Posts Tagged ‘ Iran ’

The State of the Union, Just Another Reality Show

Feb 1st, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Gold, International, Politics
It looks just like a reality show that's not going to be renewed for another season. President Obama's State of the Union ratings are headed in the same direction as American Idol's so far this season – down. Let me make a secret confession right here. For years, the producer of ...read more

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Iran’s Desperate Gamble to Push Oil Up to $200

Jan 3rd, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, International, Oil
As this tumultuous and volatile year draws to an end, it's time to turn your thoughts to 2012. What will the new year bring…and what can you do to prepare for it? I've given it a lot of thought, drawing on my decades of market-watching experience. In the end, I came ...read more

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Targeting Iran Is a Fool’s Game

Nov 22nd, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
War, war and more war seem to be the primary objective of the U.S. government and its military. Of course, the corporations dependent on these merchants of death for their booty are also salivating for more foreign carnage by this nefarious government. After all, so long as foreigners and the ...read more

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Iranian Lightning, American Raptor

Aug 14th, 2007 | By | Category: Emerging Markets
On Aug. 6, 2007, Iran’s state-run television announced that Iran has begun the large-scale domestic production of an indigenously designed combat aircraft. Dubbed the Azarakhsh (Farsi for “lightning”), the aircraft is reportedly designed for close air support. Iran's defense minister, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, was quoted in state-run media as saying, ...read more

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Who’s “The Decider” Now?

May 29th, 2007 | By | Category: Macro Economics
If President Bush is getting cold feet about launching an attack on Iran, Vice President Cheney might be arranging things so that he’ll have no choice. That’s the most eye-opening headline about Iran in a whole slew of them last week, coming after two months of, well, not much. In March, the ...read more

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Make War Your Friend, Part II

Jan 25th, 2007 | By | Category: Macro Economics
Q.: What about Iran? A.: I'm desperately looking for the time to visit Iran while that's still possible. But my take, from reading and talking to overseas Iranians, of whom there are more than a million in North America alone, is that attacking it would be insane. One reason is that ...read more

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