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Gold-Denominated Hedge Funds

I think the gold share class has great merit. If, for example, you invest in Paulson's fund by giving him 1000 oz of gold, your gold investment is then invested in other assetts instead of just sitting in a vault. If the dollar tanks, lets just say in half, even if you are only returned your original 1000 oz gold investment you will have doubled your money and pay zero tax. Rather brilliant.

Expect a Lot of Acquisitions in Lighting

I would also put Power Secure in this group (POWR). Their LED lighting sytems are in every Publix and Walgreens stores and a number of large retailers are in the initial test phase . Great earnings as well.

Liveblogging Amazon's Kindle DX Reveal

Kindle, or devices like it, will start to replace paper. It will also be used as a "print to" device for documents instead of a printer. Unlike an illuminated screen the E-paper really does look like paper so no eye strain like with computer monitors and no lugging around of heavy folders .

The labor costs of printing, shipping, handling, and inventory are huge costs in the publishing business. The price of what is now printed material will drop by 70% or more with this technology.

Must-Know Criteria for Picking Inflation Proof, High Dividend Stocks

Yes Friar, We could improve our national energy profile substantially by building Thorium based Nuclear power plants. We have over 2 millenium supply of Thorium in the US alone. Thorium does not create the plutonium waste that Uranium does and does not have the threat of meltdown that uranium poses. We need cheap, unlimited electrical energy. From there we can make hydrogen, or Browns Gas, to run vehicles or go all electric. We need a national energy policy based on cheap unlimited electric power and solar and wind are poor choices next to Thorium powered nuclear. Google Thorium and get up to speed on it. It is the answer.

$200 Oil Is Coming While We Waste a Perfectly Good Crisis (Part 3)

The major fact that supports Mr Quinn's $200 prediction is the oil usage curve of developing markets. As we have seen with Japan in the 70's and Korea in the 80's it takes about 12 years for these nations to go from 2 barrels per person usage to 20 barrels per person after they have embraced capitalism.

China is currently using about 3 barrels per person. 1.3 billion people heading up this curve is going to drive oil demand to the moon in the coming economic recovery period.

Now's the Time to Buy Something

The amazing thing about the US economy is despite the real estate meltdown, and the meteoric rise in oil we still have not had a down quarter. The US economy is the most dynamic in the world and adjusts quickly to changing circumstances.

Oil will settle back under $100 and stabilize. The markets will solve the energy problem. Six months from now we will be in a new uptrend. There is a lot of value in the market now.