of some 2 trillion dollars per day.

The forex market has no central market to call home as it is made up of different worldwide networks. It sees the trade of every single established currency in the world. Trading takes place through many types of platforms depending on the forex broker.

The forex market is open twenty four hours a day for trading. Although it should be noted that trading is not permissible on Saturdays and Sundays.

The price of a country’s currency depends on economic as well as political …

We have just received a copy of an open letter from Amnesty International Canada to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in advance of his upcoming trip to the forthcoming APEC meeting in Singapore, followed by a visit to India. The letter urges Prime Minister Harper to uphold Canada's well-known reputation as a staunch human rights supporter by raising concerns with and presenting recommendations to Singapore authorities regarding the case of Dr. Chee Soon Juan and other civil society representatives and to address ongoing human rights challenges in India. Below is an excerpt from the letter, followed by a link that will allow you access to the letter in full.

Singapore has two realities: its appearance as a progressive country with regular elections and economic success; and its record of human rights violations designed

I’m always interested in how Government ties in with the markets. It’s been a bit of a hobby of mine, along with WWII battles, over the past 2-3 years and there’s no bigger tie then Goldman and the Government then recently…and BOY is it bigger then we know! In my recent late night surfing I came across Greg Roy. Greg recently released a special report with the same title of this blog post, Goldman Sachs’ Next Slaughter of the Stock Market Lambs, and being the digger I am, I read the full report and cold called him. I asked if I could repost a part of the report for my Trader’s Blog members. After some convincing he said ok.

This guy knows what he is talking about… Here is an exclusive excerpt from his newly released report Goldman Sachs’ Next Slaughter of the Stock Market Lambs.

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Marc Faber, author of the Gloom Boom & Doom Report, said at the Barron’s Art of Successful Investing Conference that the dollar should have “some kind of a rebound”, but longer term is in a “structural bear market”. He advises investors to increase holdings in emerging markets and says cash is less attractive than stocks.

Source: Barron’s, October 29, 2009.

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Niall Ferguson, Professor of History at Harvard University and author of the brilliant “The Ascent of Money“, is interviewed by Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator, at the FT View from the Top conference on the future of capitalism.

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Source: Niall Ferguson, Financial Times, October 29, 2009.

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I’ve written extensively about Apple this past year. And, not without reason. Investing in the stock has been a very fun ride ($89 – $200 in a little over 6 months). The Company whether it be delighting users with new products or frustrating users with its mismanagement of the iPhone app approval process has managed to stay in the headlines and, as a result, remains a plentiful mine for content. Because Apple has a contentious group of zealous fanboys, let me start with my Apple Investor Disclaimer and then get on with the post. This is specifically for mac fanboys, so those who have an open mind and understand how one can have a differing views of a Company and the Company’s stock valuation, just skip the blockquote below.

I, the author of The Curious Investor, am currently long Apple stock. In fact, it makes up nearly 10% of