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	<title>Stock Market News &#38; Stocks to Watch from StraightStocks &#187; Martin D. Weiss</title>
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		<title>The Strongest BRIC Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I  have a trick question for you, especially if you're interested in emerging  markets: 
Among  the four BRIC countries —  Brazil, Russia, India and China — which offers the best stock market  performance for American investors? 
Be  careful how you answer, because appearances can ...]]></description>
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		<title>Three Government Reports Point to Fiscal Doomsday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When our leaders have no awareness of the  disastrous consequences of their actions, they can claim ignorance and take no  action.
Or when our leaders have no hard evidence as to what might happen  in the future, they can at least claim uncertainty. 
But when they have full ...]]></description>
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		<title>GM’s Bankruptcy and Changes to the Dow!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nilus Mattive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bankruptcy of  General Motors isn't surprising ... in fact, Martin repeatedly warned Money &#38; Markets readers — for years — that it was coming.
Still, the effects of  this bankruptcy will reach all corners of the U.S. economy.
Common stock holders  will likely get wiped out.
More than 1,100 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Wrong Policies Will Delay Any Real Recovery …</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 11:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Money and Markets</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than six years ago, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke — then still Fed  Governor — gave a laudation for Milton Friedman, one of America's leading  economists. 
Friedman's view on the Great Depression holds that the stock market  bubble of the Roaring 20s was not the  reason ...]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: Big Impact of Imminent GM Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ALL MY ROYALTIES ARE  GOING TO CHARITY;]]></category>
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Announced That;]]></category>
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 Nonfiction Best-Seller;]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly four years ago, on April 18, 2005,  I warned that "General Motors is speeding on a course that could lead to  bankruptcy."
In August of that year, I issued a second warning:  "Delphi, GM's former parts subsidiary, has already threatened to file for  Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank Calls China: A “Ray of Hope”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sagami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dow has been  on a mini-roll. Therefore, most investors are thrilled to see battered stock  portfolios recover even a smidgen of  their massive losses. The problem is that these investors aren't paying  attention to what's happening elsewhere around the globe. And they may be  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Greed, Fear and the Dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Money and Markets</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's  not hard to understand the relationship of the dollar with human emotions like greed  and fear. And that relationship is rarely more visible than it is today ... 
When  investors are willing to take on more risk, stocks, emerging market currencies  and commodities all bounce. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Even Walt Disney Couldn’t Have Imagined This …</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sagami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son, Kenji, was only three years old when I took him to Disneyland. And  his favorite two rides were Dumbo the  Flying Elephant and It's a Small  World. I swear, I had to listen to my son sing It's a Small, Small World a couple hundred ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from Warren Buffett’s Latest Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nilus Mattive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["By yearend, investors of all stripes were bloodied and confused,  much as if they were small birds that had strayed into a badminton game."
That's how Warren Buffett describes the recent market carnage in  his recent 2008 annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders.
You can't fault the Oracle of Omaha ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why It Could Be Curtains for the Euro</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Money and Markets</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  
    
  

The  biggest victim of the global housing and credit bubble may be the euro  — the single  currency of 16 European nations. Having just celebrated its 10th  birthday in a free-fall, the euro is being exposed for all ...]]></description>
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		<title>Straight talk on the Obama mortgage plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[		
    
		
Hardly a day goes by without another government  bailout plan, and this week was no different. In Arizona on Wednesday,  President Obama rolled out a plan designed to reduce foreclosures.
The multipronged plan has several moving parts. Since it  could have an impact on ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Obama Stimulus: Truth and Consequences</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[		
    
		
Never  before have I learned so much so quickly from my readers as I have now — all  just by reading the thousands of comments you have posted on my blog in the  past week!
One  of your key questions: Will the new ...]]></description>
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		<title>Gold and the Fear Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Money and Markets</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[		
    
I would like to  state for the record that what's happening to the U.S. economy is freaking me  out. And I think that if you're not  scared, you're not paying attention. 
That said, there  are positive steps you can take to protect ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Human Face Behind This Economic Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  
    
  

The hard figures released by the  Labor Department last Friday, may look cold and impersonal. And Wall Street may  be able to thumb its noses at it for a day or two. 

