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We’re still holding the Goldcorp October 40 call option (GAG + JH). We’re a point out of the money and running fairly short of time, but we’re willing to hold this one a bit longer. After pulling back some, gold is again “getting a bid” even as the U.S. Read More

The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee is meeting this week to decide what to do next with respect to its interest rate policy and to possibly formulate an exit strategy from its current easy money policy. Read More

We’re still holding the Goldcorp October 40 call option (GAG + JH). We don’t have much time left on the option, but we’re willing to hold just a bit longer as the trade could still very easily move into the black. We’ve got a longer time horizon on our… Read More

Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse. While the drastic measures taken last fall and spring in response to the system-wide reaction to the firm’s demise averted Great Depression 2.0, by just looking at the major market averages today you would think that problems in our economy have mostly been solved. Read More

We’re holding the Goldcorp October 40 call option (GAG + JH) in expectation of the stock moving up as well. We’re also holding Gabriel Resources (GBU.TO, GBRFF) as a long-term gold play and rate it a buy for new clients. The stock will soar if the company wins approval… Read More

Stocks spent much of last week in the red, although a relief rally occurred on Friday heading into the long holiday weekend and we’re getting follow through today. The trading last week was characterized by the same pattern we seen repeatedly in recent months, with a step up in volume on pullbacks and rallies taking place on light volume. Read More

All three of our gold-related positions have made big moves since our last update. This morning we took profits on our Randgold January 65 call option (GUD + AM) which more than doubled from our purchase price.   We’re still holding Gabriel Resources (GBU.TO, GBRFF) for the long haul… Read More

On Deposits

A recent IMF Working Paper by Rocco Huang, economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and Lev Ratnovski, economist at the North American division of the International Monetary Fund, concludes that “the funding structure of Canadian banks was the key determinant of their resilience during the turmoil.” Read More