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CBO on the New Kennedy Health Care Reform Bill

How about saving $ 500billion over ten years by taking the ambulance chasing lawyers' sneakers away?

Cramer Agrees with Poole? Stop Trading! (7/10/08)

Former Fed President Poole Joins Merk Investments as Senior Economic Advisor
Merk Investments LLC announced today that William Poole, the former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has accepted a position as the mutual fund company's senior economic advisor.

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) July 1, 2008 -- Merk Investments LLC announced today that William Poole, the former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has accepted a position as the mutual fund company's senior economic advisor.

"Beyond his role as a voice of reason on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) in recent years, Mr. Poole is a distinguished scholar and promoter of macroeconomic understanding," says Axel Merk, president and chief investment officer at Merk. "We are honored to have our research be enriched by his insights and experience."

"I am pleased to join Merk Investments in its efforts to interpret and forecast monetary policy. My engagement at Merk Investments will allow me to stay in close touch with the markets at a time when monetary policy may be more relevant than ever," concludes Mr. Poole.

William Poole is Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and in the fall will join the faculty of the University of Delaware as Distinguished Scholar in Residence. Poole retired as President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in March 2008. In that position, which he held from March 1998, he served on the Federal Reserve's main monetary policy body, the Federal Open Market Committee. He directed the Bank's main office in St. Louis and its three branches in Memphis, Little Rock and Louisville. While at the St. Louis Fed, Poole presented over 150 speeches and was a prominent voice advocating monetary policy consistent with low inflation.

About Merk Investments
Merk Investments is a registered investment adviser and the manager of the Merk Mutual Funds with over $400 million in assets under management. Through its funds, Merk Investments seeks to provide retail investors with options to diversify their holdings outside of the U.S. dollar and to provide non-US dollar income to fight the effects of inflation.

For more information on the Merk Mutual Funds, please visit merkfund.com.

As with any mutual fund product, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goals. Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. This and other information is in the prospectus, a copy of which may be obtained by visiting the Funds' website at merkfund.com or calling 866-MERKFUND. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

The Fund's investment value will fluctuate, and shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than original cost. Principal investment risks include, but are not limited to, currency exchange rate risk, foreign instrument risk, gold related and derivative securities risk, interest rate risk, and non-diversification risk. For a more complete discussion of these risks please refer to the Fund's prospectus. Foreside Fund Services, LLC, distributor.

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Former Fed President Poole Joins Merk Investments as Senior Economic Advisor
Merk Investments LLC announced today that William Poole, the former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has accepted a position as the mutual fund company's senior economic advisor.

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) July 1, 2008 -- Merk Investments LLC announced today that William Poole, the former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has accepted a position as the mutual fund company's senior economic advisor.

"Beyond his role as a voice of reason on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) in recent years, Mr. Poole is a distinguished scholar and promoter of macroeconomic understanding," says Axel Merk, president and chief investment officer at Merk. "We are honored to have our research be enriched by his insights and experience."

"I am pleased to join Merk Investments in its efforts to interpret and forecast monetary policy. My engagement at Merk Investments will allow me to stay in close touch with the markets at a time when monetary policy may be more relevant than ever," concludes Mr. Poole.

William Poole is Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and in the fall will join the faculty of the University of Delaware as Distinguished Scholar in Residence. Poole retired as President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in March 2008. In that position, which he held from March 1998, he served on the Federal Reserve's main monetary policy body, the Federal Open Market Committee. He directed the Bank's main office in St. Louis and its three branches in Memphis, Little Rock and Louisville. While at the St. Louis Fed, Poole presented over 150 speeches and was a prominent voice advocating monetary policy consistent with low inflation.

About Merk Investments
Merk Investments is a registered investment adviser and the manager of the Merk Mutual Funds with over $400 million in assets under management. Through its funds, Merk Investments seeks to provide retail investors with options to diversify their holdings outside of the U.S. dollar and to provide non-US dollar income to fight the effects of inflation.

For more information on the Merk Mutual Funds, please visit merkfund.com.

As with any mutual fund product, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goals. Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. This and other information is in the prospectus, a copy of which may be obtained by visiting the Funds' website at merkfund.com or calling 866-MERKFUND. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

The Fund's investment value will fluctuate, and shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than original cost. Principal investment risks include, but are not limited to, currency exchange rate risk, foreign instrument risk, gold related and derivative securities risk, interest rate risk, and non-diversification risk. For a more complete discussion of these risks please refer to the Fund's prospectus. Foreside Fund Services, LLC, distributor.

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Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) July 1, 2008 -- Merk Investments LLC announced today that William Poole, the former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has accepted a position as the mutual fund company's senior economic advisor.

"Beyond his role as a voice of reason on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) in recent years, Mr. Poole is a distinguished scholar and promoter of macroeconomic understanding," says Axel Merk, president and chief investment officer at Merk. "We are honored to have our research be enriched by his insights and experience."

Cramer Agrees with Poole? Stop Trading! (7/10/08)

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Cramer Agrees with Poole? Stop Trading! (7/10/08)

Mr. Cramer should be more interested in the fact that Mr.Poole's comment vaulted the gold market and that Mr. Poole works for Merk Investments who is involved in the metals market. How much money do you think Merk made on this setup? Does it seem ethical that a former official can ethically do something like that? I think it stinks.

The State of the Thin-Film Photovoltaic Industry

I am a sales rep for Uni-Solar which is a division of ticker,ENER.
It is flexible,sticks like a "band aid" to the roofing substrate,and has been around for a long time relative to competiton. You don't want to be spending a bunch of money on a new solar technology.

Tuesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets, Technical Indicators

David, I'm a techie and am glued to charts ,volumes,etc. I have fouind that using an SPY overlay on each chart I look at indentifies ETF's that show very similar patterns and call them slaves to the S&P. I have similar experience with indidual stocks. So why buy XLE if it pattterns SPY. ( I'm noit sure that's the best example). So what I look for is divergence to the SPY. Paw through the charts of the top 100 in IBD. 80% all look alike. If there are black boxes all reacting to similar trends and accounting for 75% of the trading, everything becomes homogenized. The funny thing about them is they all use different equations but each is back tested until "IT WORKS!" That point of success means they ultimately all generate the same result which further feeds the similarities of market action by indivual stocks and ETF's.

LDK Solar: The Naked Shorting Crime

I would spend less time quibbling about LDK naked shorts and look at how you may lose your shorts at asensio.com

Next: Cell Phone Video Projectors

I am amazed because I beleieve that MVIS microvision who is collaborating with,I think, Samsung has all the patents on this technology.

Buy LDK Solar's Panic Selling Drop

I learned about the situation from a web site I subscibe to(free):
asensio.com . These people appear to be very thorough and perhaps broke the story.