Posts Tagged ‘ resources ’

An Alien Tree-Hugger Scoffs At Earth’s Governments

Dec 23rd, 2008 | By Byron King | Category: Energy, Featured, Politics
This past weekend saw the debut of a remake of the classic 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still. The original movie was so good that I don’t know why anybody really thought it necessary to make a new version. But much of modern culture has turned into a ...read more

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Falling Prices and Scarce Energy

Dec 16th, 2008 | By Byron King | Category: Featured, Gold, Investing Strategies, Macro Economics, Oil
Lately I’ve been discussing concept of scarcity in the energy and natural resource sectors. In one recent note, I discussed how the idea of scarcity has transformed from a “geological” basis to an “above ground” basis. In another note I discussed how the financial system of the world has broken ...read more

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The World Bank Goes Nuclear on Commodities

Dec 15th, 2008 | By Dan Denning | Category: Commodities, Featured, Macro Economics
Sometimes you have to just stand back and admire the extremes a real bubble can produce. What you have now, as Bill explained a few nights ago at the Doomer's Ball, is the last greatest bubble of them all, the bubble in U.S. bonds. It's reaching staggering levels. How do you ...read more

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