  But  the half-million-plus stories of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why ETNs are Riskier Than They Look</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Money and Markets</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[		
    Co-editor of Weiss Research's International ETF Trader
Mike Larson is off today, so he asked me to fill in for him. And  one thing that I think Mike and I both agree on is that ETFs, or exchange traded  funds, are one of the best ...]]></description>
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		<title>Blessing in Disguise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Brodrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[		
    
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		<title>Washington’s Day of Reckoning</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  
    

If you read just one of my Money and Markets issues this year, make sure it's this one.
You will not hear what I'm about  to say from our nation's leaders. Nor will it pour forth from talking heads on  Wall Street.
They are ...]]></description>
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		<title>Megabanks Could Fail Despite Federal Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Stanczyk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning: Megabanks Could Fail Despite Federal Aid
by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.   01-26-09






The time has come to issue one of my sternest warnings to date: Bank of America and Citigroup could fail despite the most  radical government rescues of all time. 
Right now, after recent close calls with instant death, these two megabanks are on life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A big stock rally in … 2011?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nilus Mattive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don't consider myself a political person. I don't stay up  late on election nights to tally results. Nor do I put signs up in my front  yard. In fact, my personal views about the way our great country should be run  don't even fit into any ...]]></description>
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		<title>Gold and Oil Short-Term Trends</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/gold-markets/gold-and-oil-short-term-trends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Brodrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This market is  so wild, so volatile, that I'm calling it the "Andy Warhol market" — everyone  gets a turn to be right, but only for 15 minutes at a time! 
And right now,  there are massive forces lined up that could thrust stocks and commodities to ...]]></description>
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		<title>A super deal on the U.S. dollar</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/a-super-deal-on-the-us-dollar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Crooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traders  have slashed the price of the U.S. dollar. And that's terrific news! Now you  can get your hands on greenbacks far cheaper than you could only two weeks ago.
If  you are a regular reader of my Money  and Markets columns, you know  that my ...]]></description>
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		<title>Five Insiders Give Dire Warnings About China</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sagami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of its rapid economic  growth over the last 30 years, it's easy to forget that China is a communist  country. The Chinese, like everybody else, love money. But the Communist party  is clearly in control.
One of the areas controlled with  an iron communist fist is ...]]></description>
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		<title>Quest for the City of Gold</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Brodrick</dc:creator>
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El Dorado;]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[El Dorado ... Cibola ... Quivira ... these  are all fabled "lost cities of gold" that fired up the imaginations of  explorers who pursued their dreams to the four corners of the Earth. These  cities only existed in the fevered imaginations of storytellers. 
But there was a ...]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Dollar is Gonna be Around for a Long, Long, LONG Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Crooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's  times like these when I'm really glad that I haven't devoted myself to trading  in the stock and commodities market. Sure there's money to be made, even on the  downside. 
However,  the dynamics of the currency market are far more appealing to me ... especially ...]]></description>
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		<title>Look at the Dividend Tech Stocks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nilus Mattive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Last week, I told you that McDonald's is a great example of  a company with strong fundamentals and continued dividend strength. Yesterday,  we saw more proof: The company said global same-store sales gained 8.2%. And even  as most other restaurants posted weak U.S. results, McDonald's watched  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why Washington Cannot Prevent Depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fear  of depression is sweeping the nation.
Millions of Americans are  consumed with anxiety, abandoning their old shop-till-they-drop habits,  slashing their spending, trying desperately to pinch pennies for the coming  hard times.
Thousands of bankers are  snapping shut their coffers, tightening their lending standards, hunkering down  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Urgent bonus issue: The Coming Insurance Meltdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You've seen hundreds of subprime  lenders bite the dust, with New Century Financial and Countrywide leading the  way ...
You've  seen giant banks like Washington Mutual and Wachovia suffer a similar fate.
You've  watched in horror as major investment banks like Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and  even ...]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Economy Stinks, but the Dollar Smells Like a Rose</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/the-us-economy-stinks-but-the-dollar-smells-like-a-rose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Crooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An  advance report of third-quarter U.S. GDP showed a decline of 0.3%. That's  awfully pathetic, right? But not quite as pathetic as the 0.5% that was  anticipated ...
Still,  there's no denying that a GDP contraction of any amount is unappealing. And  when it comes to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Fed rate cut a DUD! Fed rescues go WILD!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While all eyes were focused today on the  Fed's rate cut, the big news was the Fed's latest cockamamie effort to save world.
Indeed, just when you thought the insanity couldn't get crazier,  the Fed announced it's now going to funnel a massive $120 billion of U.S. funds  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, You Can Still Find Solid, Reliable, Fat Dividends</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nilus Mattive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dividend  investors have a right to be worried at the moment. Not only are stock indexes  plummeting, but a large number of firms are also slashing their payments to  shareholders. Many are even discontinuing their dividends altogether.
But  there are still plenty of bright spots. In fact, ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Credit Virus Spreads Worldwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 1997, a  minor currency crisis in Thailand rattled a few regional market players. But  the rest of the world ignored it ... at first. They said it wouldn't matter to  the U.S. and would be just a blip on the radar screen.
But soon the  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Urgent warning: Crash TODAY!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today  could go down in history as one of the worst stock market crashes of all time,  and it gives me no pleasure to see my dire warnings come true. I have dreaded  this day as often as I have predicted it. 
In July, our Safe Money ...]]></description>
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		<title>Economy Crumbling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I invest prudently to help ensure the future financial  well-being of my wife and two daughters. And Martin, who visited us recently,  shares the same philosophy. 
But when future history books are written on the  twenty-first century, they will probably show that this time — right now ...]]></description>
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		<title>Making Money from Loonies and Pesos …</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/making-money-from-loonies-and-pesos-%e2%80%a6-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Crooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've  clearly laid out my reasons why the U.S. dollar has rallied sharply versus most  of the world's currencies ... and why it's got a lot of room left to climb. 
But  in case you missed my previous analysis, here's a recap:

