How to safely play the Tunisian crisis

On the 14th of January, 2011 President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled Tunisia amidst violent protests. This scene has played out across the world more times than I care to mention, and I would like to point out a couple of things. Firstly, it is and always will be

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Santa Claus – A Drug Pusher and a Terrorist…?

I’m going to make a tribute to Santa this year. Christianity boasts 2.1 billion followers, and if you add in non-believers like me who still put up a Christmas tree and pile presents underneath it, you’re likely to ramp that number even higher. Why a tribute? I’m truly impressed with

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An Urgent Appeal

In the spirit of a little light-hearted capitalist banter, and hoping we don’t offend too many of you, I offer the following dispatch.  As I am a capitalist with a bit of a “dark humor” streak, I will offer up the following business opportunity to anyone interested… For those of you

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What Russia is Doing Right

The Russian Central Bank continues to buy gold.  Just yesterday the news came out that Russia had added another 200,000 ounces in June, and that their total reserves have reached 22.8 million ounces.  They’ve been on a tear for the last several years, as you will see from the chart

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