If you are looking to retire, relocate abroad, or move some assets offshore, Panama the place to go says Bob Bauman. The country uses the US dollar and its banks are well positioned to survive the global credit crisis. Better still, there is no Federal Reserve or central bank to interfere in the markets…

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Concerned about the gloomy economic situation and the liberal drift in U.S. politics, a good many Americans are seriously considering the possibility of moving themselves and their finances offshore - while they still are able to do so.

The Sovereign Society (and yours truly) have long suggested that the Republic of Panama is the ideal place for retirement, a second home, or even to house your asset offshore protection trust or family foundation. It’s one country in this turbulent world that is proud to be known as a tax haven.

It's been a bumpy ride for solar stocks recently.

The industry received a boost when clean energy tax credits were added to the $700 bailout bill to help its passage from Congress. But fears of falling demand and oversupply have weighed on solar stocks. The Claymore/MAC Global Solar Index ETF (NYSE:TAN) fell 35% in the first eight trading days of October.

William Patalon III, however, says new mapping technology and advances that have made solar power more eco-friendly will boost solar stocks in the long run.

Crude oil prices have been highly volatile this. From its $146 peak in July, the black goo is down at $87 a barrel.

It's a scary time to be a direct investor in oil. But Byron King says is one way of sidestepping the wild price swings: investing in tanker ships.

"As long as people continue to use oil," says Bryon, "there will be some consistency to the tanker business."

There is a relatively tight market for charters. And many good reasons why there won't be a capacity glut in coming years.

Crude oil prices have been highly volatile this. From its $146 peak in July, the black goo is down at $87 a barrel.

It's a scary time to be a direct investor in oil. But Byron King says is one way of sidestepping the wild price swings: investing in tanker ships.

"As long as people continue to use oil," says Bryon, "there will be some consistency to the tanker business."

There is a relatively tight market for charters. And many good reasons why there won't be a capacity glut in coming years.

Headquartered in Edison, New Jersey, U.S. Shipping Partners L.P. is a leading provider of long-haul marine transportation services. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange they engage in this primarily for refined petroleum products, petrochemical, and commodity chemical products. The Company began their operations in 2002 and went public on November 3, 2004. The Partnership employs approximately 40 shore staff and 400 fleet personnel.

The Partnership’s main strategies are to operate their fleet safely and efficiently to meet customer and industry standards, and to remain a preferred supplier to major oil and chemical companies. They also seek to contract a high proportion of their capacity with major oil and chemical companies for periods of one or more years. U.S. Shipping Partners L.P.’s strategy is also to expand their fleet through strategic acquisitions and construction of new vessels.

Their fleet now consists of six integrated tug barge units (ITBs); one product tanker;

Yesterday, traders sent the Dow down a record 777 points. Today, the mood is more upbeat. The Dow is up 363 points. Traders clearly still want to believe the government can still help sort out Wall Street's problems.

Justice Litle isn't fully sold of the bailout. But he says it isn't an option to let Mr. Market sort himself out this time: the US is too leveraged to follow Andrew Mellon's "liquidationist" approach during the Great Depression.

That's why the feds will do whatever it takes to prop up the system... and run the dollar into the ground. And that's why you should buy gold now.

There are two types of headaches in the mining game, start-up headaches and production headaches. The first sets of headaches are painful as paperwork and approvals just never seem to end. The second sets of headaches are painful but perfectly pleasant as product rolls out and profits roll in.

Finding a company that has been through the first set and is ready to happily enjoy the second is one of the best ways to invest in an exploration and development mining company. An investor that can find a mining company that is past the exploration phase and in the production phase is an investor that will profit nicely, when commodity prices behave.

Petaquilla Minerals Ltd., an exploration and development mining company, works to find and extract gold resources primarily in Panama. The company has been working to delineate and define this particular find for some time and expects its first gold