  Contagion  from major ...]]></description>
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		<title>Hey, Big Spender!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Brodrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the Central Banks were our kids, we'd be  taking their credit cards away. They are spending us into the poor house!
Sure, Wall Street is at the rotten root of  this crisis. Their toxic debt is poisoning the global economy and financial  system. But there's plenty of ...]]></description>
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		<title>A Big Step Toward Income AND Safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nilus Mattive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last  week, I gave you the numbers on previous bear and bull markets in the U.S. And  I told you about some strategies that can work together to both protect you  from downside market action and position you for the market's long-term  recovery.
In  previous Money ...]]></description>
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		<title>7 Trillion Reasons to Own Gold</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Brodrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


In just a few short weeks, America has gone from looking at a potential economic downturn to staring into an economic abyss.
In a matter of days, confidence in the Federal Reserve's ability to unfreeze our nation's credit markets has nearly vanished. 
And now, to add insult to injury, the Fed ...]]></description>
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		<title>Buffett and the Bear</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nilus Mattive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I listen to Warren Buffett's words carefully. Not because I'm a hero worshipper, but because the Oracle of Omaha knows the investment world inside and out. His conglomerate, Berkshire ...]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: Nasty Surprises Coming Next Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America's $47-trillion bubble of debt has burst. America's $180-trillion balloon of derivatives has popped. And all the president's men cannot put them back together again. Last year, they ...]]></description>
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		<title>Increase Your Gold Holdings Immediately!</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/increase-your-gold-holdings-immediately/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Edelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite frankly — anyone who doesn't own gold in this environment has lost their marbles. Consider the following ... — The U.S. economy is experiencing its worst financial crisis since the ... ]]></description>
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		<title>Global Margin Call Pushing Oil Prices Lower &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Brodrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The commodity correction continues. And it's getting more painful by the minute as big trading houses like Lehman and Merrill Lynch go belly up or are forced into mergers. I think we're ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Ultimate Wall Street Nightmare</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fed Chairman Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Paulson are trying to put out the word that the demise of Lehman Brothers is no great trauma. But it’s a bluff and they know it. However, if ...]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Trade Deficit is NOT a Vice</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/financial/the-us-trade-deficit-is-not-a-vice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/financial/the-us-trade-deficit-is-not-a-vice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Crooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The public is consistently fed doomsday scenarios from sources that absolutely should not be ill-informed, including the International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve and the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Critical Q &amp; A!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Edelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With events changing daily ... with the government takeover of Fannie and Freddie ... with important news coming out almost hourly — I'm sure you're often wondering: "What does Larry ...]]></description>
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		<title>Your 2009 Tax Bill (and Beyond)</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/your-2009-tax-bill-and-beyond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/your-2009-tax-bill-and-beyond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nilus Mattive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the national conventions behind us, and a series of debates now on the horizon, today I want to give you a little preview of what each of the two major party's candidates might do to ...]]></description>
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		<title>From Storm to Pandemic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are busy preparing for Hurricane Ike. Everyone in Florida knows what to do. And hopefully, it will pass us by. But the financial pandemic that's spreading to the entire economy is ...]]></description>
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		<title>Two Forces Driving the Credit Crunch</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/two-forces-driving-the-credit-crunch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/two-forces-driving-the-credit-crunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The credit crunch. We all know it's here, and that it's impacting virtually every corner of the financial markets. But a lot of investors don't really understand how a crunch really works ... ]]></description>
