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Economic Recovery? Commodity Charts Don't Think So

The charts are a real eye opener and I agree with your cautionary notes completely.
Thanks for a well presented and info rich article.

EFA: Diversify Your Portfolio Outside the U.S.

A few international mutual funds outperformed EFA over the past five years, like Harbor Intl. for one.
However, the MF's do not offer the intra day trading opportunities, or the tax advantages that EFA offers.
Also . the "EFU" ETF (short) allows the investor to short against the box when things get shaky, or if the investor feels the need to be market neutral for some time period.
Of course , EFU can be employed to hedge against a held Intl. MF as well, among other strategies.
Thanks for the refreshing update on EFA.

Copper's View of the Recovery: No Real Growth This Year

When I was having some repair work done several months ago, my plumber said that he had stripped all the copper out of his house and replaced it with PEX for the its anti-freeze damage qualities.
Don't know if that means much, but if I were building a new house again, with cost analysis ,etc. I would definitely consider PEX instead of copper, but based on analysis of course.