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		<title>My Three Top Asian Energy Companies &#8230;</title>
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		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/my-three-top-asian-energy-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Edelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm writing this while on a short holiday in Macau, Asia's booming Las Vegas. And let me tell you (again) — judging by what I'm seeing in Macau, there are very few signs of a slowdown in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing Demands Dividends; Eight Chinese ADRs &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/beijing-demands-dividends-eight-chinese-adrs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/beijing-demands-dividends-eight-chinese-adrs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nilus Mattive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Securities Regulatory Commission — Beijing's equivalent of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — is pressing the country's listed companies to adopt more ...]]></description>
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		<title>Investment Banker Confirms My #1 Rule for Profits!</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/investing-in-asia-stocks/investment-banker-confirms-my-1-rule-for-profits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sagami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I am in Asia, I'll talk to anyone I think can help me find the next home run stock. I have often learned a great deal by talking to bellmen, taxi drivers, sales clerks, or the lone diner at ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dead cat bounce &#8212; what to do &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/dead-cat-bounce-what-to-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/dead-cat-bounce-what-to-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don't let yesterday's rally in the Dow fool you. There are two crucial reasons why I'm convinced it was nothing more than a dead-cat bounce: First, it was on extremely light volume. With ...]]></description>
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		<title>Latest FDIC Report Reads Like a Horror Novel</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/latest-fdic-report-reads-like-a-horror-novel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/latest-fdic-report-reads-like-a-horror-novel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every three months the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) puts out "Quarterly Banking Profiles." Most investors have never heard of them. The mainstream press has largely ...]]></description>
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		<title>Updated Profit Roadmap!</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/updated-profit-roadmap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/updated-profit-roadmap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Edelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At times like these, when emotions are running high in the markets, it pays to take a few steps back ... look at the charts ... and put the markets into perspective. This is especially true ...]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Olympic Moon Shot</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/post-olympic-moon-shot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/post-olympic-moon-shot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sagami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had an amazing time at the Beijing Olympics, and even though I didn't have tickets for the closing ceremony, I did watch it on TV and was again blown away by the scale, precision, and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Inflation, European Style</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/inflation-european-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Crooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The public perspective of inflation is mostly vis-à-vis consumer prices — what we're paying for food, gas, t-shirts and plumbing services. But even while these prices have been the poster ...]]></description>
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		<title>The GSE End Game?</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/market-commentary/the-gse-end-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, shares of the two Government Sponsored Enterprises, or GSEs, imploded again: Fannie Mae lost 39% between last Friday and yesterday's close. Freddie Mac tanked 46%. ...]]></description>
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		<title>China Tech Strikes Olympic Gold!</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/china-tech-strikes-olympic-gold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/china-tech-strikes-olympic-gold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Sagami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 840 million people  from around the globe tuned in to watch the opening ceremony for the Beijing  Olympics, making it the most watched sporting event in history.
I hope you were one of  them because it was an amazing $300 million spectacle that condensed 5,000 years  of Chinese history into the [...]]]></description>
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